I have nothing but the upmost respect for writers and their creations.
Anal-retentive nitpick on my part but I hate this. It's 'utmost.' The word is 'utmost.'
Aah, now to other things. A couple things alarm me. This:
Each of your have toiled long and hard to bring your creations to life and it is an agent’s responsibility to respect that and not just focus on their %.
Appeals to the newbie, unpublished writer. Other agents I've seen just don't put this much sugar on it. And this:
The clients I serve today and important to me and that is why I have closed our doors to accepting any new submissions for awhile.
Not sure what to make of this. Maybe it's the noob in me, but it doesn't look right.
As well as this, which strikes me as a "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" thing, which could be tactical or an attempt at distancing:
Another side note, my first client came to me after getting sucked into the black hole that is Publish America. Please avoid this publisher at all costs. I have made it my mission to get this woman’s work out or their clutches.
Also this:
This is one of the reasons I have not I have yet joined AAR or any other group further I have just not had time to fill out the paperwork.
That's some pretty important paperwork. As an agent, particularly a new one on the scene, most would make time for that particular paperwork.
It could all be genuine, but when I see a lot of comments that look like carefully-worded campaigns for the underdog writer, I back up a few steps. Everything grows quiet. I close my eyes and listen to the gentle peal of crickets and horny toads in the pale moonlight.
This is a wonderful site with a lot of very talented people and I wish you all th greatest success.
Too many appeals and not much else to go on. I read the thread and considered that when I was done, I didn't know any more about this agent than I did before I read the very first post.
Um, as an anal retentive writer, I'm also very very very leery of professionals in the industry--regardless of which end of the industry they're in--that don't seem to worry about the impression bad spelling and bad grammar make on prospective clients. One can be chalked up to typing skills, but the other cannot. Let someone else type your outgoing correspondence for you, and it appears that's what you did on your second post.