
Good for you, ajcastle.

The divide between writer/art and agent/business is both real and treacherous.
We go into the query process with magic dust (from the creative process) sparkling in our hair and dusting our shoulders, thinking it's about great writing (it is) and great story (it is). BUT, it's also about what's selling, the economic/publishing climate, which editors/pub professionals any particular agent knows, an agent's personal taste in books (aka, "I just didn't love it enough to represent it") and on and on.
There's so much about publishing that's out of our hands, not a reflection on our books OR our writing, although it's too easy to take it out on ourselves, our stories and our writing. (And here, I'm talking well-edited and beta'd and tight work.)
Also, when agents say it's subjective, they mean it, and mean it *literally*. So keep querying, and query widely.
After all, if we're searching for that golden ticket, best to keep buying chocolate bars.
At the least, we have a chocolate feast. : )
Em