They're a British agency, has anyone ever heard anything about them?
They had a website but it seems to have dissapeard.
I sent an mss off to them after going through the 'Writer and Artist yearbook 06'
I didnt have any British stamps so I sent them the mss on a one way journey and they said they would reply by email, which they did, but after the usual 'we regret to inform you' line they metioned that the story idea was now forfeit to them, just in a sig about copyright info.
I'd say that it was just a precaution they throw in to cover themselves or something. But I found an interview with the owner on the internet where he said we think of new ideas and match them with our current writers'
which they didnt mention on their site or anything.
All paranoia aside...
Is that okay for them to do?
I mean giving ideas to their current writers, shouldnt they be doing that by themselves? Otherwise what's the point of being a writer if you don't have an imagination.
And I doubt the agent is that insightful either, wouldnt most of his ideas come from the mss that people send in? He (not Ampersand but any agency)could reject a piece because of bad grammar and some amature mistakes, but pass the idea on to someone else with better grammar. All he would have to do is say he thought of it first.
Edit: Actually I found the site, it just wasnt showing up on Google for some reason
http://www.theampersandagency.co.uk/clients.htm
