[Agency] Venture Literary / Venture Literary Entertainment

[KikiteNeko]

Has anyone heard of Venture Literary? Specifically Jennifer de la Fuente?

 

[Soccer Mom]

According to AgentQuery, she previously worked for Sandra Dijkstra.

Venture is primarily non-fiction, but her profile at the company site says she does accept female lit fic.

 

[gettingby]

Does anyone know about response times for this place or had any personal experience with them? Thanks.

 

[kuatolives]

Jennifer requested a partial of mine. Haven't sent it yet.

 

[gettingby]

Good for you! Can I ask how long it took to get the request from the time you sent your query?

 

[Vandal]

I got a six-day e-jection from Jennifer

 

[kuatolives]

33 hours 24 minutes.

 

[dear_swan]

i just heard from Jennifer asking for the first 50 pages, just 1 day after sending an e-query. i hope i hear back soon!

*fingers and toes crossed*

 

[MarkEsq]

Any updates? Experiences with these folks?

 

[ohjammer]

Jennifer de la Fuente no longer w/Venture

Patrick on Query Tracker reports that "Formerly with Venture Literary. Started her own agency March 2009."
Website not operable on 14th March.

 

[CaoPaux]

Just as an FYI, Ms. de la Fuente's new agency is Fountain Literary: http://www.fountainliterary.com/

ETA: She now has her own thread here : http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=136028

 

[nicolesingslave]

To summarize, Venture Lit is a major player.
Heavy endorsement from P&E, http://www.anotherealm.com/prededitors/pealv.htm
Their sub guidelines, http://www.ventureliterary.com/pages/submission.html

 

[CaoPaux]

Hmm. Site hasn't been updated since '09, and sales announcements stop in '10. Anyone have recent contact with them?