I started sending out query letters and keeping track of them in a file folder in my desk drawer. It seemed like a fine method at the time. Until I found QueryTracker. I like to share a good thing when I find one. This is a good thing.

At QueryTracker, I have my personalized list of agents, prioritized for my top picks. I used the links and data at the site as a starting point for my research. Now I can track who I’ve sent a query to and when, and who requested partials or fulls. It places a big red sad face by the agents that send me a rejection. Sadly, I have a few of those. But who doesn’t?

I’m starting my next big writing project, between my obsessive running to the mailbox to check for agent responses, and clicking on my email for the same. Writing is the best remedy to combat an obsession with agent responses. Eating is another effective distraction. I wonder how much I’ll weigh by the time I get accepted? Please hurry with your responses, dear agents!

There’s a contest going on with a writer’s group I’m part of, to see who can get the most rejections in a year. I think with the help of QueryTracker, I may be one of the finalists. Of course, I’ll have several acceptances as well. I’d better go check my mail for one right now.