I was wondering if anyone had any dealings with this agent. I've heard some unflattering things about Gary Heidt that bothered me, including that he provides gratuitously mean feedback, even going so far as to mock and hoot at the writer's prose in the margins of the manuscript before mailing it back. This sounds like biz as usual in Los Angeles, but not on the east coast. As a whole, Imprint Agency has a great rep, but not all agents are nice people. Thanks.
I've always known Gary to be a nice person, very professional. Sounds to me like an author got mad because of rejection. Therein lies the dilema that many agents and editors find themselves in--provide no/little feedback and prospective authors have questions about why they were rejected. Provide too much feedback and they feel attacked. A no win situation.
A few months back, Gary had my manuscript but ultimately passed because of the genre. He was, in my opinion, kind and professional. He even emailed me two rejections with valuable feedback (although that may be because he forgot he mailed the first one!)
Just popping in to say that from a publisher's standpoint, Janet is a dream to work with. That's vitally important to the author.Janet joined Imprint sometime around January or so. And yes, she's fantastic.
I was wondering if anyone had any dealings with this agent. I've heard some unflattering things about Gary Heidt that bothered me, including that he provides gratuitously mean feedback, even going so far as to mock and hoot at the writer's prose in the margins of the manuscript before mailing it back. This sounds like biz as usual in Los Angeles, but not on the east coast. As a whole, Imprint Agency has a great rep, but not all agents are nice people. Thanks.