[Agency] McIntosh & Otis (Eugene & Elizabeth Winick)

CB · Nov 17, 2008

Rebecca Strauss represents?? (McIntosh & Otis.)

I am having trouble finding out who Rebecca Strauss has represented/represents. I have been on the site and googled her as well. Any tips? Thanks!
CB

CaoPaux · Nov 17, 2008

Updating link: http://www.mcintoshandotis.com/

ETA: If nothing else, she just made a three-book deal to Orbit: http://www.orbitbooks.net/2008/11/03/deals-and-deliveries-nicole-peeler/#more-736

churchillgirl · Dec 9, 2008

I'll post this question here because I just read a reference to M&O. I wonder if it's even a good time to pitch an agent. Given the layoffs, the utter flux of the entire publishing industry and the bad sales figures from B&N and Border's, are agents actively looking to sign new writers?

CB · Dec 10, 2008

I can't see, as a writer looking to get published, that we have any choice but to keep trying!

Gravity · Dec 10, 2008

IMO, this is a great time to be looking for an agent. Here's why. Everyone knows the economy is in the toilet right now, but these things are cyclical. Barring another Great Depression (in which case writing will be the least of any of our worries), sometime in the next eighteen to twenty-four months we'll be out of this. And if houses (and agents) don't have product to move at that time, it'll be like trying to get a mile-long freight train going from a dead stop. So these folks have to be looking at new material now, because their livelihoods depend on it. Else when the economy turns bright again they'll be caught flatfooted, with nothing to offer.

CB · Dec 10, 2008

AMEN!

Karen Duvall · Dec 10, 2008

Two people on the Purgatory thread just got agents within a week of each other. What month is this? December? Oh, yeah.

Rebecca Strauss represents AW member Nicole Peeler (aka Morrigan) and just got her a 2-book deal last month.

My M&O agent, Elizabeth Winick, is terrific. She has subs of my manuscript out to a few publishers, but she's waiting until after the first of the year to send out any more.

CB · Dec 10, 2008

Thanks!
CB

Evlsushi · Dec 10, 2008

Hey I just got a request for a full and then a request for revisions to the full from M&O. What's the word on Edward Necalsumer? I don't know very much about him except his record on publisher's marketplace.

Erin · Dec 10, 2008

Gravity said:
IMO, this is a great time to be looking for an agent. Here's why. Everyone knows the economy is in the toilet right now, but these things are cyclical. Barring another Great Depression (in which case writing will be the least of any of our worries), sometime in the next eighteen to twenty-four months we'll be out of this. And if houses (and agents) don't have product to move at that time, it'll be like trying to get a mile-long freight train going from a dead stop. So these folks have to be looking at new material now, because their livelihoods depend on it. Else when the economy turns bright again they'll be caught flatfooted, with nothing to offer.

I totally agree. Agents and publishers NEED authors. They may be more selective now, but without us there wouldn't be a book industry. I have received at least one agent rejection that said, "because of the publishing industry economy, we're being more selective...etc." But deals are still being made everyday according to PM.

schoonerbabe · Dec 15, 2008

Eugene Winnick represented the immensely successful novels of southern writer Walker Percy, who was a friend of my family. All of his books were NY Times bestsellers.

CB · Dec 15, 2008

Thanks for all the feedback!
Cat

PVish · Dec 15, 2008

Evlsushi said:
Hey I just got a request for a full and then a request for revisions to the full from M&O. What's the word on Edward Necalsumer? I don't know very much about him except his record on publisher's marketplace.

Edward Necalsumer IV is head of the children's division. He rejected me within three weeks of my snail-mailed query and two chapters.

Morrigan · Dec 17, 2008

CB said:
I am having trouble finding out who Rebecca Strauss has represented/represents. I have been on the site and googled her as well. Any tips? Thanks!
CB

Rebecca Strauss is the best agent in the WHOLE WORLD.

And she represents Me!

Morrigan · Dec 17, 2008

Evlsushi said:
Hey I just got a request for a full and then a request for revisions to the full from M&O. What's the word on Edward Necalsumer? I don't know very much about him except his record on publisher's marketplace.

Edward is a total powerhouse, that's an EXCELLENT response. Congrats!

And M&O, as an agency, has been absolutely incredible with me. I adore my agent, and their film rights agent, Ian Polonsky, is incredible and started working with me immediately. So

AndrewG · Jan 7, 2009

Do any of the agents accept online queries? There listings on AgentQuery indicate they don't but some of you said you emailed them your query.

