Ever accidentally sent a "Dear Agent" query?

[ChaseB]

It's pretty much the worst when you get so focused on including all the big-picture details and then forget to fill in the agent's name.

Or maybe I'm the only one who's ever done this...

[Tabris]

I've left in the wrong name.  Got a full request anyhow. 

[JeanneG]

I serious botched the spelling of an agent's name (typo) once.

She corrected the spelling in her rejection letter. 

JeanneG

[LydiaT]

I accidentally called one of my dream agents by the wrong name. I figured this out like two seconds after I sent it, then corrected the query and emailed it again. And she requested a full!

[Carakasla]

I did send a dear agent by accident too. His sub requirements were a tad complicated and I was concentrating on that. I realized this like...two seconds after I sent it. I got rejected anyways 

[AnyaHarker]

Thankfully I haven't done that. However, in my default letter I have saved, I have certain areas bolded that change based on the agent. So far this has managed to save me from embarrassment because checking formatting before C&Ping from a word document is a life saver!  

[Kaiodem]

Well, I've accidentally spelled the agent's name wrong. I put the wrong agent's name in the Dear part. I used the word gaudy to describe a scary creature, not realizing what the actual word meant. This list could probably go on and on, lol.

[Falen]

i have not, but i've done a lot of other stupid stuff so it kind of balances out.

[Casper]

I queried JK Rowling's agent once, spelled 'guidelines' wrong, panicked and then called the office to ask if they could delete the email : P 

[MittensMorgul]

I've sent several queries where I forgot to remove the "formatting" before pasting it into an email. I didn't realize it, but when the agent gets it, it's in choppy little blocks of nearly unreadable text. Rejections all around on those. Luckily, it was only two or three.

[MrsMcDowell]

It's so funny. I was reading this thread yesterday and saying, "Make sure you don't do that!"

Usually, I'm really good about it. Even if the queries are sent to a generic "queries" or "submissions" at blah blah blah dot com, I still look at the agent's bios so I know which one to address.

Yesterday, I queried the Carolyn Jenks agency, thought I had put in a query to a particular agent, got a partial request a few hours later, then went back in and saw that my query started with, "Dear Agent".

Who'd have thought my first request came from a "Dear Agent"?? 

[Falen]

Hah! That's awesome!!

And i'm like you. Usually i'm so so careful. But i still have a couple flubs here and there. Usually when i'm sending off a batch of queries at the same time