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Your command center for your writing career

Quilvo is the system around the writing: drafts, sessions, goals, submissions, markets, contacts, alerts, and stats in one place - so you always know what to write, send, chase, or finish next.

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Good morning, Jane.

23-day streak - 2 grace days remaining

Thu - May 14 - Week 20
Words today1,247/1,500
Writing time1h 42mup 24m vs avg
Sessions2Morning - evening
Streak23 days2 grace left

Recent sessions

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Thu 07:42Pride and PrejudicePublished+84252m
Wed 22:14Sense and SensibilityRevision-3121h 14m
Wed 06:50EmmaProofs+1,10848m
Tue 19:30PersuasionDrafting+6238m

Streak

23days running
MTWTFSS
Web now - iOS coming soonFree forever for the essentialsYour data, exportable any timeQuilvo is for novelists, poets, essayists, screenwriters and freelance writersProjects, sessions, goals, submissions, marketsBring your spreadsheet - we will help you import itWeb now - iOS coming soonFree forever for the essentialsYour data, exportable any timeQuilvo is for novelists, poets, essayists, screenwriters and freelance writersProjects, sessions, goals, submissions, marketsBring your spreadsheet - we will help you import it

01 - What's inside

Nine tools. One writing desk.

Quilvo replaces the half-dozen spreadsheets, notes, and reminder apps a writing career usually runs on. Here is everything in one glance, grouped by where it shows up in your day.

I - Daily

The desk.

Everything in your morning routine, already connected.

Today

Good morning, Jane.
1,247 words1h 42 time23 streak

Today view

A dashboard for the morning: words, time, sessions, streak. Open the app, know exactly where you are.

Projects & Drafts

Pride and PrejudicepublishedSense and SensibilitypublishedEmma95%Persuasion60%

Projects & Drafts

Novels, stories, poems, essays, scripts, each with multi-draft history and targets.

Writing sessions

+842

Writing Sessions

Quick log from anywhere. Words, time, type, notes. Positive or negative counts too.

Goals & Streaks

23

Goals & Streaks

Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly. Grace days protect the streak from real life.

II - Career

The career.

The unglamorous half of a writing life, made painless.

Submissions

Submissions

Full pipeline from drafted to published. Exclusivities, dates, rights, payment, contracts.

Publishers

Thomas Egerton *** - 60-90dJohn Murray *** - 90+dRichard Crosby ** - 60-120dThomas Cadell ** - 30-60d

Publishers

Your private database of every publisher, agent, bookseller, and opportunity that matters.

Contacts

CAHAJEJM+4

Contacts

A lightweight CRM for family agents, publishers, and correspondents. Follow-ups that nudge, never nag.

Alerts & Reminders

Emma - pending 118dCrosby rights check Jun 12Murray proofs reopen Sep 01Follow up: Henry Austen

Alerts & Reminders

Long-pending submissions and scheduled sends surfaced before they slip.

III - Long arc

The long arc.

A picture of the writing year, wherever it happens next.

Stats & Trends

184,210 words - 2026

Stats & Trends

Calendar heatmaps, project breakdowns, time-of-day patterns, year-over-year.

iOS Companion

  • Quick log
  • Home + lock widgets
  • Apple Watch
  • Offline ready

iOS Companion

A focused iOS app for the moments writing happens away from the desk. Coming soon.

API & MCP

GETprojects
MCPlist-projects
POSTsessions

API & MCP

Let scripts and AI assistants read project context and log sessions with scoped keys.

02 - Sessions & Goals

Log a session in two taps.

Quick log from anywhere. Words, time, type, notes. Negative counts welcome, because cutting is writing. Build streaks with grace days for the weeks life intervenes.

  1. 01

    Quick log with keyboard shortcut, menu bar, or lock-screen widget.

  2. 02

    Built-in timer or manual entry. Both work, both count.

  3. 03

    Positive and negative counts. Revision shows up in your stats.

  4. 04

    Grace days so a sick week does not reset 41 days of work.

  5. 05

    Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly goals stack any combination.

Daily goal

500 words a day

Hit - 1,247 wds
249% of target🔥 23-day streak

Weekly

5 writing days

4 / 5
MTWTFSS

Project goal

Finish Draft 2 - Persuasion

On pace
49,800 / 83,000 wds - 109 days left~305 wds/day

Quick log - *

+842 words - Pride and Prejudice

Projects

12 active - 8 archived

AllFictionJuveniliaFragments
ProjectTargetProgressStatus
Pride and PrejudiceNovel - published - 1813
85k wds
85,000 - published
Published
Sense and SensibilityNovel - published - 1811
72k wds
72,480 - published
Published
EmmaNovel - proofs
96k wds
91,200 - 95%
Revising
PersuasionNovel - draft
83k wds
49,800 - 60%
Drafting
Mansfield ParkNovel - published - 1814
160k wds
160,000 - published
Published

03 - Projects & Drafts

A project for every form.