Thanks for the help!

Evlsushi · Jan 9, 2009

AndrewG said:
Do any of the agents accept online queries? There listings on AgentQuery indicate they don't but some of you said you emailed them your query.

Thanks for the help!

I don't know about everyone else, but I don't think that they accept e-mail. It was the main reason why I waited so long to query them initially.

Evlsushi · Jan 9, 2009

Morrigan said:
Edward is a total powerhouse, that's an EXCELLENT response. Congrats!

And M&O, as an agency, has been absolutely incredible with me. I adore my agent, and their film rights agent, Ian Polonsky, is incredible and started working with me immediately. So

This is really encouraging! Thanks. Edward and his assistant Abigail have been really responsive thus far. They even asked for a sample of my second novel. I'm still waiting for a reply, but even if they reject me now their revisions have given me a much stronger novel.

Morrigan · Jan 10, 2009

Evlsushi said:
This is really encouraging! Thanks. Edward and his assistant Abigail have been really responsive thus far. They even asked for a sample of my second novel. I'm still waiting for a reply, but even if they reject me now their revisions have given me a much stronger novel.

Congrats! Seriously, he's huge. Can you say, "Madeleine L'Engle?" Let me know what happens! M&O has been seriously amazing, as a house, and I've only heard good things about Edward. And I got a huge amount of help from an agent who continued to reject me.

Then turned around and got Ms. Super Agent Rebecca Strauss. So it's great you've got that attitude!

Andrew G: Only snail mail.

Glamour177 · Mar 31, 2009

Morrigan said:
Rebecca Strauss is the best agent in the WHOLE WORLD.

And she represents Me!

Hi Morrigan,

Congrats on your upcoming book! I was wondering if you know if Rebecca considers chick lit books? I saw on a website that she does, but her profile on M&O doesn't state it specifically.

Thanks for any help you have to offer!

missteddy16 · Jun 9, 2009

Edward Necarsulmer

Question: Does Edward Necarsulmer handle YA? It says he's head of the children's division at MO, but it doesn't specifically state he does young adult, which always freaks me out.

WendyNYC · Jun 10, 2009

Glamour177 said:
Hi Morrigan,

Congrats on your upcoming book! I was wondering if you know if Rebecca considers chick lit books? I saw on a website that she does, but her profile on M&O doesn't state it specifically.

Thanks for any help you have to offer!

I don't know about chick lit, but she handles women's fiction. She's my agent and that's what I write.

I'm really happy with her, by the way.

ETA: Oh, and just to give you an idea about her timing with me--I snail mailed her according to the submissions guidelines (query + 1st 3 chapters, I think). I got a request for a full within days and an offer 2 or 3 days after the full.

Vandal · Jun 10, 2009

missteddy16 said:
Question: Does Edward Necarsulmer handle YA? It says he's head of the children's division at MO, but it doesn't specifically state he does young adult, which always freaks me out.

Yes, according to Agentquery.com:

FICTION GENRES
Young Adult | Children's | Middle Grade

sarawriter21 · Sep 10, 2009

Has anyone queried Edward recently? I met him at a conference in June, spoke to him personally - he said he was interested in my novel. I sent him my query the day after the conference ended. He said to expect a 2 month turnaround time. It's been almost 3 months... Has anyone else had this experience? Or should I email their only listed email address (info@...) and ask if he'd received it? I just don't quite know what to think...

Morrigan · Sep 19, 2009

Glamour177 said:
Hi Morrigan,

Congrats on your upcoming book! I was wondering if you know if Rebecca considers chick lit books? I saw on a website that she does, but her profile on M&O doesn't state it specifically.

Thanks for any help you have to offer!

Hi!! Sorry I didn't get back about this sooner! And I know that Rebecca considers pretty much anything, even LITERARY! *gasp*, if it strikes her fancy.

And thank you!

Good luck with the querying!

[Agency] McIntosh & Otis (Eugene & Elizabeth Winick)

CB

CaoPaux

Mostly Harmless

churchillgirl

CB

Gravity

Seen 'em come, seen 'em go

CB

Karen Duvall

Chalice the Hatchet Knight

CB

Evlsushi

Erin

Listening to my other selves

schoonerbabe

CB

PVish

Cat hair collector

Morrigan

Morrigan

AndrewG

Evlsushi

Evlsushi

Morrigan

Glamour177

Needs to Learn Patience.

missteddy16

WendyNYC

fiddle-dee-dee

Vandal

In the Center of things

sarawriter21

Morrigan