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Features - The whole tour

Every part of the writing life, in detail.

Quilvo is built in three parts - the desk, the career, the long arc. Each covers one stage of the work; together they replace the half-dozen tools writers usually patch together.

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Part I

The desk.

TodayProjectsDraftsSessionsGoalsStreaks

Part II

The career.

SubmissionsPipelineMarketsWishlistContactsAlerts

Part III

The long arc.

StatsHeatmapsEarningsiOSAPIMCP
I.

The desk.

Everything that lives in your morning routine - the dashboard, the projects, the session log, the goals you set against yourself. The spine of the app, and the part you will touch every day.

4 chapters14 features1 writing desk

01 - Today

Open the app. Know exactly where you are.

A single home screen designed to be readable in three seconds. Today's words, time at the desk, sessions completed, streak - plus a rotating quote and a quick-log box so writing the next session is the easiest thing on the page.

  1. 01

    Readable in seconds today, streak, open projects, and the next best action.

  2. 02

    Quick-log box right where your next session begins.

  3. 03

    Rotating quote a small invitation back to the page.

  4. 04

    No dashboard theatre just the shape of the morning.

quilvo.com / today

Good morning, Jane.

Thu - May 14
Words today1,247/ 1,50083%
Time at desk1h 42m+24m vs avg
Sessions2Morning - evening
Streak23days2 grace left
"I must keep to my own style and go on in my own way." Also today: Wickham letters
quilvo.com / projects
Projects

12 active - 8 archived

AllNovelsLetters
ProjectTargetProgressStatus
First ImpressionsNovel - D2
85k wds
58,650 - 69%
Drafting
Elinor and MarianneNovel - letters
72k wds
72,480 - complete
On sub
The WatsonsFragment
24k wds
12,720 - 53%
Revising
Lady SusanNovella
35k wds
16,840 - 48%
Planning
SanditonNovel fragment
60k wds
12,400 - paused
Paused

02 - Projects & Drafts

A project for every form.

Novels, short stories, poems, essays, scripts, and fragments. Each with the right metadata. Targets in words, pages, or lines. Statuses from idea through submission to publication.

  1. 01

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

  2. 02

    Multi-draft history track structural, line, and polish passes separately.

  3. 03

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

  4. 04

    Synopsis and notes logline, pitch, theme, and private context.

03 - Writing sessions

Capture the session, not just the count.

A session is more than a number. Quilvo records what you worked on, for how long, what kind of work it was, and a line of context, so your stats stay honest and your future self can read what was really going on.

  1. 01

    Positive and negative counts cutting 800 words counts as a Tuesday.

  2. 02

    Seven session types free writing, editing, research, outlining, revision, other.

  3. 03

    Custom tags multiple tags per session for granular categorization.

  4. 04

    Bulk catch-up entry enter several days at once without guilt.

  5. 05

    CSV export with customizable columns and filtered sessions.

quilvo.com / sessions

May 2026 - Sessions

9 sessions - 7h 22m - +4,182 net
WhenWhatTypeWdsTime
Thu 07:42
First Impressionsthe Netherfield scene
Free+84252m
Wed 22:14
The Watsonscut the carriage chapter
Revise-3121h 14m
Wed 06:50
Lady Susannew letter from Reginald
Free+1,10848m
Tue 19:30
Juvenilia3 letters - revision
Revise+62 ln38m
Tue 07:30
Elinor and Mariannescene plan
Outline+036m
Mon 14:00
Mansfield Parkestate notes
Research+1282h 14m

Daily - 500 words

Today - daily

1,247 / 500 - 249% hit

Weekly - 5 writing days

May 12-18

4 of 5 days - Mon Tue Wed Thu

Project - Finish Draft 2

First Impressions - by Aug 31

58,650 / 85,000 - ~255 wds/day to hit

Yearly - 200 writing days

2026

91 of 200 days - 2 freeze days used

Goal achieved - this session Daily target crossed at 11:42am - that is 23 days running.

04 - Goals & Streaks

Motivation, without the shame.

Goals built for a writing life, not a productivity challenge. Stack any combination of daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, and project goals. Build a streak with freeze days for the weeks life intervenes.

  1. 01

    Five goal cadences daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, one-time. Stack as many as you like.

  2. 02

    Project and draft goals finish a draft by July, or a whole novel by autumn.

  3. 03

    Streak protection freeze days for travel, illness, or rest.

  4. 04

    Pace forecasting auto-calculated daily pace to keep you on track.

  5. 05

    Status tracking active, paused, completed, failed, abandoned.

05 - Streak calendar

The long arc, day by day.

A 60-day visual streak calendar so you can see the pattern, not just the count. Misses, freeze days, and writing days all visible. Personal best record kept alongside the current run.

  1. 01

    Automatic calculation any day with positive words counts as a writing day.

  2. 02

    Freeze any day with an optional reason. Travel, illness, family - your choice.

  3. 03

    Personal best record shown alongside the current streak, never overwritten.

