There are some agents that specifically claim they read query submissions themselves. With others, it's apparent they're using assistants to filter the queries first.
With the last few queries I've sent out, I've tailored them specifically for the agent. I did online research to try and see what they might respond to. But the form rejections have come directly from assistants.
I'm about to query an agent that has made it obvious (through interviews) that he uses an assistant to read query submissions first. I also know through my research who this assistant is (she's given interviews of her own).
I'm thinking it might be better if I tailor my query to the assistant rather than the agent. While I'm not sure what changes I would make, I have to believe that trying to appeal to the fifty- something male agent would be different than trying to appeal to his twenty-something female assistant.
Any thoughts or insight on this would be appreciated.
With the last few queries I've sent out, I've tailored them specifically for the agent. I did online research to try and see what they might respond to. But the form rejections have come directly from assistants.
I'm about to query an agent that has made it obvious (through interviews) that he uses an assistant to read query submissions first. I also know through my research who this assistant is (she's given interviews of her own).
I'm thinking it might be better if I tailor my query to the assistant rather than the agent. While I'm not sure what changes I would make, I have to believe that trying to appeal to the fifty- something male agent would be different than trying to appeal to his twenty-something female assistant.
Any thoughts or insight on this would be appreciated.