Not a top 10 list in the true sense, but an interesting assortment of numbers nonetheless…
7– the number of drafts I wrote before querying agents
96 – the number of queries I sent
10 – the number of requests I received
48 – the number of rejections I received
46 – the number of rejections I received that were form
1 – the number of agent offers I received before I signed
3 – the number of manuscripts I pulled from other agents once I signed (I didn’t give them a chance to offer)
2 – the number of revisions my agent put me through before submitting to editors
98 – the number of weeks from the day I wrote the first word to the day my book sold
2011 – the year my book will come out
Do you have not-so-random numbers? Share!