Query Recap

It’s been a while since I’ve done a recap on the queries I’m getting, but since I’ve been inundated in 2010, I thought it would be a good time to take a look at what I’m getting and how I’m responding. These are the results of two days of query reading. That does not mean I read every query I received in two days, but this is just the number I was able to respond to.

Total Number of Queries: 40

Fiction: 26

Nonfiction: 14

Total Number I Rejected: 40

Total Number of Requests for Partials: 0

Total Number of Requests for Fulls: 0

Total Number I Deleted Because It Listed 25+ Agents in the “to” Section of the email: 1

Total Number of Queries Written in First Person: 1

Rejections in which I Gave Advice: 4
(The advice I give on queries is usually fairly general, but can range from a variety of things: it could be suggesting that the author learn how to write a proper query, it could be suggesting the author work to write a stronger query, it could be telling the author that the idea is more appropriate for a magazine article than a book, etc.)

Total Number of Thank-Yous in Response to Rejections: 5

Requests for More Information, Advice, or a Query Critique: 1

Queries for Books (or Book Proposals) That Were Not Complete: 2

Duplicate Queries the Author Accidentally Submitted Twice: 3

Requeries for Work I Had Previously Rejected After Reading Partials: 2

Queries Sent or Addressed to the Wrong Agent: 1




Jessica

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