[Agency] Writers House

EQ Jodi reamer 9/30/14
ER 11/3/14

Very nice rejection letter (probably form) from her assistant Alec Shane. Form or not, I always appreciate a lovely rejection.

Hi everyone! To anyone who's recently queried Jodi Reamer, does she still accept e-queries? I know that on PM she has her assistant's email listed, but I also know that Alec Shane is accepting queries for his own list already. So...do I still send e-queries to Jodi via Alec? Or no more e-queries? Thanks, everyone!

Alec Shane definitely still reads queries for her, so I sent my query to his email, but addressed it to Jodi Reamer. Good luck!

E-queried Sarah Nagel 2/4/15.
Form R 2/17.

Plodding onward....

For anybody who queried Merrilee Heifetz did you end up sending her pages? Or just the query and synopsis?

Liz_V said:

E-queried Sarah Nagel 2/4/15.
Form R 2/17.

Plodding onward....

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I thought Writer House agents didn't accept email?

gingerwoman said:

I thought Writer House agents didn't accept email?

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On the contrary! A few days ago I submitted a query to Albert Zuckerman via snail-mail, as he had no email listed. Since then, they have redone their website, and ALL have email addresses listed for submission. You can still check Publisher's Marketplace for the preference for some, but the fact that it actually says "email submissions" for every agent under their name, makes it look like that is an option for all.

I decided to cover my bases and just hit the send button to make sure Mr. Zuckerman gets my query by email as well (along with a short explanation of what I've done).

Also, for Sarah Nagel at least, she had a "new agent" alert via Writer's Digest that specifically said she wanted email queries, and gave her address and details.

Sent an equery for a Fantasy Romance to Angharad Kowal of Writers House UK 13/5/15

Full request: 18/5/15
R: 26/6/15

I'm looking into querying Jodi Reamer, and have read up on previous questions about whether to email her directly, or to email Alec Shane. But there seems to be a new twist: Now, on the Writers House website submissions page, if you click on Jodi's name and then click on the "Submission Email" link, it opens a new email addressed to her own email address. But Publisher's Marketplace and QueryTracker still list Alec Shane's email address. Does the info on their own website take precedence now, or not?

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I'm looking into querying Jodi Reamer, and have read up on previous questions about whether to email her directly, or to email Alec Shane. But there seems to be a new twist: Now, on the Writers House website submissions page, if you click on Jodi's name and then click on the "Submission Email" link, it opens a new email addressed to her own email address. But Publisher's Marketplace and QueryTracker still list Alec Shane's email address. Does the info on their own website take precedence now, or not?

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An agency's website trumps the agent databases every time. I'd definitely take advantage of the opportunity to e-mail her directly (perhaps with a note that you're querying per the submission guidelines on their website).

I am looking into sending a submission to Soumeya Bendimerad. I checked for book sales in her name and found only one, back in 2011. Is this something that should concern me? OTOH, I am aware that she is a new agent at Writers House.
Any thoughts on whether I should still send a submission to her? Does anyone have any experience with her?

Writers House is a respected agency, and I wouldn't have any qualms about submitting to anyone working there. It's likely that the more experienced agents there are providing guidance for her, as she's new. Also, not all agents publicize all their sales. If you get to the point where she wants to talk rep with you, that'd be a good question to ask her then.

I queried Susan Golomb on 5/26 and heard back from Scott Cohen who requested a partial and detailed synopsis on 6/1. Yesterday (7/7), Scott requested the full.

Good luck Marika!

Thanks, Smiley!

On their submissions page, Writers House says that they respond to all queries, generally within six to eight weeks.

Is this true? Or do individual agents there only reply if they're interested?

I queried Sarah Nagel on June 15th and have yet to receive a response. She states she tries to respond in eight weeks, but if it is beyond that time frame, I wonder if I'm free to try another WH agent. I have at least three on my list.

I shot a quick tweet out to her to check status, although in retrospect I should maybe have sent a status query? Oh, well. We'll see if it garners a response.

ETA: I didn't receive a response to my Twitter question so I deleted the tweet so I wouldn't look like a pesky writer (although it might be too late for that )

Since it's been 9 weeks with no response, I am working up the nerve to query Jodi. But first, I sent a status query to Sarah, in case my original got lost.

After careful thought and a lot of angst, I am sending Sarah a letter of withdrawal so I can query other agents within the agency. They state response in 6 to 8 weeks, but it has been almost 12. I hope Sarah is okay; she hasn't had any activity on Twitter since July.

She's no longer listed on Writer's House website. Odd.

Crap. Just as I hit the "send" button to query J Reamer, I noticed I misspelled the title (left out a letter) on the subject line. This is the last time I query this late at night.

Sent a query to Jodi Reamer, got my rejection from Mr. Shane today. Soooo.... fired off another query to Mr. Lazar. I don't know; I have a thing for Writers House. What can I say?

The current query states a word count that is more in line with hardcover publishing. I returned a bunch of flashbacks I had removed for earlier queries.

What's the usual wait for Writers' House? I queried a few weeks ago. If it's a no, I'll query another agent there

merlot143 said:

What's the usual wait for Writers' House? I queried a few weeks ago. If it's a no, I'll query another agent there

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I would wait the usual three months before trying to query another agent. They are known to respond, so you probably won't have to wait that long. If for some reason you're not getting a response, try a nudge before withdrawing and trying another.

Got a favorite from Alec Shane today at #pitmad. Very stoked but the Writers House submissions page doesn't say whether to attach pages or not. Does anyone have experience with this agency?