What are your querying stats? Just curious :-)

[Alniah]

I am very curious (nosy me) but I was wondering how many agents people have been querying, what where their responses (rejections or submissions) and when did they start querying? I figured it would help get everyone motivated.

I'll go first off course:

First query sent: 03/30.
Total query sent: 12.
Partials: 1.
Rejections: 4.
Still waiting: 7 (including partial)

Should I send more? I feel like I am crawling when I hear people have sent hundreds!

[Kimmy]

I replied to this same question in the other thread...

[Nostrabuttus]

My query statistics are pretty well known on this forum. Almost every literary agent has rejected me at least once.

With no where else to go, I started sending my queries directly to publishers. One publisher wrote back that I would be the last person they would publish.

When Kimmy wrote that the world is going to end in 2012, I wrote that publisher back and asked him if he still wanted me to be the last person they published.

He replied back, yes.

I sent him a copy of my manuscript and a copy of Kimmy's post.

I apologize if this should have been put on the success thread.

 

[MaryL]

 

[Kimmy]

Nostra, I would love to meet you in real life!  Before 2012 of course!

[Nostrabuttus]

Nostra, I would love to meet you in real life!  Before 2012 of course!

Okay, Kimmy. I can meet you down at the pier, where I work, Friday night at 12:00 o'clock sharp. That's when I usually take a break from writing. I'll be wearing a navy blue T-shirt, white cotton shorts, and sandals. That way I won't look anything like the thugs who hang around there. If any of them try to give you a problem, tell them you're my bail bondsman. They'll let you through.

What will you be wearing?

[Kimmy]

My usual, jeans and a Tshirt!  The Tshirt will have a sassy saying, but the saying depends on the day and my mood!

[Miss Plum]

You guys are funny!

Is there another "Confess Your Stats" thread? I, too, have reached the end of the Internet.

Query Statistics
Sent = 281
Positive Responses = 19
Negative Responses = 107


Submission Statistics
Sent = 18
Positive Responses = 0
Negative Responses = 12

[MarvaD]

Nostrabuttus, you're always good for a laff.

For another laff to match your mood when asked about query stats, listen to "It's a Great Day to Woop Somebody'd Ass."

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=108181832526833

[justwrite]

Sent = 68
Positive Responses = 12
Negative Responses = 21

[MaryL]

Sent = 68
Positive Responses = 12
Negative Responses = 21

Hooray, JW!  Those are fabulous stats! 

[justwrite]

Not stopping--goal is to query 100. Then I'll take a breath. I feel good about what I've got, so why not? Just trying to be patient while I wait for responses. Not easy!

[HorsebackWriter]

Go Lisa! Smart strategy. : )

I queried 212 agents with my last novel before retiring it gracefully to the shelf. Although it wasn't "the one", with all the exposure, I did receive agent feedback (even did an exclusive R & R with an agent) that made ALL the difference in the execution of my present novel.

To say the experience was invaluable is an understatement. It changed everything for me.

Em

[justwrite]

212!???

Phew--if I get to 150 I think I'll have scraped the barrel clean.

[ElanaJ]

Lisa, are you out in the shark-infested waters again?? GO GIRL!

Here's my stats in a blog post I wrote this week: http://sarablarson.blogspot.com/2010/06/guest-post-elana-johnson-finish-strong.html