I have a number of deal announcements I still need to share on this blog, as well as my favorite books of 2025 and the forthcoming MSWL for 2026. But this particular update seemed the most urgent for querying writers who find their way to this site!

I’m moving to Query Manager!

For 11 years and change, I’ve relied solely on my own hyper-organizational methods to manage the inbox(es), and it’s worked out quite well! But as my colleagues continued to move to QM, they kept trying to convince me to do the same––it would be so helpful, they said, so efficient, so organized, and I kept thinking “but I’m already organized.” I was the dog in a burning cafe, saying it’s fine, everything’s fine.

And then a colleague who is basically my brain twin told me she moved to QM. She’d had enough of [insert agents’ pet peeves here] and QM allows her to really take control of an out-of-control inbox. I asked her to give me a demo, because if she’s doing this then clearly there’s benefit to it. After seeing the demo…yes. Yes, I need this. I didn’t realize how much I needed it until now.

What does this mean for you?

If you queried me via email in December 2025…It depends!
— If you queried after 3:30pm ET December 5 through December 17, I had an auto-reply set up stating that if you do not receive a response by December 31, please consider it a pass. I would only respond to queries sent in that time if I wished to read more.
— If you queried December 18 through now and plan to query by December 31, you may still do so via email. I will aim to reply within two weeks per agency policy.

If I requested your manuscript via email in 2025, I will continue to communicate with you via email. There’s no need to use QM to check in on a manuscript’s status. Please note I’m currently within April/May 2025 submissions. If I’ve confirmed receipt of your manuscript, then it is in the queue and I will get back to you as soon as I’m able. Thank you for your patience!

If I requested your manuscript via email in 2024 or 2025 and you’ve informed me you’re working on a revision, please continue to send that revision via email. This was our communication of origin for that project.

If you’ve queried me a specific project in 2025 or earlier and I passed, please do not requery that project in QM. I look forward to seeing new, future projects instead!

Queries sent to my email January 1, 2026, onward will be deleted unread. Please use Query Manager beginning January 1, 2026. Thank you!

I’m really looking forward to this change in the new year!