I had great intentions this year to post quarterly status reports on my query stats, but I seem to have missed a quarter (here’s April and July, at least). A quick recap: in the first three months of 2010, I saw 1,297 queries and requested 20 partials, passing on all […]
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Getting closer to caught up on my queries, and I wanted to give you guys the most recent quarterly status report. From April 1st to June 31st, I received about 1,560 queries. That’s an increase of roughly 20% from the first quarter of 2010, when I received 1,297 queries. From […]
It was a little crazy to count up a full year of queries for my last review (in January for all of 2009), so this year, Intern Jenny and I are planning to post the stats quarterly. And can I just say? I’m already a little floored. In the first […]
Curious about the breakdown in queries I receive? I hope so, otherwise I've wasted a huge amount of time tracking these things by the numbers! Nathan Bransford shared some of his recent stats the other day, and inspired me to do the same. So, at the time I read Nathan's post, I had 157 unread emails in my query folder. A few of them turned out to be misdirected, or better sent to other folders to deal with, which left me with 151 queries.
Being a writer searching for an agent is hard; believe me, I know. You put your manuscript out there and have to wait... and wait... and wait for someone to respond. And even then, you don't know -- will it be loved? Rejected? Critiqued? It's a tough game to play, but I wanted to do my little part to help explain the waiting.
What's the best (i.e. the worst and/or funniestand/) reasons you've heard or heard about for a book being rejected?