Some time ago, I got curious about how many hours I sunk into querying a book. Then, because I’m a professional data analyst, I thought “I should get some data and analyze it.” So I decided that since I was going to query a book, I’d simply track how long it took me using a timekeeping site. What I soon realized is that, yes I have some data now about how long it takes to query a book. But I also quickly realized the limits of my own data in really tackling this question. As I go through how long it took me to query my last book, I’ll try…

I know that writing a How I Got My Agent post is a rite of passage of sorts but honestly… I haven’t particularly wanted to. I feel like I’ve talked about my experiences so much, and my How I Didn’t Get My Agent post pretty much says what I want to say about my querying journey. While I could talk about my stats on this book, they don’t feel like they really mean anything except that I got lucky. And before I got lucky I was straight up not having a good time. But I did want to share my query letter. Not because I think it’s particularly instructional. Mostly…