A few responses returned from the most recent query round in the past day, one which of is affirmative. More on that in a later entry.

Given that I’m conducting this campaign entirely via post–no email queries here–I’m floored at the reply rate; it far exceeds my expectations. Barely two weeks into the process, and fully a third of the agents I queried responded already. Since this is a very elite pool–and small, the tally stands at less than two hands worth of fingers–I’m casting into at this time, any response is encouraging, because it either delivers closure, or an opportunity.

A few years ago, I suspect email made more sense for the initial contact, but that was before the general disdain for electronic communication began. I see people trusting email less and less these days. Spam changed the rules, and a note from strange addresses can so easily jump to the bulk folder, either by a quirk of the software filter or by habit.

Or maybe they just really do prefer paper in NYC.