  4. 04

    Smart messaging encouragement without noisy notifications.

  5. 05

    Freeze history visible across the year.

quilvo.com / streaks
Current streak23days - started Apr 22
Personal best41Oct 2024
WroteFreezeMissedToday
II.

The career.

The unglamorous half of a writing life. Submissions, markets, contacts, alerts - the spreadsheets, sticky notes, and email searches you did not sign up for. Quilvo handles them with the same care it gives the page.

4 chapters16 features0 spreadsheets

06 - Submissions

Every story, every state.

Quilvo's most-loved feature. The full life of a submission, from drafted to published - pipeline view, scheduled sends, exclusivity countdowns, follow-up reminders, rights, contracts, payments. All on one screen.

Preparing7
The Watsons

Ready to send

fragment12.7k
Catharine

Ready to send

juvenilia9.8k
Love and Freindship

Editing pass needed

letters6.2k
Submitted12
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 review4
Emma

John Murray

118 daysfollow up
Persuasion

John Murray

62 daysshortlisted
Decided28
Sense and Sensibility

Thomas Egerton - Accepted

contract140 GBP
Northanger Abbey

Richard Crosby - Returned

personalresubmit
Lady Susan

Private circulation - Hold

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Published9
Pride and Prejudice

Thomas Egerton - 1813

paid2nd ed.
Emma

John Murray - 1815

published-

Inside a submission

SUB-2026-074Elinor and Marianne at Thomas Egerton Under review - 34 days
SubmittedApr 10, 2026via family agent
ExclusivityYes - until Jul 1057 days remaining
Rights offeredPrint + reprintResponse after 90d
Pay rateProfit shareIf accepted
quilvo.com / markets

Markets: publishers

348 saved - 41 open - 7 wishlist T1
RatingMarketPayResponseTier
***Thomas EgertonPublisher - buys60-90dT1
***John MurrayPublisher - pays90+dT1
**Richard CrosbyPublisher - rights60-120dT2
**Thomas CadellPublisher - review30-60dT2
**Minerva PressCirculating library60-90dT2
*Cadell & DaviesPublisher - reprint90+dT3
DreamJohn MurrayThomas EgertonCadell & Davies
ReachRichard CrosbyMinerva PressLongman

07 - Markets

Your private almanac of where to send.

A personal database of every magazine, agent, publisher, contest, anthology, podcast, and online publication that matters to your work. Guidelines, response times, pay, your rating, your notes. Yours, forever.

  1. 01

    Market types magazine, agent, publisher, contest, anthology, podcast, online.

  2. 02

    Three statuses open, closed temporarily, closed permanently - with checked dates.

  3. 03

    Acceptance criteria genres, formats, word count range, and private notes.

  4. 04

    Response times learned from your own history, smarter than any external database.

  5. 05

    Merge duplicates archive obsolete markets, quick-create with minimal fields.

08 - Contacts

A lightweight CRM for the literary world.

Editors, agents, publishers, critique partners, mentors, readers. The people who matter to your work. With interaction logs and follow-up reminders that nudge you when it is time to say hello again.

  1. 01

    Multiple roles per contact someone can be both editor and friend.

  2. 02

    Interaction log email, phone, conference, submission, response, other.

  3. 03

    How you met and when keep the story attached to the person.

  4. 04

    Follow-up tracking with custom cadence per relationship.

  5. 05

    Market associations linked to the magazines and publishers they work at.

quilvo.com / contacts

Follow-ups this week

5 due - 2 urgent
TE
Thomas EgertonPublisher - Whitehall
Mon - 4 mo
JM
John MurrayPublisher - Albemarle Street
Wed - 6 mo
RC
Richard CrosbyPublisher - Stationers Court
Thu - 3 wk
CT
Cassandra AustenFirst reader - family
Fri - 5 mo
HL
Henry AustenAgent - brother
2 wk ago
quilvo.com / contacts / thomas-egerton
TE

Thomas Egerton

Publisher - Whitehall - since 1811
Apr 10

Submission: Elinor and Marianne Sent through Henry Austen.

Jan 14

Proof response Sense and Sensibility corrections returned.

Sep 02

Contract note Discussed second edition terms.

quilvo.com / alerts

Alerts & reminders

8 active - 3 urgent
Emma - 118 days at John Murray

Past their 90-day average - suggested follow-up email.

Elinor and Marianne - Exclusivity ending soon

Thomas Egerton - 14 days left.

The Watsons - Market reopens

Thomas Cadell opens general submissions.

First Impressions - Scheduled submission

Sends to Thomas Egerton on Jul 1.

Sense and Sensibility - Contract due

Publication payment expected this month.

09 - Alerts & Reminders

The right nudge, at the right time.

Quilvo watches the boring stuff so you do not have to. Long-pending submissions, ending exclusivities, market reopen dates, scheduled sends, contract follow-ups - all surfaced as a short, scannable feed.

