QM Message: Dear Author,

Yes, you! You're no longer an "aspiring author" or "aspiring writer" if you're at the querying phase! Congratulations!

I deeply appreciate you looking me up and considering me for your manuscript. Unfortunately, I'm sorry to say I'm currently closed to queries, but I hope to open again soon once I've weeded through the submissions currently in my inbox. If you've recently submitted to me and have not received a response, please note that I'm perpetually behind but I always respond to every query.

For information related to when I plan to reopen, please follow me on Twitter (@C_H_Armstrong). I will announce my reopening to queries about a week in advance, and usually try to stay open for a very short period of time.

Thanks, and I look forward to your query when I reopen for submissions.

Best Wishes,

Cathie Hedrick-Armstrong, Literary Agent
The Purcell Agency, LLC

Profile Update: Closed to queries.

FQ: 9/4/2022
74k Adult Contemporary Romance

EQ: 8/31/22

Adult upmarket at 80k words

Queried 8/29/22


71K adult suspense novel with themes of plus-sized protagonist, haunted mansion, and amateur sleuthing

Form query: Invited to query via Twitter 4/24/22 with full manuscript request.
Form rejection: 25th Aug 2022
(IMHO, this agent has asked for way too many fulls on one go that finds it 'difficult' to juggle.)
90K adult contemporary romance

From her twitter:
1. If you've queried me & I haven't responded, DON'T WORRY! You haven't been forgotten. I promise!
2. I will be CLOSING TO QUERIES on 9/1. I only meant to stay open a week, but I haven't closed it yet. So last chance if you want to query me!

EQ: 21 August 2022

121K Adult Thriller/Horror

8/6/22 Online form re: TANCM - YA . Auto-response of receipt.

Posted on Twitter:

If you have a full with me and notified me you’ve received an offer and want me to weigh in before signing, I’m very sorry. I’m highly unlikely to get to it in time. I have COVID and have never felt worse. Please accept my apologies and I truly hope you see this.

FQ: 7/14/2022

YA PNR 99k

FQ: 07/05/2022
YA horror, 97k

1/july - She tweeted saying, amongst other things, that if you queried or sent pages before April, you have not been forgotten. You're still under consideration and she hasn't responded because you're in her "maybe pile"

7/2/2022
80K Women's Fiction/Historical Fiction

Profile Update: Open to queries. Genres updated.