6/3/25: Email queried Danielle Svectov, she said it was a strong pitch but not for her and that she’d pass it along in the agency. Two hours later I got a full request from Victoria.

7/1: Offer of Rep and phone call. I instantly hit it off with Victoria. She’s absolutely lovely and so funny and patient. I didn’t feel rushed at all asking all of my questions.

7/8: Accepted offer after withdrawing from the other agents with fulls. I just knew no one was going to sway me from her. I talked to some of her clients and even looked through her clients’ books at the bookstore to see their acknowledgments. All glowing for her.

I just adore Victoria already, she’s everything my last agent wasn’t, she’s very well-connected in the industry, and she’s so quick with communication.

The agency as a whole seems like a great place.

Odd quirk here: She responds to about 80% of queries sent through email but less than half sent through the form. Either way, it's either a lightning quick answer or nothing. Almost all of her requests are from email queries, which probably has more to do with the people using each method.

I guess my advice is to send an email. I used the form, which was a mistake.

Like others have noted, the fastest and to the point rejection I think I’ve gotten. Love it actually!

After I'd done all my research and chosen Victoria because she was a good fit for my story, amended all data accordingly, I got this reply:Thanks but not for me
There wasn't even a full stop/period, never mind Dear Helen. At least I know, so a reply is better than nothing, but it can't be hard to paste in a standard 'sorry but...' response.

Weirdest and shortest rejection yet… “Not for me thanks.”