EQ: 4/20/19

Contemporary romantic women's fiction 69K

FR + sequel synopses: 3/1/2019
Nudge: 4/16/2019

80K Romantic Suspense

I originally queried Julie on February 14. On February 17, she responded, wanting more information about me and the project. She did not ask for a partial. I have nudged a few times since then but have yet to receive any sort of response. Has anyone else experienced this?

EQ 8/21/17 (Passed after two nudges on Venom's partial R&R--not right agent for it, no other feedback on partial R&R. But she said I can query her again in a few months.)
Updated: 8/29/17 (Upgraded to a full R&R with feedback coming in a few days. She must've changed her mind or mistaken me for somebody else last week. I plan to requery her in two months, since I'm already halfway through my full revisions. )
Full R&R sent on 9/17/18.
Update: ER 3/8/19--I really hated it to close it as a R after all this time. Two-and-a-half weeks ago, I nudged her since I haven't heard her from a long time. She said it wouldn't work since she had trouble placing a client's work which was similar than Venom. I didn't believe her. She said it was a no for my idea but not for me and that she would look at my synopsis for my other three WIPs I've mentioned to her in 2017. But she never got back to me when I nudged her on Thursday. It's a R in a way as "not a good fit", since my beta said her response was strange.

Profile Update: Genres updated.

(Thanks KRalston)

2/12/19
From website: Julie Gwinn accepts queries in the following genres:
Women's Fiction, Romance (contemporary, historical, suspense, inspy. Amish) Spec Fiction and Fantasy, Mysteries and Suspense, Inspirational Fiction and Non-fiction, Historical Fiction.

True?

Profile Update: Only accepting non-fiction queries until the end of the year.

(Thanks hkral11)

10/27: Tried to query and got back this message:
Thanks for your email. Please know that I am currently closed to submissions (except nonfiction) from now through the end of the year so that I can catch up on all the proposals I've received from writer's conferences this summer. All other business note the email will be answered within 48 hours.

ER: 10/9/18
PR: 10/20/18, first three chapters

Query sent 10/4
Waiting on reply for 145k suspense, thriller, sci-fi.

While I wait, and I encourage y'all to do the same, get the mailing list together for pre-launching. Update your blogs, twitter, face-pages, and other social media memberships you're a part of. Maybe even become members with the slant of your author status. Clean your profiles of unwanted advertisements and do some networking with those you're linked with. Not pushy but letting people know you exist and are a positive individual. Make it easy on your future agent, will ya? Set-up your website or do your research for what website provider you'll use and supplies you'll need to accommodate visitors. Start marketing initiatives and pre-launch ideas for success.
You see, the thing is that agents know the business, but they can't do all the heavy lifting. Your books are, and will only be, as good as your continuing effort. Here's a tidbit for you guys. Fifty Shades of Grey was a self-published novel based on a fan fiction dialog for Twilight lovers. The writing was poor, BUT... the fan base was already there. She had done her marketing and became a success. She was an Indie author, y'all.

EQ (#pitmad) 6/7/18

(queried her almost exactly a year go and got no response. Technically it's the same project, but a lot has changed)

EQ: 5/09
FR: 5/11 (sent same day)
rsraviya, have you heard back from the full yet? Also have a full out with her.

EQ: 4/30 (through her like on Twitter #DVPit) Query letter + 1st 5 pages
Full MS request: 5/5

85k Sci-fi/Romance

She was really nice in her reply! Only problem was word count was too low for my YA Contemporary book. If I increased it, she allowed to resubmit!

EQ 3/2
Rejected 3/3 but personalized rejection with explanation. Also nice letter. Women's Fiction 95K words