I’m done querying

Last week I made the call: I'm done querying. Over 2.5 years, I sent 141 queries! Here are my stats:

Full request, eventual decline: 3

No response: 74

Declined: 64

I'm sharing these stats to help other querying authors feel less alone, less rejected. Because the truth is, getting an agent and then traditionally publishing is not quite as rare as being struck by lightning, but it's not too far off.

Odds of getting struck by lightning: ~1 in 15,300 people during their lifetime

Odds of traditional publis...