I have "divorced" two agents (for not being able to sell my books) and another one retired (and was the last fiction agent at the agency so I wasn't transferred to someone else.) The agents I left were and are very successful with quite a few big name clients. It happens. And I've moved on. My next novel is out spring '24. Meanwhile, I continue to search for the agent that gets me.
I have "divorced" two agents (for not being able to sell my books) and another one retired (and was the last fiction agent at the agency so I wasn't transferred to someone else.) The agents I left were and are very successful with quite a few big name clients. It happens. And I've moved on. My next novel is out spring '24. Meanwhile, I continue to search for the agent that gets me.
I'm where you are, looking for an agent who "gets" my material. Luckily, I have another agent in my back pocket who can look over my shoulder and say, "Yes, this one," or "No, keep looking" (I am at the very beginning of my search.) So even though I've gotten offers, I am not jumping into anyone's lap just because they said "yes." A good position to be in, I know. As a consequence, I just withdrew all my queries so I can re-calibrate. I am learning that the "search process" is itself a process that needs to be mastered, not just entered into blindly. So. Interesting.
I have "divorced" two agents (for not being able to sell my books) and another one retired (and was the last fiction agent at the agency so I wasn't transferred to someone else.) The agents I left were and are very successful with quite a few big name clients. It happens. And I've moved on. My next novel is out spring '24. Meanwhile, I continue to search for the agent that gets me.
I'm where you are, looking for an agent who "gets" my material. Luckily, I have another agent in my back pocket who can look over my shoulder and say, "Yes, this one," or "No, keep looking" (I am at the very beginning of my search.) So even though I've gotten offers, I am not jumping into anyone's lap just because they said "yes." A good position to be in, I know. As a consequence, I just withdrew all my queries so I can re-calibrate. I am learning that the "search process" is itself a process that needs to be mastered, not just entered into blindly. So. Interesting.
A process and a job in and of itself!