Novels, short stories, poems, essays, screenplays, articles. Each with the right metadata. Targets in words, pages, or lines. Statuses from idea through on submission to published.

  1. 01

    11 statuses from idea to published, built around how writers actually work.

  2. 02

    Multi-draft history. Track structural, line edits, polish passes separately.

  3. 03

    Targets in words, pages, or lines with auto-calculated daily pace.

  4. 04

    Synopsis & notes built in. Logline, pitch, theme.

04 - Submissions

Where every story stands.

The piece of Quilvo most writers fall in love with. Pipeline view from drafted to published. Exclusivities, response dates, rights, payment, contracts. Smart alerts surface what is slipping before it does.

Drafted

7
The Watsons

Ready to send

Fragment12.7k
Catharine

Ready to send

Juvenilia9.8k
Love and Freindship

Editing pass needed

Letters6.2k

Submitted

12
Elinor and Marianne

Thomas Egerton

34 daysexclusive
First Impressions

Thomas Cadell

12 daysfamily agent
Susan

Richard Crosby

21 days-
Mansfield Park

Thomas Egerton

8 daysproofs due

Under review

4
Emma

John Murray

118 daysfollow up
Persuasion

John Murray

62 daysproofing

Decided

28
Sense and Sensibility

Thomas Egerton - Accepted

contract140 pounds
Northanger Abbey

Richard Crosby - Returned

personalresubmit
Lady Susan

Private circulation - Hold

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Published

9
Pride and Prejudice

Thomas Egerton - 1813

paid2nd ed.
Emma

John Murray - 1815

published-
Longest pending118 days

Past average suggested follow-up

Acceptance rate14%

This year - up from 11% last year

Earned this year$3,840

Paid - contracted - pending

Wishlist - tier 17 publishers

3 open now - 4 reopen this fall

05 - Publishers & Contacts

Your almanac of publishers and the people around them.

A private database of every publisher, bookseller, agent, and opportunity that matters, plus a lightweight CRM for the family intermediaries and correspondents around your work. Yours forever. Never shared.

  1. 01

    Submission guidelines stored as searchable notes.

  2. 02

    Average response times learned from your submission history.

  3. 03

    Wishlist tiers so you know where to send your best work first.

  4. 04

    Contact follow-ups, gently spaced. Never every Tuesday.

Publishers

Open now - Tier 1 & 2

41 of 348
***Thomas EgertonPublisher - buys60-90dT1
***John MurrayPublisher - pays90+dT1
**Richard CrosbyPublisher - rights60-120dT2
**Thomas CadellPublisher - review30-60dT2
**Minerva PressCirculating library60-90dT2
HA
Henry AustenAgent - London

4 publisher notes - 1 sale - 1 family introduction

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06 - Stats & Trends

See the shape of your writing year.

Quilvo turns thousands of small sessions into a picture you can read. Per-project breakdowns. Session-type ratios. Calendar heatmaps. Year-over-year change. Honest numbers, beautifully quiet.

Jane's 1813 - Jan - May 14

184,210 words - 182 writing days

YearQuarterMonth
52 weeks - darker = more words
LessMore
Avg per writing day1,012 wds

+82 vs 2025

Longest streak41 days

Feb 4 - Mar 16 - personal record

Most productive dayTuesdays

7am - 9am - before the world wakes

07 - iOS Companion

Log the morning's words from the subway.

A focused iOS app for the moments writing happens away from the desk. Quick logging, today's progress, full read-access to your library, widgets for the home screen, and reminders that respect your sleep.

Quick logTwo taps from the lock-screen widget.
Live ActivitiesA timer on your lock screen during a session.
Offline readyMarkets, submissions, contacts travel with you.
Apple WatchComplications and quick log from the wrist.
iOS coming soon Get updates
9:41

Thu - May 14

Good morning, Jane.

Words today1,247
83% of 1,500+24m vs avg
🔥 Streak23 days
Sessions today2
Pending follow-ups4
Home widget1,247 / 1,500

23-day streak - 2 grace days

08 - Pricing

Free for the everyday writer.

The core of Quilvo is always free. Pro unlocks unlimited markets, submissions, and contacts; deeper stats; smart alerts. You can cancel any time.

Free

The essentials.

$0 forever
  • Unlimited projects, drafts, sessions
  • Daily, weekly, monthly goals
  • Streaks with grace days
  • Basic stats & heatmap
  • Up to 20 markets - 20 submissions - 20 contacts
  • iOS app included
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Begin the next writing year here.

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