Tag: Rejection Letters

Query/Submission Statement: October 2023

October was another busy month, and I sent a fair number of queries and submissions. That said, queries are winding down as I wait for replies to those still outstanding. Anyway, here’s how I did in the tenth month of the year of our… Continue Reading “Query/Submission Statement: October 2023”

Query Response Round-Up: Week of 10/6/23

Another three weeks of querying gone by, so it’s time for a another response round-up. After a few weeks of crickets, the responses have started coming in more regularly. All rejections, but what are ya gonna do? Anyway, there are a couple of interesting… Continue Reading “Query Response Round-Up: Week of 10/6/23”

Query/Submission Statement: September 2023

September was another busy month, as I fired off more agent queries for my novel SECOND DAWN. I even, somehow, managed to find time to send a few short story submissions. (I know!). It was a productive month, but not necessarily a fruitful one.… Continue Reading “Query/Submission Statement: September 2023”

Query Quest: What Are My Chances Part II

I started querying my novel SECOND DAWN in earnest back in early June, and since then I’ve sent a total of 40 queries, netted some full manuscript requests, and racked up a fair amount of rejections and CNRs. In July, I posted some stats… Continue Reading “Query Quest: What Are My Chances Part II”

Query Response Round-Up: Week of 9/15/23

It’s been another twenty days or so of sending queries and waiting for responses. Things have slowed down a bit–I’m kinda running out of agents to query–but let’s take a look and see how the last three weeks have panned out. First, here’s my… Continue Reading “Query Response Round-Up: Week of 9/15/23”

Query/Submission Statement: August 2023

August was a busy month in submission land. Most of my time was spent sharpening up my query package and sending queries for my novel SECOND DAWN. I won’t lie; short story submissions have fallen by the wayside of late. Anyway, let’s have a… Continue Reading “Query/Submission Statement: August 2023”

Query Response Round-Up: Week of 8/25/23

Another week in the querying salt mines. Let’s see how I did and what kind of responses I reeled in. My overall query stats as of today. Total Queries: 30 Rejections: 9 Full Requests: 3 CNR: 1 Pending Queries: 17 Pending Requests: 3 I… Continue Reading “Query Response Round-Up: Week of 8/25/23”

Query Response Round-Up: Week of 8/18/23

I’ve been querying my novel SECOND DAWN a lot, and the responses have been trickling in. I thought I’d collect the ones I’ve received in the last week or so, share them with you here, and maybe indulge in a little bit if query… Continue Reading “Query Response Round-Up: Week of 8/18/23”

Query/Submission Statement: July 2023

Been a while since I’ve done one of these, mostly because I haven’t been submitting a lot of short stores. What I have been doing, though, is sending out agent queries for my novel SECOND DAWN. Those are submissions, too, right? 🙂 Okay, first… Continue Reading “Query/Submission Statement: July 2023”

Query Quest: What Are My Chances?

I’ve been using a marvelous database called QueryTracker (highly, highly recommended) to find agents and keep track of my queries. In addition to these vital services, the site provides TONS of data on each agent, and you know me, I fucking love me some… Continue Reading “Query Quest: What Are My Chances?”