I didn’t receive many queries during the two weeks of open submissions, but I wasn’t expecting many. I only opened the gates to the listeners of the Podioracket interview I did on Blog Talk Radio, for one thing, and any announcement that doesn’t receive much publicity won’t get much of a response. And it was only a two-week period, with no advance notice — not enough time to prepare anything that wasn’t already ready to go. But that was fine with me.
I did receive about twenty submissions as a direct result of the interview. I’ve sent back all responses today, so if you haven’t heard from me, I haven’t received your query. I do have some requested full manuscripts still outstanding from December/January, and I ask for more patience with those. It’s been a traumatic couple of weeks for me and I’m still slowly getting my head back in the game.
I can guarantee, though, that my recent loss has in no way affected my decisions. I was careful to give myself extra time and to evaluate all submissions thoroughly and fairly.
For your perusal, because I know these are interesting, have some stats. Keep in mind that these stats had no bearing on Dragon Moon’s responses or decisions, they’re merely for interest. And they’re a little skewed by the small sample size.
Received: 20
Requested fulls: 2 (10%)
Fantasy submissions of any flavor: 16
Sci-fi submissions: 2
Horror submissions: 2
Submissions by gender: 50% male authors, 50% female authors
Submissions written under pen names: 3
Submissions with prologues: 1 (unusually low!)
Manuscripts written in the third person: 80%
Manuscripts written in the first person: 20%
Manuscripts written in past tense: 100%
- Slush Stats (58.6%)
- DMP Submission Roundup - The Stats (58.6%)
- Proper Channels (41.4%)
- Slush Rush Wrap-up (41.4%)
- Slush Metrics (41.4%)
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