Alec Shane
Literary Agent
Writers House
Literary Agent at Writers House, LLC. Wannabe Patriots sportswriter. ashane@writershouse.com
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Q1: YA about a young Hollywood starlet who gets caught up in a scandal. Writing isn't bad, but I'm seeing a lot of these
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Q10: I know it's very popular trope, but honestly: how many super hot guys with a huge, dark secret exist in this world?
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Q9: Query for Jodi Reamer, "Jodi Reamer" is in a completely different font than the rest of the letter; clearly a cut and paste email blast
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Q6: Adult mystery about missing librarians, 40K words - way too short. 40K is MG territory
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Q5:YA coming of age, author compares herself to John Green. Nice confidence, but you just set the bar CRAZY high. Careful w your comp titles
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Q4: Medical thriller written in the present tense. I love the present tense, but it's hard to pull off. This author doesn't quite have it
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Q3: MG adventure story about hidden Revolutionary War treasure. GREAT premise, but the writing isn't there. Too bad.
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Q3: Horror novel that opened with a creature stalking through the night. How about a horror novel that opens with a character I really like?
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Q2: I'm sure that this is a very good New Adult romance...but I don't know why you sent it to me.
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Q1: Exclamation points everywhere. I would actually have no problem with the exclamation point being made illegal and carry with it jailtime