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This is so exciting! I’m so happy you’re doing this and the thought of submitting a query makes me anxious, but in an excited way 🙃 Also, love your references to Practical Magic & Star Wars - they’re my favorites. Wishing you all the luck!

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Practical Magic for the win

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The Bookshop list is fantastic. I am bookmarking this for future moments when I am feeling lost about what to read. Thanks for sharing, and hope you find some amazing new books and authors to rep!

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Oh yay! Been waiting for this. I guess I'll use QM (grumble grumble.)

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a necessary evil!

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Yay! Exciting! I wish I had a finished manuscript and query letter all ready! Alas, I don't -- deep into an existing project. But I hope you get lots of great authors reaching out!

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Exciting! Good luck, querying authors! I'm excited to read your weird but not gory or war-centered story (not lesson) represented by Kate in a few years!!

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Fainted when I opened my email this morning! :D

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Yay! I'm excited and marking my calendar for Oct 2

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Glad memoirs sound ok.

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Also thanks for the reading list. 😊

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This is nice to hear! I have something I might send then. Adult Lit fiction, could comp to Writers & Lovers, Luster, Sorrow and Bliss. And it's WAAAY under 125k words 🙃

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Exciting times Kate and thanks for pointing me towards Query Manager too - I'd never heard of it before. Good luck, and I hope you aren't too overwhelmed :-)

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I loved looking through your books you like and ones you wish you represented. It so fits with what you said you were looking for.

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Sorry friends! I thought it would automatically open! I think I clicked the right button. Query away!

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Thanks Kate for this exciting announcement. Will you give a heads up before you close to queries, too?

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absolutely! Closing isn't on the radar at this point. I don't see this as a "let's try it for 6 weeks and run away screaming" thing.

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All things considered, I wouldn’t blame you if you did! 😅 Thank you for the reply!

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I was going to ask the same thing!

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Gah! I'm annoyed as I have a manuscript that fits your wish list, but it needs another round of work to make it better. Good luck with the queries avalanche.

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I'm not closing to them again on Oct 3rd! You have time!!

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Is there a certain length of time after which lack of reply means rejection? Apologies if you have posted this information somewhere, but I looked in what I thought were the obvious places and didn't see it.

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My intention is to get back to all queries. I hope to do that in a timely fashion, but it will likely be more than 12 weeks. I wouldn't say assume it's a no after that, it's just that my timing can be unpredictable. I'm so sorry that this is not more regimented. I know it's not convenient for queries.

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Thank you for the info!

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