Stringer Literary Agency, LLC (Marlene Stringer)

Requested my partial within twenty-four hours of querying.

Requested my full.

Rejected my query within three days.

Time to get back to the drawing board on the query, I think...

FYI: I've just completed an interview with Marlene at my blog...if you're interested in what she's looking for (as well as the editors she knows) ...

An interview with Marlene Stringer

Hope this helps, and good luck!

I signed with Marlene in January... excellent interview! She's a very, very sharp lady (and not just because she signed me! ).

I just wanted to add for reference that I e-queried two days ago and got a reply today. Very fast turnaround!

Wow, she IS fast. I got my R in less than one day.

Just got a next day R for my partial. I don't think it can get much faster.

Four days between partial request and rejection. Not bad, although not the result I was hoping for.

Rejection in about 24 hours. Fast and brutal.

Sent query at 10:30pm, received very polite partial request at 11:06pm. You can't get much faster than that!

She rejected a query of mine not long ago within a few days. When I queried her about another project, she requested a partial of mine the next day. I wish more agents were this fast.

I was a little leery about the Florida/New York thing but ya'll convinced me to give Ms. Stringer a try.

Got a request for 50 pages 5 minutes after sending her an equery. *fingers crossed*

loriwriter said:

I was a little leery about the Florida/New York thing but ya'll convinced me to give Ms. Stringer a try.

Got a request for 50 pages 5 minutes after sending her an equery. *fingers crossed*

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Yeah, she must be on fire today, or something. I queried and got a partial request 7 minutes afterward. Good luck to both of us!

Well, she got back to me within hours of receiving my partial. It was an R, but a personal R with good feedback.

14 hours from 50 page request to a personalized rejection. Oh well. Still have 2 fulls out with other agents.

loriwriter said:

14 hours from 50 page request to a personalized rejection. Oh well. Still have 2 fulls out with other agents.

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Hopefully the personalized R was helpful and gives you an idea of something to work on.

stevewed said:

Hopefully the personalized R was helpful and gives you an idea of something to work on.

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Not really. She said "The story is interesting, the setting is cool; however, I sensed no discernible voice, as if the ms was overpolished to the point of perfection."

Can't really correct voice. You either have it or you don't. Funny thing is that's what I get complimented most on (in contests most judges say I have a very strong voice). My last agent loved my voice. Guess Ms. Stringer just didn't get mine. But getting a full request from another agent later that day sure took the sting out of it. *G*

Quick one-day R of a query.

Rejected a requested partial of mine, but suggested the sort of agents I should submit to.

Requested a partial 13 minutes after I sent the query. That is FAST.

loriwriter said:

Not really. She said "The story is interesting, the setting is cool; however, I sensed no discernible voice, as if the ms was overpolished to the point of perfection."

Can't really correct voice. You either have it or you don't. Funny thing is that's what I get complimented most on (in contests most judges say I have a very strong voice). My last agent loved my voice. Guess Ms. Stringer just didn't get mine. But getting a full request from another agent later that day sure took the sting out of it. *G*

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Can't say that anyone has ever told me my manuscript was too perfect.

just wondering...

I was just wondering if the agency is open on Sundays since I sent off my query today. Should I be expecting it later tonight or tomorrow sometime? Thank you!

pen&ink said:

I was just wondering if the agency is open on Sundays since I sent off my query today. Should I be expecting it later tonight or tomorrow sometime? Thank you!

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Most agencies are not open on Sunday, although I know a lot of agents check email, etc. What exactly are you expecting so fast?