I can't answer for other agents. I personally will read EVERY query that I receive, but if I am not interested after reading it, I will send a "form" email, because there is not enough time in the day, or my life, to be specific for every query.

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Jennifer Weiner.

Thank you. The author gets consultation. In the end, the publisher decides, but they realistically don't want to frustrate the author.

I would. Probably anything post industrial revolution.

Whichever is better written, more interesting, etc. etc. Essentially, whichever a publisher deems more likely to make them more money.

I think a lot of things feel saturated and we’re always looking for something that feels fresh! It varies but i wouldn’t put too much pressure on yourself. It always depends on the book.

I don’t think there are many eye roll-y ones specific to aspiring authors, it’s more that some authors (aspiring or not) ask questions they can find answers to on google or ask problematic diversity questions haha

Yes and I’ve sold these and feel editors and readers are interested in an array of experiences

Not that i know of

Typically i think those are more like 80k but it depends what serves the story best

I’m trying my best lol but def cross me off if you have been waiting too long and i deserve that! Don’t wanna hold anyone up

I don’t think so! I don’t do much adult anymore but seems people still love reading it so i hope editors are still buying. But yeah some words do get people skeptical.

If I’m making them, scrambled. If a restaurant, poached. I prefer scrambled but most places make them too dry

It never NEEDS to be professionally edited—from an agents POV. This doesn’t mean an author wouldn’t benefit from one if they can afford and think it’d be helpful to them. But critique partners and beta readers are great and i think those are great resources as well

I want some more lol i mean i think readers are still into it maybe editors are experiencing fatigue but still wanna bring it to readers hands

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I also was closed to queries for much of this year, so that skews things a bit. In general over the course of my career I'd say about 75% of my fiction clients have come out of the slush pile. These days I only consider fiction on referral, because it's v time-intensive! #AskFuse

I have a whooooole lot of manuscripts requested out of the slush in my to-read pile, though, so the figure for this year may very well go up before New Year's. #AskFuse

For reference, of my nine current fiction clients: 4 came out of the slush, 3 were referrals, and 2 were people I met at conventions whose shorter-form work I'd already read. #AskFuse