My plan is to reopen again next summer starting June 1 2026. Yes I know it’s awhile but keep in mind I also work as my agency’s subrights director and I need to balance taking care of my existing clients too. Thank you again to everyone who queried me!

My policy is to respond to all of my queries so if you’re still waiting to hear back from me chances are you’re still in my “maybe” pile and I’m working my way to get to you. You can send a message to check in on me if you’re worried that your query got lost and I’ll confirm the status.

I forgot to turn off QueryManager at the end of the day yesterday so if you’ve submitted on Sept 1, no worries—I’ll still read and review those queries.

Hey there! My agent's page has my guidelines: awfulagent.com/agents/susan...

Hope that helps!

All of this is to say, that I know QueryManager gives a lot of stats and data to querying authors now and while it's useful information, don't spend too much time trying to decipher the data. Each agent tackles their query inbox differently.

Nooo my plan to is consistently reopen in the summers! I did that last year and hopefully the tradition will continue

Lmao closed for the “summer” why did I write “somewhere”

Yes I’m still looking for fantasy! I’m just listing out what I’d like to see more of in this final month

Ooh this sounds really interesting! Is this still a WIP or do you have a plan to self-pub/query it?

More nonfiction projects! Still on the lookout for narrative nonfiction, pop science, pop culture, and self-help w/ special emphasis on writers from diverse backgrounds. Examples include: FASHIONOPOLIS by Dana Thomas, STOLEN FOCUS by Johann Hari, the forthcoming WHERE DID EVERYBODY GO by Don Martin

More historical fic please! I'll take it all but would love more of the Roaring 20s, WWII, and the Swinging 60s in South/Central America & Europe settings. Open to #HR although I will warn that the genre is tough atm. But one day it could circle back so don't want to miss out on any new voices here

More book club/contemporary fiction please! I'm in a book club myself and I'd love to represent the kinds of titles that you're excited to chat about with a group. Examples include: THE LIST by Yomi Adegoke, REMARKABLE BRIGHT CREATURES by Shelly Van Pelt, YELLOWFACE by R.F. Kuang

And friendly reminder that if I've passed on you, my colleague Christina Zobel is now launching her list and she's looking for romance, romantasy, and upmarket fiction
awfulagent.com/agents/chris...

But for everything that is in the "maybe" pile (as in I'm still deciding whether I want to request a full), I'm moving at a snail's pace. Sorry about that! The main battle is just carving out the time to focus and read. And I'm losing that battle lmao

Since I'm also the subrights director at my agency, I am more selective with adding new clients on my list. I'm at least able to respond quickly to queries where the premise just doesn't interest me

Anyway, if you're wondering why agents are taking so long to respond here's what one agent's box looks like. As you can see, I still have a lot to go through and this is on top of my current client reading, 2024 queries i invited to resubmit, current client subs, emails, etc

My colleagues also reported that they've seen an uptick in their query box compared to last year. Not sure if there's any particular reason for that--just more people writing and querying this year vs last?

And if any of my clients are on here reading this, I’d welcome a nonfiction project from you too 👀