Ms. Catherine Jones
Union Literary
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Genres
This agent is seeking the following genres:
Fiction
Action/Adventure
Chick Lit
Commercial
Contemporary
Crime/Police
Family Saga
Fantasy
• Fantasy, Contemporary/Urban
• Fantasy, Magical Realism
Historical
Horror
Humor/Satire
LGBTQ+
Literary Fiction
Multicultural
Mystery
New Adult
Offbeat/Quirky
Religious/Inspirational
Romance
• Romance, Category
• Romance, Contemporary
• Romance, Historical
• Romance, Paranormal
• Romance, Thriller/Suspense
Science Fiction
Thrillers/Suspense
Upmarket
Women's Fiction
Non-Fiction
Cultural/Social Issues
Current Affairs/Politics
Health/Fitness
History
Humor/Gift Book
Journalism
Multicultural
Narrative
Nature/Ecology
Pop Culture
Psychology
Self-Help
True Adventure/Crime
Women's Issues
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Author Comments
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Querying_Gardener
06/10/2025 06:14 AM
@Guendalina: Exactly. Like I said... "there's not enough data to estimate a request rate..." There are 18 billion reasons why an agent might jump around and reply to a cluster of 10 and skip 30 then reply to five more. You can wear yourself very thin reading the tea leaves which will only sap your creative energy and do nothing to change the outcome.
GuendalinaC93
06/09/2025 02:03 PM
@Querying_Gardener, her reply rate is only 6.3% because her QT page is new, so the data are limited to the few queries she answered since she opened in late April 2025. I wouldn't use that % as an hard data. I also read some quick rejects are based on word count, so it may be that
Querying_Gardener
06/09/2025 07:25 AM
It could be that she opened her QM inbox and just started reading at the place where the inbox began. Agents can sort and search their inboxes in a variety of ways, and she may have looked for one keyword or genre then kept going, reading whatever QueryManager gave her next. It's entirely up to the agent how they tackle their inbox - and skipping around happens with every agent. On the Query Tracker timeline side of things, I've seen it change its sorting, too. Your query could be in the maybe pile. It could show up in the next batch she looks at. She might never reply at all.
It's easier said than done, of course, but I wouldn't overthink it. Her query reply rate is only 6.3%, there's not enough data to estimate a request rate, but she's a quick reject at 2 days average. Having been in the query trenches for two decades, my best advice is not to let an agent's query timeline impact your writing or your work. Reading the tea leaves won't get you to a yes any faster. Just keep writing, revising, and querying.
It's easier said than done, of course, but I wouldn't overthink it. Her query reply rate is only 6.3%, there's not enough data to estimate a request rate, but she's a quick reject at 2 days average. Having been in the query trenches for two decades, my best advice is not to let an agent's query timeline impact your writing or your work. Reading the tea leaves won't get you to a yes any faster. Just keep writing, revising, and querying.
SaraCatherine23
06/09/2025 06:53 AM
@GuendalinaC93 I noticed that too and got nervous :(
@Patrick do you know why this would happen?
@Patrick do you know why this would happen?
GuendalinaC93
06/07/2025 12:08 PM
Does anyone have any idea why the agent has skipped all the oldest queries but seems active for the most recent?
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