I had brief correspondence with her about a week ago...I think she is very busy right now but, as always, very professional and courteous concerning submissions. Madison, who are her associate agents--?
Just got an invite to query Ms. Paquette with my current WIP (although I'm still months away from that stage, unfortunately). She saw an excerpt over on the Miss Snark's First Victim blog and was interested in seeing more.
So if you're interested in getting an invitation from Ms. Paquette, you may want to submit some material to that blog, as she seems to check it fairly regularly. (Authoress, who runs the blog, holds Secret Agent contests every month, but she also hosts other (non-contest) critique sessions in between.) Here's the link:
http://www.misssnarksfirstvictim.blogspot.com/
Unless you're conceited, having an agent make first contact throws up a red flag. I was very grateful for this thread, as Ammi-Joan Paquette does seem to frequent Absolute Write SYW. She requested a query then a partial from a query I had in Query Letter Hell. I also checked out their website http://emliterary.com and page on Publishers Marketplace http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/ErinMurphy. I am waiting for a response on the partial, but correspondence has been professional and timely.
In short, if Ammi-Joan requests something from you, don't freak out! She's legit! Send it!