I sent out a few e-queries today, not expecting to hear anything back for a few weeks at least. To my surprise, I got a reply on one of them before I had even sent out the next:
Thank you for your recent letter. I regret to say that your work doesn’t appear to be the kind of material I am currently looking for.
However, opinions vary considerably in this business, and I wish you the best of luck in your search for representation.
Best wishes,
Basically a fairly standard cut-and-paste e-rejection. Doesn’t tell me much but that this particular agent, for reasons unspecified, isn’t interested in seeing my work beyond the query letter. No big deal, really; I expect to get lots like this.
Still, the surprise of insta-rejection spurred me to go back and take another look at my query letter and see where there might be room for improvement.
It was during this review that I realized I had spelled his name wrong.
Oops!