This was from her Twitter on March 1 just FYI to everyone: "I should also note: I've been closed for long enough that I assume everyone still sitting in the inbox has either found an agent or written something new, so I'm working through event submissions but closing out everything else. PLEASE feel free to query again if you want!"

Email Query: 2/14/22 (50pg Pitch Wars request)
Nudged: 3/8/23
Adult Fantasy 85k

I'm having a similar experience to alibryn. My submission from over a year ago referenced a specific MSWL tweet of hers (that she has since reposted and said she's still looking for) and yet she hasn't responded to my submission or my nudge.

FQ: 3/7/23

67k YA Rom Com

Quiered after a DVPit like in Oct 2021.
Rejected after 488 days without even a form rejection (so no notification email).
Ghosting happens a lot, but this feels particularly egregious seeing as it was a pitch like for a diverse voices event.

FQ: 3/1

98K YA space opera

She’s open to queries today until 10Mar

Per Bridget Smith's Twitter, "Ok, I'm still in the process of getting set up for this, but since it's #MSWL day: I am planning to reopen for queries for the first ten days of every month, beginning in March!"

Thought I'd just put this out there since a friend reminded me recently.

I queried Bridget in March 2019. In January 2020, Bridget apologised for the delay in replying, and requested the full, sounding interested. At the end of January she said she'd received it and hoped to reply within 3 months.

I never had a reply.

I nudged in July 2020, acknowledging the pandemic but just checking in. All I got was her auto-reply aimed at queriers.

In September 2020, she replied saying she "was still considering it" and another apology.

I nudged in March 2021, and got her auto-reply for queriers again.

I checked in via Twitter to ask if it was still the correct email address to check in on submissions, since it seemed to have a perma-auto-reply set to tell queriers she wasn't open. She replied that yes, it was, and she was still reading her emails.

My third and final nudge was August 2021. I never heard from her again.

And yet she continues to post MSWLs and ask for stories like what I sent. This sort of thing happens a lot, I shrug and move on, but this one stands out as particularly frustrating.

FQ: 4/8
CNR: 10/11

89k YA fantasy

114k Adult Fantasy
FQ - 2/22/2022
Nudge with New pages to see if a resubmit would be acceptable- 8/8/2022
Nudge with Offer of Publication - 8/23/2022

Form Query: 1/11
nudge with offer of rep: 8/16
Kind step aside: 8/22


YA urban fantasy 75K

Form Query: 03/23
Sent Note about R&R from another Agent letting them know of changes: 07/16
Nudge 08/10
CNR: 08/16

Adult Fantasy 110k

(Note: Query passed the 120 day mark so query tracker has marked it as a CNR.)

EQ: 1/3/2022
CNR: 7/7/2022
Space opera 125k

EQ: 2/28/2022
QR: 7/6/2022
MG Fantasy 39K

EQ - 2/13/22
CNR - 7/4/22

Fantasy - 89k

Does she still respond to everything? According to the timeline, it looks like she hasn't responded in any sort of regular way since early February, for queries sent in early Oct.

EQ: 03/14/22 adult sci-fi 76k
CNR: 05/14/22

Queried her on Dec 8th
Nudged with an offer 130 days later and she asked for my full
Offered rep 8 days later