This is an unusual question....
I have been pitching a YA/Sci-Fi work lately, and the amount of RWR (Rejections without read) is stacking up. I received yet another one from a reputable agent, and this time decided to reply.
I was very cordial and asked if he had a suggestion as to where I should try and pitch the work, seeing as how I felt the work was solid and I didn't want to flush it down a POD hole. He replied by saying that the type of book I was writing was tough to pitch and that the market wasn't very open to that type of story, as he did.... he made it obvious that he hadn't even read the Query letter.... by labeling it a "terrorism story". ............... okay...........
Should I reply and call him out on this or what? I mean, really I understand that most Query letters probably never get read. I realize there's some great agents out there that read every one they can, but this was an obvious case of "I didn't read it, don't plan to, and will use the first sentence of the description to tell you my opinion". Why bothering answering the letter (or the second one), if you aren't even going to read it?
I have been pitching a YA/Sci-Fi work lately, and the amount of RWR (Rejections without read) is stacking up. I received yet another one from a reputable agent, and this time decided to reply.
I was very cordial and asked if he had a suggestion as to where I should try and pitch the work, seeing as how I felt the work was solid and I didn't want to flush it down a POD hole. He replied by saying that the type of book I was writing was tough to pitch and that the market wasn't very open to that type of story, as he did.... he made it obvious that he hadn't even read the Query letter.... by labeling it a "terrorism story". ............... okay...........
Should I reply and call him out on this or what? I mean, really I understand that most Query letters probably never get read. I realize there's some great agents out there that read every one they can, but this was an obvious case of "I didn't read it, don't plan to, and will use the first sentence of the description to tell you my opinion". Why bothering answering the letter (or the second one), if you aren't even going to read it?