This query is part of the Be an Agent for a Day contest. Rules and Regulations here
Please post your rejection or manuscript request in the comment section!
Dear Agent for a Day,
Charles Smith is the first African-American criminal court judge in Nashville history, but the system that brought him from poverty to the police force to law school and the bench is also his eventual, tragic downfall.
Author
STATS: 1.9% request rate
Eva Ulian says
Sorry too brief for me to make any evaluation.
Anonymous says
Dear Author,
Thank you for the submission, but I regret to inform you that I will not be picking up your story.
Keep Writing,
Agent Jackie Moon
Anonymous says
Dear author,
I appreciate your query and found your concept interesting; however, it is just not what I am looking for. I look forward to future queries from you!
Thank you, Scarlett Cyrus
Anonymous says
Dear Author,
I am not interested in your novel. Keep writing, your story had potential but was not for me. Feel free to Query me later with another piece of your work.
Anonymous says
Dear Author,
I have decided not to take up your offer on publishing this book. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to view your material.
Thank You,
Happy Gilmore
LateInTheGame says
Dear Author,
Thank you for your query. Unfortunately, I am not the best representative for your work.
Good luck in your search for representation.
All the best,
Agent LateInTheGame
drat says
Dear Author,
Thank you for sending me your query. I gave it careful consideration, but ultimately I concluded I’m not the right agent for the book.
Good luck with your manuscript, and query widely!
Thanks,
SDC
Gryph says
Dear Author,
Thank you very much for your query. While I appreciate the time and effort you’ve put into your work, I don’t believe this is a good fit for me.
Please remember that what doesn’t fit one agent may well fit another! I encourage you to not give up. In the future, if you have other manuscripts to query, I hope that you’ll think of me again.
Sincerely,
Agent Gryph
Dorothy says
Dear Author:
I am intrigued. Send me a full query so I can give your novel just consideration. See my blog for guidelines.
Sincerely,
Honesty Is the Best Policy
Kate H says
Dear Author,
Thank you for your query. I’m afraid I’m not the right agent to represent you, but I wish you the best of luck.
Kate H
Reba says
Dear Author,
Thank you for your query. Unfortunately, it is not the right fit for me.
Best,
Reba
(Note: Where is the rest of the query?)
s.koncilja says
Dear Author,
I received and read your query. Unfortunately it is not something that I’m looking for at the moment.
Keep me informed about your future work and good luck!
Agent S.K.
Anonymous says
Dear Author,
I regret to inform you that I am not interested in representing your story. I hope you have better luck in the future.
Best of luck,
Arkham
Hallie says
Dear Author,
Thank you for submitting your query to My Imaginary Yet Successful Literary Agency. I receive many queries each day, and I request only a small percentage of manuscripts that I’m interested in representing. I have decided not to request one for your book because I don’t feel that I’m intrigued enough to be its best representative.
Should you need resources for querying, finding writing resources and groups, or if you’d like to know more about how I choose manuscripts, please visit (this section of my agency’s website) for more information. I wish you the best of luck in finding a home for your writing. Thank you again for giving me the opportunity to consider your work.
Warm regards,
Hallie
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And if I were fortunate enough to be able to give some feedback to each and every author I declined, I’d note the following:
I simply didn’t have enough information from this query to consider the book further.
Nifaerie Noven says
Hi,
Thank you for the query, but I’m afraid that I can not represent your work at this time. From your query, I was unable to get a sense of your voice and/or story telling ability.
Best of luck.
superwench83 says
I’m hoping this was a cut-and-paste error. But if it’s not, I recommend to the author that you please, for your own benefit, learn the standard guidelines of query letters before you submit to agents.
publishingcareer says
Dear Author
Thank you for your interest in our agency and submitting your query for your novel about Charles Smith, the first African-American criminal court judge in Nashville history.
I read it with interest but unfortunately it is not what I am looking for.
Best of luck and kind regards.
Yours faithfully
Robert Sullivan AFAD
SuzieQ Agent4U says
Dear Author,
Thank you for your query. Unfortunately, I don’t feel this is right for me. Good luck with your search.
Best,
S
Nikki Hensley says
Dear Author:
Thank you for your submission. Unfortunately, I don’t think I am the right agent for this novel. Best of luck in your search!
Agent Nikki
Melissa says
Form rejection:
Dear Author,
Thank you for your query. Unfortunately it doesn’t meet my needs at this time.
Thank you and best of luck,
Melissa (Ximera)
Rebecca Knight says
Dear Author,
Thank you for your query, and for thinking of my agency. Unfortunately, I feel that I’m not the best fit for your project. This industry is highly subjective, so I’m sure others will feel differently. Best of luck to you in all your endeavors.
Sincerely,
Rebecca Knight
Dave says
Sorry, but I’m going to have to pass. Don’t give up though!
vicariousrising says
Thank you for your submission. I regret that I don’t feel this project isn’t right for me.
I wish you the best in your writing endeavors.
Kendra says
Dear Author,
Thank you for submitting your work. Unfortunately, this is not a project I feel I can sucessfully represent. Good luck in your writing.
