[Agency] Harvey Klinger, Inc

Libbie said:

Queried Harvey Klinger this morning, and received a partial request hours later. We'll see how it goes!

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Congrats Libbie!

Congrats!

Form Q'd Andrea 4/1, partial request today.

Form R 4/4

S'all good, though. I'm killing it in general.

HoneyBadger said:

Congrats!

Form Q'd Andrea 4/1, partial request today.

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Yay, HoneyBadger!

Congrats to Libbie and HoneyBadger on the requests!

Does anyone know about Sara Crowe's response time on requested material? I've had a partial out for about 6 weeks and am settling in for a longer wait, but was curious to see if anyone has had contact with her lately on partials/fulls. Thanks

CharleyGirl said:

Congrats to Libbie and HoneyBadger on the requests!

Does anyone know about Sara Crowe's response time on requested material? I've had a partial out for about 6 weeks and am settling in for a longer wait, but was curious to see if anyone has had contact with her lately on partials/fulls. Thanks

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QT says (and it's soooo worth the $25 a year for the fancy reports):

18 days average response on a partial, but up to 3 months, so you might be safe nudging now.

CharleyGirl said:

Does anyone know about Sara Crowe's response time on requested material? I've had a partial out for about 6 weeks and am settling in for a longer wait, but was curious to see if anyone has had contact with her lately on partials/fulls. Thanks

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My turn-around from Sara was a little less than two months!

Beckstah said:

My turn-around from Sara was a little less than two months!

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Thanks, Beckstah! Cool~ I might hear back sooner than I thought

HoneyBadger said:

QT says (and it's soooo worth the $25 a year for the fancy reports):

18 days average response on a partial, but up to 3 months, so you might be safe nudging now.

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Thanks so much for the info, HoneyBadger! I keep forgetting to do that with QT~ thanks for the reminder!

Good luck, party people! It's only been ten days for me (seems like much longer!) so I guess I'm still too early to poke Harvey with an e-stick. I probably won't poke at all. That's usually how I roll.

Got a rejection from Sara Crowe. But at least she was quick and it was a personal response, not an automative one. That I appreciate.

Thanks for spreading the word, Krista G! Would love to enter but my MS's genre isn't eligible. Looks really fun though. What a great idea!

Krista G. said:

I know this is kind of last-minute, but several other bloggers and I are hosting a multi-blog, multi-agent contest this month called "The Writer's Voice." Andrea Somberg will be one of the judges, so if you'd like to get your query and first page in front of her and several other agents at once, you might think about entering. We're accepting entries tomorrow, May 3, at 9:00 a.m. or 9:00 p.m. EDT.

Submission guidelines here: http://www.motherwrite.blogspot.com/2012/05/writers-voice-submission-guidelines.html

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Good luck, Libbie! They look like a great agency. I'm getting ready to query Andrea.

Libbie said:

Good luck, party people! It's only been ten days for me (seems like much longer!) so I guess I'm still too early to poke Harvey with an e-stick. I probably won't poke at all. That's usually how I roll.

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EQ to Andrea Somberg on 5-2-12

Very nice, polite rejection 5-3-12. I think it was a form R, but it was still nice.

Yay for quick response times (and politeness)!

Just want to share my experience with Andrea Somberg. I queried her at HK, and she was the first person to ask me for pages. It got me super excited, but in the end, she declined. Despite that, I enjoyed my interaction with her. She was very approachable and very nice. You felt like you were talking to someone you know, not somebody you have to call "Miss/Madam". I even asked her for a feedback as to why she declined and she took the time to write a small note note. In the end, the voice just wasn't what she was looking for. But she did encourage me to keep searching for representation, because this market is super subjective. I really appreciate it when agents tell us to keep looking, even if it it's in a form rejection. You feel a little bit encouraged. Specially when they actually take the time to answer and don't just send "This is not for me." Andrea seems like a delightful person.

Sorry about the R, Sara.

Seems like there is a lot of good feedback for this agency, I'm getting ready to query Andrea now, she sounds great!

Does this firm now require emailed queries to be via their online form or is a regular email okay?

If it makes any difference, Harvey Klinger requested my partial some time ago. That led to an R. But I rewrote and he asked to see the full. He said it was better, but still an R. Now I have a more comprehensive rewrite (some time has passed -- I don't know if he would remember me).

So do I contact him using the form or as a reply to our last correspondence? I'd like to include some pages with my requery as well.

I guess another alternative is snail mail

E-query to Andrea Somberg on 7-14-12

Nice polite rejection today.

Andrea's my agent and she's wonderful! Very kind, very professional, and also quick to answer any questions I have or e-mails I send. I would definitely recommend her!

Hathor - I've never heard of them requiring anything other than regular e-mail. I think responding to your most recent correspondence, as long as it's the same project, would be fine.

I e-q'd Sara Crowe on 8/6 and got a full request today! It's middle grade contemporary.

I queried andrea and she sent me a personal rejection, it sounded like she was ALMOST interested but not enough and passed, should I revise the beginning and requery her?

Morgan said:

I queried andrea and she sent me a personal rejection, it sounded like she was ALMOST interested but not enough and passed, should I revise the beginning and requery her?

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If she didn't specifically tell you to revise and re-query, the answer is, generally, don't re query. If they were interested enough in the potential, they would have asked for a revision. (just my 2 cents)

I'd also advise against it. One thing about Andrea - she writes the nicest rejection letters in the business. If she wanted you to revise and resubmit, she would've specifically asked.

alright thanks guys!

Hiya!
I sent my query to Andrea on August 14th and got the request for the five pages on 8/26.

From reading these posts, she sounds really nice. My fingers are crossed.