And a Player To Be Named Later

Agents are moving all over the place these days. I had sent a query to Sophia Seidner some time ago and never got a reply, but that's to be expected from an e-query. According to Agent Query
, she's with Judith Ehrlich's agency now.

Trouble is, I can't very well send her a query when Martha Hoffman at the same agency is looking at a partial. But not to worry, when the urge to query is overwhelming my fingers. Elisabeth Weed has left Kneerim & Williams and moved on up to the big time at Trident Media. Her e-mail addy? We don't need no addy, not when we can wing it. This morning, I sent a query to eweed@tridentmedia.com, constructed like the other agents' addresses. If it works, it works. Chances are, I'll never know because no answer is a no, just like no answer can mean she never got it.

All this trading sounds like it's pretty rough to go it alone as a literary agent. Sophia is listed on Gerard Jones' site under her own business name, a business which apparently is now defunct. Elisabeth Weed, on the other hand, was a rainmaker for her agency, and she took advantage of her talent and bolted for greener fields. Look for Kneerim & Williams to bring someone up from the minors.