Mama Bro
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I met Ms. Bradford at a conference. I was a finalist in their writing contest and my "reward" was a longer one-on-one session with an agent of my choice. I chose Laura Bradford because her website said she's looking for YA. The appointment was at the end of the day. I walked in and introduced myself. She yawned. Since I had already sold the book that finalled - a chick lit mystery, I asked her if she wanted to hear about the YA paranormal I was writing. She looked bored but said, "okay." After a couple of minutes, her eyes began to glaze over. I knew I was wasting my time. I thanked her and said I'd leave so she could get some rest. As I was leaving, she said, "Oh, go ahead and send me 100 pages." Since she was clearly uninterested, I decided not to. I spoke with the contest coordinator and told her about my experience. She said, "Oh, poor Laura had a migraine." I returned home and decided to send her a couple of chapters. That was in October, 2007. I've contacted her twice about the status of my submission. She doesn't reply. To me, not caring enough to send a form rejection is somehow more insulting than receiving one. In checking her website, it seems she's really concentrating on erotica which is not really my thing at all. So, I have one book out, another coming out in October of 2009 and can't seem to get an agent interested. Any advice?