I wasn't going to ask, but it's been nagging at my brain cell.
Several months ago I found the web page for a particular agent, based on an author she represented. There he was, listed among her other well-known clients, with mention of his new, as-yet-untitled book coming out in 2006.
Well I went back to her page last month, checking some guidelines, and this author is no longer on her list. She was his agent for 5 books, now she's removed him from her list of authors. His own webpage hasn't been updated in two years (no real surprise there, busy writer and all).
Okay, I can see an agent dropping an author. And I can see an author dropping an agent. But wouldn't the agent still want said author there in her Books-I've-Represented list? His books did modestly well, one became a major motion picture, one a movie on Sci-Fi channel. The others are known, and still in print. I can see dropping him as a client, but erasing him from her list?
Any ideas? Could this be a reflection of a simply personal thing, and not a writerly-business issue? I'm not really flummoxed, just a bit fummo'ed. (and procrastinating).
Several months ago I found the web page for a particular agent, based on an author she represented. There he was, listed among her other well-known clients, with mention of his new, as-yet-untitled book coming out in 2006.
Well I went back to her page last month, checking some guidelines, and this author is no longer on her list. She was his agent for 5 books, now she's removed him from her list of authors. His own webpage hasn't been updated in two years (no real surprise there, busy writer and all).
Okay, I can see an agent dropping an author. And I can see an author dropping an agent. But wouldn't the agent still want said author there in her Books-I've-Represented list? His books did modestly well, one became a major motion picture, one a movie on Sci-Fi channel. The others are known, and still in print. I can see dropping him as a client, but erasing him from her list?
Any ideas? Could this be a reflection of a simply personal thing, and not a writerly-business issue? I'm not really flummoxed, just a bit fummo'ed. (and procrastinating).