Q1 - Hello! I’m the fiction agent at @NorthbankTalent. I look after our brilliant fiction authors, who write in various genres and are at all stages of their careers – some of them have been with us for years, and some we’ve welcomed much more recently #UKRomChat

Merit.

First of all: if *I* reject it, feel free to query the others one by one: rejection, then next one, etc. My NO is not an Agency NO, unless you are an insufferable jerk, because I am signing the agency agreement, and if you are a jerk, I won't sign. Second, maybe.

No, not really, unless there is a glut.

Either/or/both. It depends on the specific circumstances.

No.

No. I get them when I look at them. I used to look at queries over the weekend, until I decided not to anymore. I now look at them on Monday. So, query away in the middle of the night.

If the sequel can stand on its own, I would NOT mention the first one. If it cannot, then I would self publish #2 considering the described dilemma. But, others may disagree.

Not necessarily, YOUR choice.

I am fairly certain that there are many agents who would be fine with "just" a script.

Ask whatever you want. Personally, I prefer a writer/illustrator combo (solo or two). I would like to see sample art pages and the full script.

I think they are tough to sell, but there ARE exceptions. I wouldn't be the best agent for it, though, because, lol, I think they are tough to sell.

I don't ask for those. IF I did, I would certainly specify the length. Hmm, so my answer is not going to be helpful. My guess, anywhere between 1-3 pages.

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Once I start reading it: less than 2 days. Because unless I love it so much to drop everything else in my life, and read until I am done and absolutely loving it, I am not the right agent for the writer.

Know that you will be endlessly rejected, and if you can't deal with that, don't become an agent. Know that you won't be able to make a living just by agenting for at least 5 years. So be independently wealthy, or work other jobs simultaneously. Don't need sleep.

I could answer the first part of the question, but not the second, because I may not have done what I did.

Absolutely, kindly judge.

It depends on the agent, I guess. I *personally* always reject queries with any sort of immediate questions, rhetorical or otherwise. "Have you ever wondered...?" NO, I HAVEN'T. "If you had lived in 1933..." NO, BECAUSE I DIDN'T. " Would you...?" NO, I WOULDN'T. etc.