Kendra
Hildegarde512 says
Thank you for submitting however [If I were a real agent, a GENTLE FORM REJECTION would exist here].
Jada says
Form rejection.
Reason: This query is way too short and therefore lacking in the detail needed to make a decision.
The Spidermonkey says
Thank you for your query, which I have considered carefully. I’m sorry to say I can’t represent you at this time.
There really isn’t enough information here for me to consider you.
This is a subjective opinion of course, and others may see it differently. Good luck!
Anonymous says
Dear Author,
Thank you for considering me. Unfortunately I have to pass. Reason for rejection – query lacking details.
Best of Luck!
Agent X-9
abouttothunder says
Dear Author,
Thank you for the opportunity to represent your work. Unfortunately, it isn’t a good fit for me. Since you deserve an agent who will fully support you project, I will have to pass.
I wish you the best of luck in finding representation.
Sincerely,
Agent-for-a-day
Heather says
Dear Author,
Thank you very much for taking the time to query our agency. I have given your project consideration; unfortunately, it is not a good fit for us at this time because, although the project seems to be well conceived, I had some difficulty with your word choice in the query letter, and wasn’t able to fully evaluate the project. However, after a revision of your query letter and manuscript, please feel free to resubmit to my attention.
Sincerely,
Heather
Rik says
Thank you for submitting your book for my consideration. Regrettably, I do not feel that I am able to represent this work for you. Best wishes for your future endeavours. Agent Rik.
Crystal says
Dear Author,
Thank you for your submission. However, currently, I am sorry to say I must turn down your manuscript. Good luck with other submission endeavors.
Sincerely,
Lit Agent
GuyStewart/DISCOVERCHURCH says
Dear Author:
Thank you for your query, but I’m going to have to pass. I do not feel strongly enough about your story to represent it well.
Sincerely, Guy Stewart
AgentforDay says
Dear Author,
I would need to know the title, the word count, the genre, and the plot before I could consider this further.
Please feel free to rewrite the query and resubmit.
Sincerely,
Agent for the Day
Leis says
Dear Author,
Thank you for your submission. I’m afraid I have to pass at this time.
Good luck with your writing.
Sincerely,
Agent for a Day
Kathy says
Dear Author,
I’m afraid you haven’t given me enough details to make a decision about your story.
I’m going to have to pass but I wish you luck in finding representation.
Sincerely,
Kathy
L.C. Gant says
Dear Author,
Thank you for your submission, but I’m afraid your story isn’t right for me at this time.
Please refer to our website for the submission guidelines and feel free to requery with more of the specifics for your manuscript.
Best wishes,
L.C. Gant (Agent for a Day)
Sarah says
Dear Author #41,
I regret that I cannot offer representation- and that my other obligations necessitate using this form letter.
Tastes and opinions vary, so I encourage you to query widely. I wish you the best of luck as you continue to pursue publication.
Warmly,
Sarah, Literary Agent for a Day
Reasons: Too short!
Hilabeans says
Dear Author,
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to consider your work. I regret to say that I don’t feel that I’m the most appropriate agent for this project.
Best wishes,
HHS
Dawn says
Dear Author,
Thank you for contacting Dawn Ink. Unfortunately, this is not what we’re looking for right now.
Best of luck in finding representation.
Sincerely,
Dawn
Anonymous says
Dear Author,
Thank you for taking the time to submit your query to me.
I have to pass on this query, unfortunately.
Please take your time to (re)read our submission guidelines.
After that, feel free to query me again.
Kind regards,
Nicole34
2readornot says
I’m sorry, but this is too brief for me to see anything of your writing style. Good luck!
Sara J. Henry says
Form rejection[Reasons: This isn’t a query – it’s a logline. Brevity is great, but I need more: I need to know the you need to convince me why Charles Smith’s story is compelling enough for a book and why you are the person to write it.]
Anahita says
Dear Author:
Thanks for sharing your query. Sorry I can’t represent your work. Good luck!
Anahita
Saint_Fool says
Dear Author:
Thank you for your query. Unfortunately, I do not feel that your story is the right fit for me.
Best of luck.
Saint_Fool
This sounds interesting, but the lack of detail about the manuscript + no.
Enusan says
Thank you for your query. Unfortunately, it’s much too short for me to really get an idea of what your book is about or how it is written. I’m afraid I’ll have to pass.
That Girl says
Dear Author,
Thank you for your query. Unfortunately, I will have to pass at this time.
Best of luck,
That Agent Girl
Anonymous says
Thank you for your submission. Unfortunately, this project is not a good fit for me. I appreciate your time and consideration, and wish you luck in finding representation.
Best,
Agent M
Jenn S. says
Dear Author,
Thank you for your query. It’s not right for me, but please keep me in mind for future submissions.
Regards,
Jenn S.
(Reason: Not enough plot or character detail to make me want to read the book.)
R. Markiam says
Dear Author,
Thank you for your query letter and for thinking of me for representation of your work. I’m sorry to say I won’t be able to pursue it further with you. I wish you all the best in securing other representation.
Regards,
R. Markiam