I have an announcement to make...I signed with Melissa Sarver yesterday!!
As you can see from posts above, (queried Feb. 2, full request on Feb. 22, Rejection on March 3) Melissa requested my full back in February, read it, and rejected it with detailed feedback.
Months later, when I decided to do a major revision, I took a lot of what she said into consideration. I sent her an email asking if she'd like to see a revision, and she said yes. This was at the beginning of November.
When I received an offer of representation from another agent, I let Melissa know. She read my novel again and she decided to offer representation too!
Melissa was one of my first choices and one of the first agents I ever queried. I am very very happy. Flying high.
I guess it goes to show that (within reason) sometimes a "no" isn't always no, and when you get a good feeling about someone and about the feedback they offer, sometimes it works out...