[Agency] The Gernert Company

Hip-Hop-a-potamus · Oct 11, 2012

I think Anna is taking her own clients now.

She's not on querytracker, but I queried her back in August. She liked my first sample and asked for the next 50 pages. Best response I've had in a while!

CaoPaux · Jan 13, 2013

Updating link to home page: http://www.thegernertco.com/

Xeni@ · Jan 25, 2013

Andy Kifer

Andy Kifer is now taking submissions on his own. He trained with Seth Fishman and Chris Parris-Lamb and he wants literary, genre fiction (especially sci-fi), and nonfiction. If he likes your work he will let you know very quickly (at least that's my experience with him), and he has the support of a truly amazing team.

DPRichard · Jan 25, 2013

Xeni@ said:
Andy Kifer is now taking submissions on his own. He trained with Seth Fishman and Chris Parris-Lamb and he wants literary, genre fiction (especially sci-fi), and nonfiction. If he likes your work he will let you know very quickly (at least that's my experience with him), and he has the support of a truly amazing team.

I queried Seth Fishman with a synopsis and first five pages back on Jan. 2, he seems to average about four weeks on query responses so if I eventually get a no from him I will definitely fire a query off to Mr. Kifer.

Hmmmmm, wonder if Andy ever served on the Caine...... :e2stooges

Xeni@ · Jan 25, 2013

DPRichard said:
I queried Seth Fishman with a synopsis and first five pages back on Jan. 2, he seems to average about four weeks on query responses so if I eventually get a no from him I will definitely fire a query off to Mr. Kifer.

Hmmmmm, wonder if Andy ever served on the Caine......

Actually, as far as mutinies go, I'm not 100% sure that you'd pronounce Andy's name Keefer! Would you?

Lady MacBeth · Jan 25, 2013

Seth Fishman never responded to my query.

Xeni@ · Jan 25, 2013

I'm happy to say that they have officially become my agency! Signing the contract today.

MaraudingDon · Jan 26, 2013

Xeni@ said:
I'm happy to say that they have officially become my agency! Signing the contract today.

Way to go! Congratulations. I wish you much success.

DPRichard · Jan 26, 2013

Xeni@ said:
I'm happy to say that they have officially become my agency! Signing the contract today.

Congrats!!!!!!

Xeni@ · Jan 26, 2013

Thank you!

But I have to say that doesn't feel as I expected. It feels like it's not real! They sent me a contract to sign, Andy's already working on the manuscript, but I'm so deep into the "expect the rejection mode", that I still keep expecting them to say that they changed their mind.

Lady MacBeth · Jan 27, 2013

Congratulations Xeni!

Kiki17 · Feb 27, 2013

Xeni:

Congrats!! I'm new here and loving all the feedback. I also understand Xeni your feelings about being in "rejection mode." Stay possitive!!

Just my two cents here:

Queried Seth Fishman through the automated submission. Never heard back. A month later I sent a hand written note. His assistant responded via email they never received it. I sent it to them and was rejected the same day. I got the feeling Seth didn't read it.

I queried David and 24hrs later I got a request for a full from Will Roberts. I got the feeling he pre-reads ms for David. But he was very sweet!

I'll keep everyone psoted.

Thedrellum · May 23, 2013

E-query to Sarah Burnes: 5/4/2013
Partial request: 5/23/2013

YA Science Fiction 67K words

mayqueen · Jul 9, 2013

I have a question for anyone who has queried Gernert recently. I've queried two different agents (with appropriate time in between for response) at the info@ email address. Last time around when I was querying, I got an automatic response for each agent I queried. This time, I haven't gotten any automatic responses and I'm querying non-responding agents. Should I just assume they stopped doing the auto-response? Or that my queries aren't going through?

AlisonMcMahan · Jul 25, 2013

Just wanted to report on a very positive experience with Stephanie Cabot of the Gernert Co. I pitcher her my historical novel at the Historical Novel Society Conference on June 20. She asked for a three chapter sample which I sent about ten days later. Got a personalized and very kind rejection this morning, July 26.

yendor1152 · Jul 25, 2013

Hip-Hop-a-potamus said:
I think Anna is taking her own clients now.

She's not on querytracker, but I queried her back in August. She liked my first sample and asked for the next 50 pages. Best response I've had in a while!

So, what happened afterward?!

yendor1152 · Jul 25, 2013

DPRichard said:
I queried Seth Fishman with a synopsis and first five pages back on Jan. 2, he seems to average about four weeks on query responses so if I eventually get a no from him I will definitely fire a query off to Mr. Kifer.

