McHugh Agency
Just found this thread. I had an experience with Ms McHugh
two years ago. Emailed a query. She asked to read ms. Said she liked it. Sent me a contract, asked me to send 19 partials and 4 complete manuscripts.
I'm in Canada. Can you imagine the postage costs? So I asked if she could make the copies and I'd pay her. Yeah, okay, so I'm out $300 and change. Call me stupid.
Well, she sent out all 19, or so she said, gave me a list of publishers. A few rejections trickled in. She sent email updates with a list of who said no, so I never saw these letters myself. I then asked her if she'd like to read another novel I'd finished. She read it, said she loved it, and again asked for 19 partials, etc.
And then I never heard from her again. Months went by. I was polite, both by email and snail mail. Nothing. She vanished completely! I did the research I should have done prior to signing with her and learned to my dismay that she has a habit of doing this -- getting clients then dropping out of sight. I sent her a registered letter to sever our relationship (someone signed for it, so I know she wasn't abducted by aliens.) Lost about a year of my writing time.
To make this long story short: beware this so-called agent. I will never ever again deal with an agent who replies to emails in monosyllabic single words, eg yes, no, sure ... And I'll certainly beware of an agent willing to send out my work as is, without the slightest sugestion for change or edits.