Query Recap

In honor of Kathleen Ortiz's (who I want as my publicist, think she has time for that?) recent contest featuring Joanna Stampfel-Volpe's honesty regarding all things query.  Here's a break down of the queries I answered tonight.

Total Queries Answered: 41

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Form Rejected: 38

The Reasonings....

Just not for me: 11

This isn't a genre I represent: 7

The premise sounds interesting, but I'm not grabbed by the voice in the pages: 5

Themes/Premise too similar to one of my clients' projects: 4

Word count is way too high or too low: 3

I have an angel/demon book already: 3

I'm not sure what the book is about: 2

Query is full of grammatical and spelling errors to the point that it's hard to understand: 1

Writer referred to themselves as the next JK Rowling/Dan Brown/Stephenie Meyer: 1

I'm not sure this is really a query (what's happening?): 1

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Requested Full: 3