The December Monthly Round-up

Happy New Year!  Here's the December monthly round-up.  I know I set the goal of reading all of the eQueries™ by the end of the year, but am sorry to say it just didn't happen.  We were lucky enough to have quite a bit of family come visit, but that does cut into work time, and no sooner did family leave than I got sick—twice!  I'm currently battling my second cold of the month!  But I did put a good dent in the number and I consider that a partial win.

Here's where December ended up:

• 54 queries received; 89 declined
• 1 sample chapter received; 1 declined
• 0 proposals received; 1 declined
• 0 manuscripts received; 2 declined

I did also review 3 full manuscripts and 1 proposal and had extensive conversations with the authors.  Ideally, we'll be chatting again down the road about representation.  I also reviewed 1 other full ms, but haven't yet reached out to the author.  It's tricky.  I'm still thinking about it.

Also in December, I requested 16 sample chapters and 3 proposals.  So that's about 105 queries read and responded to, 4 full manuscripts reviewed, 2 proposals reviewed.  Not bad, given all the family and illness, I'd say.

So, what am I waiting on?  About 20 sample chapters and 3 proposals, plus revised versions of the manuscripts or proposals mentioned above.

Thanks, as always, for your patience.

Z