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Old 04-27-2009, 09:10 PM   #1
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The McVeigh Agency (Mark McVeigh)
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With years of editorial experience under his belt—most recently as Editorial Director for S&S imprint Aladdin Books, with prior stints at Dutton, Scholastic, Random House and HarperCollins—Mark McVeigh established The McVeigh Agency early in 2009.
from: http://cwim.blogspot.com/2009/04/new...gh-agency.html

link: http://www.themcveighagency.com/

I've heard nothing but very positive things about Mr. McVeigh.
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Old 04-27-2009, 10:08 PM   #2
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I queried him 2 days ago. Now I strum my fingers.
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Old 04-27-2009, 11:57 PM   #3
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It took him 2 weeks to respond to my query, requesting the full, and then two more weeks to reject it.
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Old 04-28-2009, 12:20 AM   #4
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Old 04-28-2009, 12:22 AM   #5
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Old 04-28-2009, 05:01 AM   #6
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Sorry Karo. Keep Querying!
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I just queried him nearly one week ago. I heard about him through the GLA newsletter. I'm hoping he will at least read it. I've never had any of my stories read by anyone legit before.
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Old 05-08-2009, 06:40 PM   #8
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I just found out about his new agency. The first thing I did was hit up these message boards to make sure he was legit. hahaha
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Old 05-08-2009, 09:01 PM   #9
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Sent him a query two weeks ago (maybe 2?) - haven't heard back yet. I'd love to at least get a partial request from him, he sounds great.
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I queried him today. What I really liked was he has an auto-responder on. This simple but cordial function lets the author know it was received... I love that, because I don't have to sit here wondering "Did they even get my submission?"
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Old 05-09-2009, 04:12 AM   #11
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I queried him today. What I really liked was he has an auto-responder on. This simple but cordial function lets the author know it was received... I love that, because I don't have to sit here wondering "Did they even get my submission?"
Hmmm...I queried him on 4/20 and didn't get an auto-response. I'll give it a month, then resend.
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Old 05-09-2009, 07:37 AM   #12
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Hmmm...I queried him on 4/20 and didn't get an auto-response. I'll give it a month, then resend.
Erin, I e-queried on 4/23 and also did not get an auto-response. Perhaps the agency wasn't sending those yet when we queried.
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Old 05-09-2009, 07:22 AM   #13
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Um, Erin, I got an auto-response too. I would re-check your junk mail folder for it and then re-send, if I were you.
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When I queried back in April, I did not receive an auto-response either. You're fine. He's probably just getting more queries as more people discover that he's become an agent, so it's taking him longer to respond.
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Old 05-09-2009, 08:59 AM   #15
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Glad to hear I'm not the only one, and the auto-responder must be new. I check my junk mail folder everyday for legit stuff too. It's only been a couple weeks so I'm not too worried.
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I queried Mark yesterday. I didn't get an auto-response, but a few hours later I did get a request for a full.
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Old 05-09-2009, 11:45 PM   #18
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Congrats 52greg! Let us know how it goes.
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The McVeigh Agency
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I don't see a thread in here for them. I see a few sales on Publisher's Marketplace. Does anyone know anything about them or had any experience with them? He's just asked for my full.

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Old 06-02-2009, 05:57 PM   #20
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I've been out of the loop for a while working on the new novel. Never heard of McVeigh. I'll do some checking and get back to you.
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Thread here.

Oh, and apparently he also takes graphic novel queries, because they're discussing him over there.
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Thread here.

Oh, and apparently he also takes graphic novel queries, because they're discussing him over there.

Awww, thanks!! I looked for a thread but I didn't see it. Must be blind, sheesh.

Anyway, no one seems worried about him and he asked for my full this morning, so I just sent it and he emailed me back saying he got it, which was nice.
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Jamie, I haven't heard from him on my 4/20 query either. I'm going to resend at the 2 month mark if I don't hear anything back.
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Awww, thanks!! I looked for a thread but I didn't see it. Must be blind, sheesh.

Anyway, no one seems worried about him and he asked for my full this morning, so I just sent it and he emailed me back saying he got it, which was nice.

Yay! Great news.

I e-queried him on 4/28 and have not heard back.
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Yay! Great news.

I e-queried him on 4/28 and have not heard back.

Thanks! I was sorta tickled about it
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