Okay, so I'm in the unpleasant position of having been dropped by my agent (yes please to cake.) To be clear, this has been amicable and professional and is to do with the range I write and not that I've turned into a horrid writer overnight. But I got signed for a YA book and I'm not always a YA writer and even when I do write YA it's not easy to categorise (so, hey, I'm not boring...)
My question - when I approach agents with my next project - do I mention my previous agent? I have a decent writing cv at this stage - trilogy with a small publisher, several shorts published in paid markets etc etc - so I'm not looking to plump out my query (not that I ever did).
But is it a case of having had an agent indicates I have ability and stickabilty or having been dropped shows I'm a problem...
My question - when I approach agents with my next project - do I mention my previous agent? I have a decent writing cv at this stage - trilogy with a small publisher, several shorts published in paid markets etc etc - so I'm not looking to plump out my query (not that I ever did).
But is it a case of having had an agent indicates I have ability and stickabilty or having been dropped shows I'm a problem...