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[Agency] Barer Literary (Julie Barer)

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What do you guys know about Julie Barer and Neeti Madan? Thank you.
 

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I have no info about the Barer Agency but Sterling Lord (Neeti Madan) sent me a nicely worded rejection :cry: , signed by the agent (I assume). It was on very nice letterhead stationary and appeared very professional.

Good luck.

J. Y. (Jean) Moore
 

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I got no specific questions about them just whatever you guys may know about them? Thanks, anything will do.
 

Elaine

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Julie Barer is excellent and amazing-- successful, kind, and astute. Be very professional when you query her. Good luck!
 

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Elaine I sent you a private message. Thanks.
 

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I sent a query, but nothing yet. Anyone else hear from her of have experience lately?
 

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got a form rejection a couple of months back. About a 3 week turn around, if I'm remembering correctly.
 

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I got a 15-day email rejection back in October.
 

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I had a wonderful experience with Ms. Barer. Though she passed on my full, it was the loveliest, most gracious and encouraging rejection letter I've ever received.
 

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Two months ago, I sent her an email query about a novel similar to one she recently sold, but I haven't heard back yet. I'll probably try again in another few weeks if I don't hear something sooner.
 

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I know someone who has Julie Barer for an agent and thinks she's super. She sounds very professional but also very human and supportive.
 

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I met her at a conference. She was very sweet and professional, and I only wish she represented the kind of genre I write.
 

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I equeried her on July 10 and received a ejection on the 15th. If yours was an e-query, you might want to resend it, Trish.
 

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Based on this post, I emailed a query. We'll see what happens....
 

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Julie Barer

I just e-queried Julie Barer at Barer Literary and got an immediate auto-response confirming the reception of my query and telling me they only respond to e-queries if interested in the project.
 

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hi all

Sent an email query with the first 3 chapters on Dec 7th and got a request for a full on Feb 18th. Had pretty much written them off as an "R", so this is a piece of unexpected good news :)
 

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Anyone have any info on response times for fulls? I got a request on Feb 19th from Ms. Barer's assistant William Boggess. Only been 5 weeks so I'm not really expecting anything so soon.
 

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Alas... got a form rejection letter in the mail. Some general comments but nothing that indicated anyone had actually taken the time to read the book. Ah well. When someone takes the time to read your partial and then request a full, it would be nice to get some feedback to help with future revisions.