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The McVeigh Agency (Mark McVeigh)
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I discontinued my subscription to PM, but last time I checked he had several sales in the past few years. If I remember correctly, he was with another agency before and just started his own agency in 2009.
Just wondering, has anyone heard back from the full requests since we're coming up on the 4 week period that they gave? I'm still happily waiting. 
I SQ'ed Linda; she responded that she's swamped and apologized for the delay.
Patience, everyone!
Patience, everyone!
I SQ'ed Linda; she responded that she's swamped and apologized for the delay.
Patience, everyone!
...and a very kind, personal rejection from Linda today.
Best of luck to the rest of you!
I queried them on 10/18/09 and got a request for the full on 1/13/10. I emailed it that day and received my rejection yesterday, 1/25/10. It was a short form R with no comments
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I sent a query letter to The McVeigh Agency this past Tuesday. I went to their website today and noticed their submission guidelines have changed since then (they must have JUST updated). They now want the first twenty pages pasted in the email as well as the query. Just fyi
Should I resend?
Should I resend?
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I sent a query letter to The McVeigh Agency this past Tuesday. I went to their website today and noticed their submission guidelines have changed since then (they must have JUST updated). They now want the first twenty pages pasted in the email as well as the query. Just fyi
I'd resend. That'll save Linda from having to write and ask for it if she's interested in seeing it. Maybe put something in the subject line about this being a resend.
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Thanks!
I got another automated email from them advising Linda is out of office from Feb 12th-21st. That backlog of queries is about to get worse, methinks.
I got another automated email from them advising Linda is out of office from Feb 12th-21st. That backlog of queries is about to get worse, methinks
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I've Lurked here for YEARS! This forum is incredible and very helpful. So I thought I'd share finally.
Queried: May 16th, 2009
Heard nothing so wrote Mark off.
Request for full December 22nd from Linda.
Mark stated on many forums he'd been overwhelmed and super busy, but had sold some books and hired staff to help him.
Sent full January 4th, 2010
Email to set up phone call on January 8th, 2010
Offer of representation, January 16th, 2010
Accepted offer, January 25th, 2010
Let me just say how impressed I've been with the agency so far. Mark's new to the agency biz (been an editor for over 10 years) and has really been putting everything into his new venture. He's so friendly, easy to talk to and energetic. I'm honored to be on his client list.
Linda posted the following over on another Writing Forum.
Greetings Children’s Book authors! My name is Linda Epstein and I’m Mark McVeigh’s assistant. Mark and I are working diligently to keep up with the enormous volume of queries we’re receiving daily. I’m so impressed with the high quality of writing coming our way! We’d like to start the New Year off with a clean slate and give those of you who want it a fresh chance; so if you sent us a query before November 1, 2009, and haven’t heard anything back from us, please consider querying us again (queries at themcveighagency dot com). We really want to hear from you and have the staff to respond in a timely fashion, but please, only reach out to us if your manuscript falls into one of the following categories:
• Quirky, funny picture books with a unique twist; always kid-centric: what haven't you ever read before in a picture book? Well, write it!
• Chapter books with a great hook--school based, funny, always character or situation driven.
• Middle grade genre books, especially those with series potential – for example, set in a private school, sports-related (for either boys or girls or both!), for horse-lovers, and something so irresistible to capture that elusive male reader who prefers video games. Girl books, but no watered-down "rich girl with sexy lifestyle" please
• YA – funny or full of teen angst; envelope pushing or issue based; love stories, of course; always looking for something original and with a kid's or teen's voice. Again, ask yourself: what hasn't been done before. Make it--and this goes for everything you send Mark--start with an intoxicating chapter that FORCES the reader to keep going.
Please note that we are NOT looking at middle grade or YA fantasy at this time.
Dazzle us with your query letter but keep it brief! Then paste the first 10 pages of your manuscript into the body of the e-mail (no attachments). Can’t wait to read your work!
Cheers,
Linda
I've Lurked here for YEARS! This forum is incredible and very helpful. So I thought I'd share finally.
Queried: May 16th, 2009
Heard nothing so wrote Mark off.
Request for full December 22nd from Linda.
Mark stated on many forums he'd been overwhelmed and super busy, but had sold some books and hired staff to help him.
Sent full January 4th, 2010
Email to set up phone call on January 8th, 2010
Offer of representation, January 16th, 2010
Accepted offer, January 25th, 2010
Let me just say how impressed I've been with the agency so far. Mark's new to the agency biz (been an editor for over 10 years) and has really been putting everything into his new venture. He's so friendly, easy to talk to and energetic. I'm honored to be on his client list.
Linda posted the following over on another Writing Forum.
Greetings Children’s Book authors! My name is Linda Epstein and I’m Mark McVeigh’s assistant. Mark and I are working diligently to keep up with the enormous volume of queries we’re receiving daily. I’m so impressed with the high quality of writing coming our way! We’d like to start the New Year off with a clean slate and give those of you who want it a fresh chance; so if you sent us a query before November 1, 2009, and haven’t heard anything back from us, please consider querying us again (queries at themcveighagency dot com). We really want to hear from you and have the staff to respond in a timely fashion, but please, only reach out to us if your manuscript falls into one of the following categories:
• Quirky, funny picture books with a unique twist; always kid-centric: what haven't you ever read before in a picture book? Well, write it!
• Chapter books with a great hook--school based, funny, always character or situation driven.
• Middle grade genre books, especially those with series potential – for example, set in a private school, sports-related (for either boys or girls or both!), for horse-lovers, and something so irresistible to capture that elusive male reader who prefers video games. Girl books, but no watered-down "rich girl with sexy lifestyle" please
• YA – funny or full of teen angst; envelope pushing or issue based; love stories, of course; always looking for something original and with a kid's or teen's voice. Again, ask yourself: what hasn't been done before. Make it--and this goes for everything you send Mark--start with an intoxicating chapter that FORCES the reader to keep going.
Please note that we are NOT looking at middle grade or YA fantasy at this time.
Dazzle us with your query letter but keep it brief! Then paste the first 10 pages of your manuscript into the body of the e-mail (no attachments). Can’t wait to read your work!
Cheers,
Linda
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Hi. Prompted by a couple more full requests, I have once again re-edited my ms (I had gone through a point when I no longer wanted to look at it!!). Now that I am hitting the 8-week mark, would it be terribly improper to nudge and at the same time ask if they'd be willing to look at the re-edited version?
Thanks.
Thanks.
sciri,
I think it's fine. Especially if you can justify in a sentence or three why you edited/revised the manuscript... and not just because the first one sucked. ;-) You know? Like... a beta reader pointed something out that needed fixed or you removed a POV that wasn't moving the story forward. I had many agents allow me to resubmit.
Brian
I think it's fine. Especially if you can justify in a sentence or three why you edited/revised the manuscript... and not just because the first one sucked. ;-) You know? Like... a beta reader pointed something out that needed fixed or you removed a POV that wasn't moving the story forward. I had many agents allow me to resubmit.
Brian
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I sent a query yesterday and received an autoresponse that they're closed to queries for the month of March. I didn't see that information on their website so I thought I'd give everyone else a heads-up. Sounds like they're swamped.