online form 4/14/25 adult/crossover fantasy

4/21/25 nudge with offer of rep
5/1/25 kind step aside

"Thank you so much for sending me the opening excerpt of - and I’m sorry for my delay in getting back to you about it – I've been on holiday and am just catching up. I’ve now had a chance to read your material - congratulations on the offer of representation that you've received! I'm not surprised - it's a great premise and your writing is so compelling, but I'm afraid I just didn't feel it was quite right for my list, so I won’t be throwing my hat in the ring with an offer of representation. I'm sorry for the disappointing response but this is such an important stage in your career, when you’re looking to sign with a new agent to help break you out into the fiction market and you deserve an agent who has a real vision for this book and how it should be published. Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to read it and wishing you all the best with your writing career."

Q: 16/01/2025 Historical romance, 88k
17/04/25 Nudged via email with full request from another agent
22/04/25 Very nicely worded (form, I think) rejection.

Query 3/16 women's fiction 65K

Query sent (Historical Gothic, 100K) - 17th March 2025
Nudged with full request from other agent - 18th March
Kind personalised rejection - 19th March

Query sent Historical fiction 82000 words