Proof positive.

In a recent post I hypothesized that agents are scared of cryptozoology when offering representation. I believe I have what is irrefutable proof.


Dear Mr. Haddon:

Thank you for your recent correspondence. I regret to say that your
work doesn't appear to be the kind ofmetarial I am currently looking for
at this time. I am looking to take on new clients, but only with material about which feel very strongly on a personal level.
..blah blah blah, good luck, blah blah blah...


So there you have it. There's no problem being a first-time author, no mention of a schedule being too overloaded - nope. I don't like the premise. Normally I wouldn't gripe, but this particular agent has gone on record in some online interview that one of her pet peeves is grammatical mistakes in authors' query letters. And there she goes and makes one herself. (Read that last sentence again, I made sure it was copied verbatim)

Oh well, at least she bothered to type my name in the letter instead of 'Dear Author'. Man I'm sinking into that cynicism I was hoping to avoid. Ah who cares, there's only a couple of you reading this anyway.