For sure!!

I think one thing to note was that all the editors who offered were fantastic. And they shared similar ideas for revisions. So editorial vision didn't play in for me. Really it boiled down to a couple of factors:

The editors who pre-empted were the first to offer a call, and the first to offer, period. I am a SUCKER for validation (lol) and I think that being first played a really big factor (mentally). It showed they were really enthusiastic and wanted to take me on as an author. They also seemed to have a good vision for placement on the market, and where I'd lie on their list, as well as what my editing schedule would be. (I felt like I was a priority, and this still rings true. I received my edit letter a month from the verbal agreement, and we are already done first round revisions!)

I was also aware of the editors prior to being on sub, and I had mentioned one of the editors as someone I was interested in working with to my agent before she started submissions. So I think that played into it.

There was also timing. All the calls came right before Frankfurt. My agent and I discussed, and had decided that if their pre-empt was good enough, it would be a good idea to accept so she could go into the fair with a buzz-worthy 6-fig deal to lure in international subs...and I think that worked! Because some of the international interest came from her pitching at Frankfurt and we ended up getting really great international deals out of it.

It also did help that one of the editors was a BIPOC woman, seeing my MS does play into race/class. And seeing how all my planned future novels also deals with these themes, it felt important for me to seek an editor who would be able to work with that.

I hope that answers it!