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Juneluv: I had to nudge Ms. McCarthy for a rejection - she thought she'd already sent it and apologized for the delay. But it's better getting the R than waiting, IMO. And maybe she's set your MS aside to think about.
 

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Juneluv: I had to nudge Ms. McCarthy for a rejection - she thought she'd already sent it and apologized for the delay. But it's better getting the R than waiting, IMO. And maybe she's set your MS aside to think about.

I'd love to think that, Brimfire!! But I've since taken the Preface/Prologue out, so that might be the issue......I may shoot her an email just in case!
 

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She's requested snail mailed partials from both queries I sent her and sent back "Dear Author" form rejects on both
 

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Anyone know if Nahvae Frost has sold anything? Also, male or female?
 

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hey folks. Sent a query to Ms. McCarthy on the 17th and got a partial request on the same day with a "your work sounds interesting". seems that many have gotten partial requests before so I won't get my hopes up too high.
 

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Many agents use form requests, I've seen quite a few of those.
 

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Alas... a more standard form rejection for my partial
 

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Just received a wonderful rejection from Shawna on my full. She was very encouraging and said the only thing that was keeping her from wanting to rep it was the lack of a "visceral reaction".
 

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I got the email rejection about six hours after the polite reminder. She "found the plot and action a bit too reminiscent of a video game rather than a novel." At least it's not anther form rejection. Sigh... on to the next query.
 

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got a partial request a couple of hours after sending query. She'll be my last query for a while though.
 

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That's not necessarily a bad thing. If you're MS is good it just means you'll have an easier time getting your foot through the door.
 

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Is Nahvae a no response = no agent?

I sent her a query on 3/7/10 and I'm still waiting.


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I e-queried her on the Mar 27th and have yet to hear a response. I am guessing from the quick turn-around times on queries that it's probably a no. Rejection number 30! Go me! I am starting to wonder if my query is flawed (like they can ever be perfect).
 

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I queried Shawna back in January and haven't heard a thing so my guess is no news is bad news from these folks. Quel damage.
 

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Query sent 17 August
Partial requested 18 August
Full requested 17 September

So she's pretty quick on turnaround. Straight down the line and professional in her correspondence (but she let me email my full since I'm from Australia, which isn't her usual modus operandii, so she's also very accomodating).
 

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Shawna just requested a partial from me a few days ago. Sent it snail mail, as she asked. We'll see . . .