Wherein my favorite lit agent in the world (other than mine of course) answers the questions of those brave enough to post them to her:

Should I tell agents about my good but unfinished, unpublished novels?

"Do you have any advice or suggestions for the biography-impaired new author?"

The agency I want to pitch my novel to reserves the right to sit on my manuscript for a half a year but doesn't deal with simultaneous submissions. Is this b.s. or am I just being sensitive? (More on this here.)

Somebody advised me that I should self-publish because agents reach for books instead of manuscripts in the slush pile. This sounded nitwitty. Am I right?

And finally, if you want Miss Snark to represent you, you better damn well not mention any of the following in your query.