Howard Morhaim Literary Agency

Stacia Kane · Feb 14, 2011

cindyyt said:
Good luck Kmarshall and Shari C! I met Kate McKean this Jan at WDC, sensed immediately that she was genuine and that I could have a good rapport with her and was ecstatic and overeager to send her my work. To my great regret, I accidentally sent her the first 9 pages of part 2 that make no sense out of context and are a weak representation of the rest of my novel instead of the first 75 pages that she asked for (Amateur move I know. Lord only knows how that happened.) I received a polite R the next week. Lesson to share: triple check the docs before sending and make sure your book is the best it can be. Good luck with your submissions!!

When did you realize you'd sent the wrong file?

If it was before you got the R, you totally could have resent the correct one with a quick "Sorry, I was so nervous I had a brain blip and attached the wrong file," and it would have been fine.

Just an FYI for the future (you may already know it, but maybe someone reading this thread doesn't); agents are humans, they do know writers are nervous and that we occasionally mess up, and it's not a big deal.

If I ever left my agent (which I have no plans to do), Morhaim is one of the names at the very top of my list of agents I'd talk to.

Gravity · Feb 14, 2011

I sent them an email query on 11 January, so I guess I'l wait another month or so before I nudge.

cindyyt · Feb 18, 2011

Thanks for the tip and words of encouragement Stacia! In answer to your question, unfortunately, I realized after I received the R from her. Was so bummed! Lesson learned though. Congratulations on your latest book!!

CharleyGirl · Mar 4, 2011

Has anyone submitted to or heard from Kate McKean lately?

soopykun · Mar 4, 2011

I queried her on Jan 13, got a request for a full March 2, if that helps at all.

CharleyGirl · Mar 5, 2011

soopykun said:
I queried her on Jan 13, got a request for a full March 2, if that helps at all.

Congratulations on the full! Thanks for the information (yes, it helps)!

parumpdragon · Mar 8, 2011

Greetings. I'm new to all of this. Have not had internet in 4 years. Anyway, I got a request for a partial from Howard Morhaim himself. Is that common? I ask because no one seems to mention him on this thread anymore, even though it comes up under his name. You only mention his co-agents

Quantum1019 · Mar 8, 2011

CharleyGirl said:
Has anyone submitted to or heard from Kate McKean lately?

I queried her today.

CharleyGirl · Mar 9, 2011

Quantum1019 said:
I queried her today.

Good luck Quantum!

Samara Jensen · Mar 9, 2011

Kate McKean tweeted the other day that she had 666 queries in her inbox. I've just queried her, so it looks like I have a long wait yet.

I wouldn't be surprised if I was query number 666 though... :evil

parumpdragon · Mar 9, 2011

To Ms. Jensen, it was mentioned somewhere earlier on this threat that there's about a 3 to 4 month wait for Kate McKean and her co-agents. Best of luck for a solicitation.

Samara Jensen said:
Kate McKean tweeted the other day that she

Samara Jensen · Mar 10, 2011

parumpdragon said:
To Ms. Jensen, it was mentioned somewhere earlier on this threat that there's about a 3 to 4 month wait for Kate McKean and her co-agents. Best of luck for a solicitation.

3-4 months? Yikes! Guess I'd better settle in for the long haul on this one.

parumpdragon · Mar 10, 2011

It's really not as bad at you think. I have submitted to more agents than I care to count. The longest it ever took to get a response was 11 months to a particularly large agency, very large, and that was an R unfortunately. But, you can think of it this way if it helps, the longer it takes for a reply, the less likely it is to be a rejection. It has been my experience with 'snail mails' at least, if it takes more than a couple of weeks you may just get a request for more materials. Either way, keep your chin up. Know for certain that there will be a lot of R, regardless. Hang in there.

Samara Jensen said:
3-4 months? Yikes! Guess I'd better settle in for the long haul on this one.

J. Koyanagi · Mar 11, 2011

parumpdragon said:
Greetings. I'm new to all of this. Have not had internet in 4 years. Anyway, I got a request for a partial from Howard Morhaim himself. Is that common? I ask because no one seems to mention him on this thread anymore, even though it comes up under his name. You only mention his co-agents

The agency website says he's closed to queries. Congrats on the partial, though!

parumpdragon · Mar 11, 2011

Thanks Koyanagi! Yeah, I didn't have any access to the internet, so I sent him a snail, and then he responded and asked for the partial, even though I found out after he was closed to queries. Obvious he liked something about it because I didn't get an immediate R, or a polite letter telling me to query someone else.

Thanks again.

Samara Jensen · Apr 7, 2011

Finally got my R from Kate McKean! Stats were as follows: equery sent 8th March, rejection received 29th March. So not too long a wait - just under a month.

Louisa · Jul 30, 2011

Kate McKean was one of the Authoress'secret agents and gave wonderful feedback! Have a look and see what she liked, it might be useful: http://misssnarksfirstvictim.blogspot.com/2011/03/secret-agent-unveiled-kate-mckean.html

pavtbr · Jan 27, 2012

Query sent

I see there hasn't been a lot of activity on this thread for a while. Does anyone have any updates? I sent a e-query to Kate McKean this evening and I'll post back when I hear a response.
Bryan

Erin · Jan 28, 2012

pavtbr said:
I see there hasn't been a lot of activity on this thread for a while. Does anyone have any updates? I sent a e-query to Kate McKean this evening and I'll post back when I hear a response.
Bryan

I sent Kate a query in Sept and she responded in 5 days. Loved the fast response, not so much the rejection!

pavtbr · Feb 29, 2012

Got a form rejection today, so a little more than 4 weeks for a response. Oh well, glad I got a response. Onward I go!
Bryan

vigeo · Jan 7, 2013

submissions not delivered

I have been trying to email a query letter to Kate McKean of the Howard Morhaim Literary Agency. The email is returned by the Mail Delivery System. The same goes for Mr. Morhaim's email address.

amschilling · Jan 7, 2013

What does it list as the reason? It should tell you what the issue is: invalid address, rejected by server, etc. You just have to scan through all garbage in the text it sends to find it. Once you have the reason, someone may be able to tell you the fix (if any).

HoldinHolden · May 2, 2014

Any new updates here from anyone? I queried the agency's new agent and have a phone call set up with her today. I'm glad to find that it's a very reputable agency!

HoldinHolden · Jul 30, 2014

To update here- I received and accepted an offer of rep from Maria Ribas at Howard Morhaim last month. From query to offer was under 2 months.

augusto · Jul 30, 2014

Congrats!!!

Howard Morhaim Literary Agency

Stacia Kane

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Gravity

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