If you're ready to send out queries, you'll need to keep a list of what you're sent to whom. Whether you write YA, MG or PBs you'll be happy there's help for you at querytracker.net.

I won't elaborate ( too much)  on how easy it is to use. Check that out for yourself. However, I will say I've ditched my elaborate Excel sheet.  While I'd used QueryTracker to find agents, the track agents part was lost on me. Until now.  Once I realized that feature was available, I was so there.

You can actually create your tracking form online as you peruse the list of agents. What a concept, right? Simple. Less timing consuming. Complete with smiley faces to highlight agents requests for partials and full manuscripts and a little red-faced emoji for rejections. Easy to tell at a glance what your status is with each agent.

And get this, Patrick McDonald, the creator of QueryTracker is a writer who personally experienced the frustration of finding and keeping track of agents. So he simplified the process and shared his creation. Doesn't that make QueryTracker even more endearing?

Read an interview with McDonald on  writeforapples.com.

QueryTracker is also free to writers. A premium membership for $25 a year offers many extra features. How cool is that?

All I have left to say is thank you, McDonald!