109k atomic fantasy - will waiting @ 114 days (2/18/2026)

Pitched to Josh online a few weeks ago and he said he wanted to see my manuscript. He gave me his email address during the pitch with instructions to touch base so that he could provide a QueryTracker link to get it over to him... So far, no email response, and there doesn't appear to be much movement on here either. Anyone else in the same boat?

Withdrawing makes no sense, agents could spend all day in the slush and do no other work. An agent recently opened for less than 48 hours and received 800 plus queries. Now imagine if you have to still edit, market, and push books for your existing clients WHILE considering queries.

We all want to have our books considered but the reality is that if you want to get to the front of the line, your best bet is to do a live pitch, create a viral tiktok or agent guide for your book that creates buzz, or write in a category that has high demand. For instance, I am pitching a YA sci-fi which is not 'hot' right now, so agents have been skipping over the category in favor of romance, fantasy, and thrillers. Being self-aware is helpful, because if you get signed, you wouldn't be happy if your agent said "hey, let me delay delivering edits so I can sign more clients!"

I definitely wouldn't withdraw! I received a partial request after 106 days, long after he'd responded to some more recent queries. You never know!

Hey @selinn92, agents have so many different ways of working through queries! If he's catching up, he might be going through looking for a particular genre, or perhaps eliminating larger wordcounts or things he's less interested in/too similar to current projects. You never really know, QT is great to kind of peel back the veil but you'll drive yourself cuckoo if you try to apply a general rule or pattern!