2017 Query Stats

It is that time of year where I get to share my query statistics! If you want to compare, here is the post from last year (Though I track more this year!)

I have answered all my queries through Dec 18th, so I am counting through then.

First, the basics – how many did I get, how ,any did I request, and how many were specifically genres I say I am not looking for, didn’t follow the guidelines, or were already published.

	Queriers	% Total
Total	3855
Didn’t Follow Instructions	461	11.96%
Already Published	28	0.73%
Not My Genre	320	8.30%
Waste of Time	781	20.26%
Rejected	3715	96.37%
Partial	140	3.63%
Fulls	17	0.44%
Offers	6	0.16%

20% is up from last year – then it was 17.5%.

I received 3,855 queries. I only requested partials for 3.63% of them. I am being much pickier than I was in previous years.

I am being even pickier about what I request to a full. It has to REALLY stand out.

I made the one more offer than I made last year.

I also broke things down by genre. Both what I received, and what I requested partials of.

Paritals requested

MG	Contemporary	9
MG	Horror	0
MG	Historical	0
MG	Mystery	1
MG	Fantasy	6
MG	Science Fiction	1
YA	Science Fiction	10
YA	Mystery	1
YA	Fantasy	25
YA	Historical	6
YA	Magical Realism	1
YA	Contemporary	19
YA	Horror	2
Adult	LGBTQ Romance	3
Adult	Women’s Fiction	14
Adult	Historical	7
Adult	Science Fiction	11
Adult	Fantasy	7
Adult	Horror	1
Adult	Romance	3
Adult	Mystery	3
Adult	Thriller	2
Adult	Nonfiction	2

I am not surprised – the genres that I requested the most are also the genres I read the most and tweeted about wanting the most!

And these are the rejected by genre. I included genres i don’t represent like picture books, chapter books, literary fiction, and memoir.

MG	Contemporary	84
MG	Horror	7
MG	Historical	34
MG	Mystery	19
MG	Fantasy	159
MG	Science Fiction	39
YA	Science Fiction	165
YA	Mystery	16
YA	Fantasy	452
YA	Magical Realism	9
YA	Historical	76
YA	Contemporary	255
YA	Graphic Novel	1
YA	Horror	13
Adult	LGBTQ Romance	19
Adult	Women’s Fiction	267
Adult	Historical	351
Adult	Romance	210
Adult	Mystery	186
Adult	Thriller	326
Adult	Nonfiction	131
MG	Chapter Book	22
MG	Picture Book	17
Adult	Literary	289
Adult	Horror	21
Adult	Science Fiction	126
Adult	Fantasy	207
Adult	Memoir	137

 

In the coming weeks, I’ll be looking at these stats and see what kinds of MSWL I would like to add, or if there are any genres I don’t want to look for anymore.

Hope this gives some insight!