Agents closed to queries

johanniter said:

All helpful - thanks! Mostly I was just whining. And I can't imagine anyone having the nerve to corner an agent in the bathroom (although I've heard it happens). I'm not that forward, I guess.

Karen

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... I encountered a major editor in a bathroom one time.
Nope, I did not have the nerve to talk to them

I can relate to your position. I've researched agents who seemed really cool, only to find out that they were closed to queries. Pretty frustrating.

Sometimes it's not a permanent thing. It's possible to be so busy that you need to turn off (or turn down) the query fire hose. My advice is to check back a few months later.

A lot of agents seem to stop accepting queries at particularly busy times of the year, so that they can get caught up. I think Kitlit.com had a post on this at one point, about when was the best time to query agents, and it seemed to be the spring. Definitely not pre-Christmas or August. So if someone's closed during those times, they might reopen soon.