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Jeanne, I don't worry about you. You're with DAW and in very good hands. And they don't sign no junk neither! Knock 'em dead.
It's unusual, Tri. Agents just don't have that kind of time. They know the editor's work (or they should either by experience or hearsay), so there's really no reason for their involvement at the editing stage. Even when an agent submits to a publisher for the first time, the good agents do a lot of asking around and investigating. After all, it's their job to protect their clients' works. And in so doing, they're also protecting their reputation, which is gold in this industry.
Sure, I could see a case for this if, say, the original editor left and your ms was assigned to someone else who wasn't familiar to your agent. That's being a good agent because she's protecting you. Brava!
I've done that with my agent, and she's on the east coast and I'm in Arizona. But it doesn't happen every time.
I got all modly and did some rearranging this afternoon. Quick AW tip, when you start a thread, subscribe so you can easily check for updates by clicking your User Cp button up in the left corner of your screen.
Sorry!
Editors are pretty smart and usually reasonable people. For most of the stuff they want to change usually there's a good reason. Even if you don't agree with them, you can see their point, and sometimes they turn out to be right and you wrong.
