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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Q71: Historical Fantasy. Query letter is confusing. Writing is not strong enough, imo. Pass. #millionqueries
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Q70: Sci-Fi/Humor. Not my sense of humor. Pass. #millionqueries
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Q69: Post-Apoc Fantasy. Post-Apoc is tough right now. Werewolves aren't my fave. Pass. #millionqueries
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Q68: Fantasy. Feels paint-by-numbers. Pass. #millionqueries
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Q67: Literary. American guy in foreign land gawping at foreigners. Pass. #millionqueries
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Q65: Urban Fantasy. Again not unique enough for a v. crowded market. UF will be a hard sell for the next few years. Pass. #millionqueries
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Q64: New Adult Romance. I'd have to be really wowed to take one of these on. Pass. #millionqueries
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Q63: LGBT Romance set in Japan. Not for me, but writing is sharp -- referred to another agent. #millionqueries
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Q62: Dieselpunk. Not bad, just not for me. Very much a guy's guy book, which... I'm not. I have to LOVE a book to rep. Pass. #millionqueries
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Q61: Urban Fantasy. Not fresh enough; this market is incredibly crowded right now. Pass. #millionqueries
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Q60: Cozy Mystery/Commercial. Sort of a Peyton Place vibe; I'm not feeling it. Pass. #millionqueries
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Q59: Literary Fantasy. Not for me, but very interesting. Referred to another agent. #millionqueries
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Q58: Literary. Went back and forth for a bit but just couldn't get into it. Nice pass. #millionqueries
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Q57: Historical Thriller. Jack the Ripper is an automatic red flag -- been done so many times. How're you different? Pass. #millionqueries
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Q56: Paranormal. Premise is fun, but the sample isn't strong enough for such a crowded genre. Nice pass. #millionqueries
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Q55: Thriller. Bored with evil Muslims and the white men who must stop them. 100k words is too long for this genre. Pass. #millionqueries
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Q54: Thriller. Just not for me. Pass. #millionqueries
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Q53: No genre given. Prose in the sample very good, but I'm confused by the query. Not sure what to make of it. Nice pass. #millionqueries
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Q52 did not follow submission guidelines. #millionqueries
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Q51: High Fantasy. Fresh concept and synopsis, but the writing just didn't grab me. Nice pass. #millionqueries