  1. 01

    Long-pending alerts tuned to each market actual average response time.

  2. 02

    Exclusivity countdowns with conflict detection across simultaneous submissions.

  3. 03

    Market reopen reminders for closed wishlist markets.

  4. 04

    Goal deadline alerts when a goal is approaching its end date.

  5. 05

    Dismiss and un-dismiss persistent across sessions, fully under your control.

III.

The long arc.

The view from the year, the decade, the career. Quilvo turns thousands of sessions, submissions, contacts, and payments into a picture you can read at a glance - and follows you wherever the work happens next.

3 chapters9 features365 days a year

10 - Stats & Analytics

See the shape of your writing year.

Quilvo turns thousands of small sessions into a picture you can read. Per-project breakdowns. Per-tag breakdowns. Heatmaps. Year-over-year overlays. Honest numbers, beautifully quiet.

Jane's 2026 - Jan - May 14

184,210 words 182 writing days

vs same period 2025+18% words - +12% days
Avg / writing day1,012 wds

+82 vs 2025

Longest streak41 days

Feb 4 - Mar 16 - personal record

Most productiveTuesdays: 7am

Before the world wakes

First Impressions
Elinor and Marianne
The Watsons
Lady Susan
  1. 01

    Configurable periods today, yesterday, week, month, year, last 30/90 days, all-time.

  2. 02

    365-day heatmap with per-day intensity.

  3. 03

    Breakdowns by project, session type, custom tag, and market.

  4. 04

    Period-over-period change with direction indicators.

  5. 05

    Writing day patterns average per session, longest streak, day-of-week habits.

11 - Earnings

The financial half of the writing career.

Track payment amounts, currencies, statuses, and contracts across every submission. See total earnings, average pay per piece, pending invoices, and the markets that pay best.

  1. 01

    Multi-currency support for international markets.

  2. 02

    Four payment statuses unpaid, partial, paid, pending.

  3. 03

    Contract tracking none, in negotiation, signed, completed.

  4. 04

    Total earnings and average pay per piece calculated automatically.

  5. 05

    Annual breakdown ready for tax season and CSV export.

Earned - 2026620 GBP+140 vs 2025 - 7 paid pieces
Avg per piece88 GBPAcross 14 published pieces
Pending350 GBP3 invoices - earliest due Jun 12

Recent payments

Sense and SensibilityThomas Egerton - GBP
140.00pending
Pride and PrejudiceThomas Egerton - GBP
110.00paid
EmmaJohn Murray - GBP
450.00paid
Northanger AbbeyRichard Crosby - GBP
10.00partial
PersuasionJohn Murray - GBP
210.00pending
9:41

Good morning, Jane.

Words today1,247
🔥 Streak23 days
Sessions2
Follow-ups3
Home widget - Today1,247 / 1,500
Apple Watch1.2k23-day streak

12 - iOS Companion

Wherever writing happens, next.

A focused iOS app for the moments writing happens away from the desk. Quick logging, today's progress, read-access to your library, widgets for the home and lock screens, Apple Watch complications, and push reminders that respect your sleep. Coming soon.

  1. 01

    Quick log from a lock-screen widget - two taps, no unlock.

  2. 02

    Today widget with words, time, sessions, streak, readable at a glance.

  3. 03

    Full read-access to projects, sessions, submissions, markets, contacts - offline-ready.

  4. 04

    Apple Watch complications and quick-log from the wrist.

  5. 05

    Coming soon iOS is planned, not available yet.

Across the app

The quiet foundations.

The under-the-hood pieces that make every other part of Quilvo feel good - search, sync, settings, exports, integrations, recovery, security. You probably will not think about them, which is the point.

Full-text search

Find anything as you type.

Real-time, typo-tolerant search across projects, series, markets, and submissions.

~ first impressions3 projects2 submissions1 market
Your data, always yours

Import and export, any time.

Bring spreadsheets in. Take everything out as CSV or JSON whenever you want.

CSVJSONSubmittableSheets
API & MCP

Integrations without the sprawl.

Scoped keys let scripts, writing tools, and AI assistants read projects and log sessions without opening the whole account.

JSON APIMCPScoped keys
Series management

Families, fragments, and finished books.

Group related projects with drag-and-drop ordering and shared stats.

NovelsJuveniliaFragments
Soft delete - 30-day recovery

Nothing important really disappears.

Projects, markets, contacts, submissions - all recoverable for 30 days.

UndoArchiveRestore
Security

2FA, sessions, throttling.

Two-factor auth, active-session view, password throttling. Your work, locked tight.

2FASessions
Appearance

Light, dark, or system.

Themed every screen, including widgets. Per-device.

LightDarkSystem
Settings

Timezone, date format, currency, more.

Your local timezone, preferred date format, and default currency travel with you.

GBPDD MMMLocal
Help center

In-app, in plain English.

A getting-started guide, key concepts, and quick tips - never more than a click away.

GuidesTips

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