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Every page on this site and every section of the home page, with a line on what each one holds.
Main pages
- HomeThe product, the pricing and the request form.
- AuthorJimenez Julien, why he built this and what he is accountable for.
- Site mapThis page.
- Request receivedThe confirmation shown after you send the form.
Free tools, comparisons and working documents
- DraftAndQuery compared with the other ways authors track submissionsThree honest fit questions for a writer deciding where her manuscript versions, her open submissions and her follow up dates should actually live.
- DraftAndQuery vs QueryTrackerQueryTracker is built around finding US literary agents and recording what you sent them, while DraftAndQuery is built around the manuscript and the dates it is waiting on.
- DraftAndQuery vs DuotropeDuotrope is a market listing and tracking service built around periodicals and the writers who feed them, while DraftAndQuery is a pipeline for book length manuscripts moving through agents and presses.
- DraftAndQuery vs AirtableAirtable hands you a flexible database and expects you to design the submission system, while DraftAndQuery hands you the system already shaped around manuscripts, response windows and follow ups.
- Calculators for authors running submissions and print runsTwo small tools for the arithmetic that decides whether a book pays for itself and whether a query round fits inside the hours you actually have.
- Novel Break Even CalculatorEnter your production spend, your list price and your print cost, and see the blended margin per sale and the number of copies that clears the bill.
- Query Round Time PlannerSet your list size, your batch size and the hours you can give submissions each week, and see how long the round really runs and how much silence to expect.
- Resources for authors running submissions and small press projectsFree working tools for the parts of publishing that run on dates and arithmetic rather than on inspiration.
- Submission Packet ChecklistEverything that has to be true before a batch goes out, and the record that has to exist the moment it does.
Home page sections
- Where the work leaksFour costs of running a submission desk from memory.
- How it worksFour steps from a folder of drafts to a working pipeline.
- FeaturesVersion history, submission records, deadline clocks, follow up queue, reporting, rights flags.
- A Tuesday on the boardA real pipeline shown project by project.
- Who this is forNovelists, agents, independent presses and author assistants.
- Reported resultsWhat subscribers measure after two quarters of use.
- Customer storiesA novelist, a literary agent and a small press publisher.
- PricingOne Author, Author Plus and Small Press, billed monthly.
- FAQSix questions on cost, onboarding, privacy, integrations and cancelling.
- Request a walkthroughThe contact form and the direct email address.
Legal and policy
- Legal noticePublisher, hosting, intellectual property and applicable law.
- Privacy policyWhat the form collects and how to exercise your rights.
- Terms of serviceBilling, cancellation, data ownership and liability.
- Email the publisherDirect line to Jimenez Julien.
The Query Desk magazine
- The Query DeskThe magazine index, with all nine reports listed newest first.
- How long should I wait before nudging an agent who still has my full manuscript?When a follow up on an outstanding full request is genuinely due, and how to word it.
- Should I query literary agents or submit straight to small presses with this book?Advances, timelines, rights and reach compared across the two submission routes.
- What are the most common query letter errors that get me an instant form rejection?The structural and etiquette errors that end a query inside the first ten lines.
- Do I really need to register copyright before I start submitting my novel anywhere?What US copyright registration adds, what it costs and when the timing matters.
- How did one novelist go from ninety queries to a two book deal in eighteen months?Three query rounds, one rewrite and a small press offer, traced decision by decision.
- Is the small press market still worth submitting to now that distribution has consolidated?What distributor consolidation changed for small presses, and how to vet one.
- What should I check in a small press contract before I sign away my rights?Grant of rights, reversion, accounting and options, clause by clause.
- What does it actually cost me to publish a novel independently in the United States?Line item spend on editing, design, ISBNs, print units and break even math.
- What is it really like to run a submission cycle while holding a full time job?A working writer's calendar through one full querying cycle.
Elsewhere
- jimenezjulien.comThe author's own site.
- XShort product notes and release announcements.
- LinkedInProfessional profile of the publication director.