Hmmmmm, wonder if Andy ever served on the Caine......

Don't leave us hanging! What happened?!

JoyMC · Sep 13, 2013

I just got a partial request from Logan Garrison on my MG contemporary. I had queried on 8/25.

JoyMC · Nov 16, 2013

Here's how things turned out with Logan.

I queried on 8/25
Got a partial request on 9/13
Upgraded to a full on 10/4
Nice, personalized rejection on 11/15

She said some very nice things about the manuscript, but had a specific issue with the manuscript that, if it resonated, I could attempt to address and ask if she'd look at a revision, but I don't actually agree with it, so onward. She seems very nice.

popgun62 · Jan 29, 2014

Had an interesting experience with Seth Fishman, who is a super nice guy, by the way.

About six months ago, he hosted an agent forum on Goodreads and answered about a hundred questions, including a couple of mine. I mentioned I was from Texas, which he is also, and we kind of hit it off because we both like to write YA thrillers.

Fast forward to Dec. 2013. I told him that I had a new supernatural thriller I would like him to take a look at, and he agreed, saying that he was excited to read it.

A few weeks later, NY Times bestselling author Douglas Preston read the book and emailed me an awesome endorsement, which I forwarded to Mr. Fishman.

He asked me to resend my query, plus the endorsement, to his personal email account, and wanted to know how I pulled off getting an endorsement from Mr. Preston! I told him I just asked!

Anyway, It's been kind of an interesting roller coaster ride - hopefully it will end with an offer. If not, I have other offers, but I'm really impressed with Mr. Fishman so far. He has a good track record and a great attitude.

quianaa2001 · Jan 29, 2014

popgun62 said:
Had an interesting experience with Seth Fishman, who is a super nice guy, by the way.

About six months ago, he hosted an agent forum on Goodreads and answered about a hundred questions, including a couple of mine. I mentioned I was from Texas, which he is also, and we kind of hit it off because we both like to write YA thrillers.

Fast forward to Dec. 2013. I told him that I had a new supernatural thriller I would like him to take a look at, and he agreed, saying that he was excited to read it.

A few weeks later, NY Times bestselling author Douglas Preston read the book and emailed me an awesome endorsement, which I forwarded to Mr. Fishman.

He asked me to resend my query, plus the endorsement, to his personal email account, and wanted to know how I pulled off getting an endorsement from Mr. Preston! I told him I just asked!

Anyway, It's been kind of an interesting roller coaster ride - hopefully it will end with an offer. If not, I have other offers, but I'm really impressed with Mr. Fishman so far. He has a good track record and a great attitude.

VERY AWESOME!
Just wondering how many offers/requests have you gotten popgun?

popgun62 · Jan 29, 2014

quianaa2001 said:
VERY AWESOME!
Just wondering how many offers/requests have you gotten popgun?

Hi Quianaa. I have a partial out with another agency and a full out with a publisher. I should have said I'm "expecting" offers

The publisher has already published two of my books.

Chumplet · Feb 14, 2014

I sent a query/first chapter to Ms. Garrison on January 29 and received a request for the first fifty pages today. Since she had already read the first ten pages and didn't throw it across the room, I imagine she likes my writing.

Once again. Fingers crossed.

Chumplet · Mar 7, 2014

Well, she just sent a brief but kind rejection on my requested partial.

pisceanreve · Oct 31, 2014

just reviving the thread from March to say that I'm going to try querying Will Roberts, but I can barely find anything on him whilst perusing the interwebz... Though he seems to shy away from Paranormal and Dystopia, which I totally approve of (unless very well-written of course, but I'm extremely picky about those genres).
I'm submitting my YA psychological thriller to him
Well, I suppose I'll update if (hopefully when) I hear some sort of response back...

[Agency] The Gernert Company

Hip-Hop-a-potamus

My rhymes are bottomless

CaoPaux

Mostly Harmless

Xeni@

DPRichard

Xeni@

Lady MacBeth

Out, damn'd spot! out, I say.

Xeni@

MaraudingDon

Searching for Arthur

DPRichard

Xeni@

Lady MacBeth

Out, damn'd spot! out, I say.

Kiki17

Thedrellum

Grr. Argh.

mayqueen

practical experience, FTW

AlisonMcMahan

yendor1152

yendor1152

JoyMC

JoyMC

popgun62

Keeper of the pace.

quianaa2001

popgun62

Keeper of the pace.

Chumplet

This hat is getting too hot

Chumplet

This hat is getting too hot

pisceanreve