Dear Thomas,

Please excuse our delay in getting back to you; we appreciate your follow-up and thank you for your patience.

You are brave to share such personal, painful experiences in your memoir in an effort to help others overcome their own struggles and I'm sure those who have read Ghosts and Ballyhoo are grateful to know they're not alone. Unfortunately, at this time, we are unable to take on any new projects as we're working at our maximum client load.

We wish you the best of luck in your promotional efforts and hope you continue to inspire courage in others. Thank you, Thomas.

Best regards,
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But-but-but...

Why do you have a huge ad for your agency on a search engine, and why does your Website ask authors to contact you for representation?

Could it be that you just don't want to represent me?

No way.