Reminder: it's 100% normal to have your agent give you a complete sub list (editors, imprints, etc) and it's 100% normal to ask for all the editorial responses to submissions to be forwarded to you.

Anyone who keeps you in the dark (if you don't WANT to be in the dark) or tells you they don't like sending editorial rejections to authors is someone who is not listening to your needs as an author. Every author has different needs and different capacities for rejection.

It's also okay to NOT want to see the rejections! But if you're in a situation where you're being denied information about your career and your book's status, know that it's not normal to be kept in the dark if you don't WANT to be kept in the dark.

I do this weird thing where I write a book off after 3 weeks on sub. Jim knows I do this, so once a book goes out, we don't talk about the book anymore. I don't see the rejections unless it's a rejection asking me to change something (an editorial R&R).

But BEFORE I pretend the book isn't on sub, Jim and I have put together a proposal packet together, we've worked on the pitch together, we've created a detailed sub-list together and gone back and forth about each choice...together.

And then he'll give me periodic updates like "It's out to six editors still" or "We've gotten three rejections. It's still out to a lot of great people though!"

This works for me because we've done all the prep work and on the ground work I can be involved with together.

I guarantee you that each of Jim's clients have different sub needs (and don't weirdly write off books like I do :D) and he tailors his approach to each of them. Which is what you kind of need to do when you're working with a bunch of individuals. Agenting is a tough job.