Connor Goldsmith
Literary Agent
Fuse Literary
Senior Agent at @FuseLiterary . Host of @CEREBROcast and @SFLcast . Writing some comics. Irish, Jewish, gay, loud.
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Q50: Historical Portal Fantasy. Just doesn't feel fresh to me. Pass. #millionqueries
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Q49: LGBT humor/romance. Glib specifically in a way I don't find charming. Writing is strange. Pass. #millionqueries
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Q48: Paranormal Romance. This actually seems neat, but the sample is an attachment. I don't open attachments. #millionqueries
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Q47 is a Sci-Fi that is '50% complete.' Do not query unfinished work. #millionqueries
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Q46: Urban Fantasy. Very confusing query letter. Writing is not there in the sample. Pass. #millionqueries
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Q44: Dark Sci-Fi, very macho. Not bad, just not for me. Pass. #millionqueries
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Q43: Political commercial. Really neat premise, but the writing was not there for me. Nice pass. #millionqueries
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Q42 did not follow submission guidelines. #millionqueries
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Q41: Portal Sci-fi. Interesting premise, but the writing didn't do it for me. Pass. #millionqueries
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Q39: Fantasy. Confusing premise. Writing isn't quite there for me. Pass. #millionqueries
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Q38: Cis/trans romance from cis POV. Good writing but feels dated to me. Wld be more interested in the other POV. Nice pass. #millionqueries
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Q37: Epic Fantasy. Stilted, overly expository dialogue littering the sample pages. Build your world orgnically. Pass. #millionqueries
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Q35: Contemporary fantasy. Feels very YA to me, so I referred to another agent. #millionqueries
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Q34: Epic Fantasy. Overwritten. Pass. #millionqueries
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Q33 is a 'novella' in screenplay format? V. strange. I don't offer rep on novellas, anyhow (they come later, after a novel). #millionqueries
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Q32: Military/espionage thriller. These have to be really unique to catch my interest. #millionqueries
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Q31: Literary with a complicated structure that I'm not sure works. Literary is always the most subjective. Pass. #millionqueries
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Q29: LGBT literary. Clearly a personal subject, but the writing didn't move me. Nice pass. #millionqueries
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Q28 is in French, which I cannot read. Nice pass (in English). #millionqueries
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Q27: Women's/historical. Not bad, but time travel/past life type stuff has to be really dynamite to grab me. Nice pass. #millionqueries