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[Series] Check-in: July 2025
Hello everyone! Welcome to the second half of the year. How is it already July, you ask? How is it only July, you ask? Time has no meaning! Give us your updates
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[QCRIT] Adult RomCom, PUT IT IN REVERSE, LOTUS!, (77k, 2nd Attempt) + First 300
Hi all. So I posted a version of this query back in February, but I've done a major manuscript revision on it since and just recently started querying again. It
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[QCrit]: Fantasy, THE WITCHES OF HADDON, 98k, 3rd attempt
I've had really great feedback for my past two versions ([first](https://www.reddit.com/r/PubTips/comments/1lbxokh/qcrit_adult_fantasy_the_witches_of_haddon_98k
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[QCrit] Literary Fiction, FIG & HONEY (75k, 7th attempt)
Hi, long time no post. I stepped away from my query to reattempt with fresh eyes. Curious if this one lands better. I'm also wondering if I should swap one of t
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[PubQ] How many times do your agents nudge editors?
Hi Friends, When you're on sub, how many times will your agent nudge an editor before assuming they're not interested or ghosting? Or, is there a certain numb
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[QCrit] STRANGE BAGGAGE – Upmarket with Horror (70K, 2nd attempt + 300 words)
Hi again! Thanks everyone for the previous feedback. It was extremely helpful. I hope it comes through in this revision. Edit: I should add, I'm not 100% on th
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[PubQ] Does anyone have any info on camcat publishing?
Hey everyone, I participated in #SmallPitch and got a request from CamCat Publishing. I'm doing some research and would love to know if anyone has dealt with th
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[QCRIT] Adult Fantasy POISONED GODS (115k, Attempt 1)
Hi everyone! I've been working on my first query and would appreciate any feedback that comes to mind. Dear \[Agent\], I feel your interest in \[personaliz
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[QCrit] ORBEN'S PACT, SUPERNATURAL HORROR, ADULT, 91K WORDS, ATTEMPT #2
Hello, all. I'm cautiously optimistic that this is an improvement. My main problems were my blurb and my comps, so please tell me anything that still needs work
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[PubQ] Anyone else get a "personalized" follow-up from PocketMFA after submitting poetry via Submittable?
Hello! I submitted a few poems to a lit mag via Submittable a while ago and recently got an email from someone at PocketMFA saying they were “genuinely impresse
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[QCRIT] Sci-Fi, THOSE WHO DO NOT CONTRIBUTE (72k, second attempt)
Greetings PubTips, I posted this query and first 300 [previously](https://www.reddit.com/r/PubTips/comments/1lqyydx/qcrit_scifi_those_who_do_not_contribute_71k
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[QCrit] Young Adult Fantasy, ARBOREAL (100K), 5th Attempt
\[Intro/Comps\] All Lily has ever wanted is a home. When her orphanage burns down in an attack that kills her best friend, Ysabel, Lily is suddenly untethered.
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[PubQ] Is there any list you can get on to see early reviews from the New York Times Book Review?
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[QCrit] Adult Cozy Fantasy - THE MERLIN OF 1905 (72k/Attempt 2)
Hi, this is my second attempt at a query letter. One thing I find a bit difficult is due to the slice of life nature, many plot beats don't sound like plot beat
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[QCrit] YA Magic University Fantasy - Once A Star Alone (110k/1st attempt)
Dear Agent, Getting kicked out of home because her cursed-to-be-a-spider grandma made a deal with a demon was the last way Panha had imagined it happening. Bei
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[QCrit] Adult Epic/Dark Fantasy Sapphic Romance RISE OF THE WITNESSES (84,000 words/attempt 3)
Dear Agent All it takes is one simple word to have all you desire. The only cost is your soul… Ayela seeks only to protect her foster siblings from the abuse
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[QCrit] NA Urban Fantasy - BLOOD BIND US (115K/Attempt 2)
Hi all, I had another query up here a little while ago and I've scrapped and restarted it. Hopefully this one is a step in the right direction. I'll be rem
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