It’s finally time! Time to send a status query about my middle grade historical fiction novel. I have been waiting for months, worrying that my manuscript may never have reached the publisher, perhaps lost in the mail, or buried deep in the tallest slush pile. It does seem odd, I mean, I have always been either rejected or accepted (mostly rejected) long before now. I wanted to send a status query two months ago, but a check of the blue boards on Verla Kay’s website told me, ‘no, not yet.’ But now that it’s time, I have more to worry about. Will the status query bring positive or negative results? In some ways, isn’t it better not to know?