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I can't see how that would help your case. Exclusives, in general, aren't good for writers. Query widely and don't pin your hopes on one dream agent.
Interesting (tricky?) question: if one might receive an offer of representation from any current agent with Corvisiero's agency (I didn't, but if one did), would one hold off in case the other agents (of agencies having track records with bigger houses) holding fulls of the same novel possibly offer to rep and have better chances getting in the door to more/bigger houses?
Great advice, thanks. I also read about the first-right-of-refusal aspect, though that's a bit more specific in certain circumstances further along.
On a semi-related tangent...involving the initial query phase:
I've even mentioned in a few of my latest queries, when disclosing that it's a multiple submission (esp. with the agencies that ask you to specifically mention whether it's a multiple) that half a dozen agencies have requested partials/fulls. Not sure it spurs interest or is a turn-off as bragging or presumptiveness, but one other recent agent, where I'd mentioned in the query about the multi requests for fulls, did immediately ask for her own full.
I have noticed this. I went to their website and looked at the authors. Of 107 shown clients, on 18 are men. Less than one-fifth.
That is why I no longer submit to them.
I counted 22 men.
What's your point?