Okay, so we had our first contest on the QueryTracker blog on Monday. I think I got about 923.37 emails that day. I'm not kidding. There were roughly 575 entries. I opened every single one of those emails. Every. Single. One. I responded to almost all of them. In one day.
In addition to those entires, many people sent a thank you reply. That meant more emails. And with the crazy behind-the-scenes communication with my beloved QT co-authors, Ms. Volpe, blog comments that needed to be modified and new twitter followers, and I thought my inbox would spontaneously combust. It did stop working around 10-ish. Michelle had to go in and check if we had any more entries. Oh, we did. Many more.
That really, really, really made me appreciate literary agents more. I missed Nathan Bransford's "Agent for a Day" experience, because I was experiencing it firsthand in my own inbox. And let me just say this: literary agents are...well, I don't know what, but holy super agents. Yeah, that's what they are. Super Agents. They should wear capes and burn holes in stainless steel with just a stern look. Maybe some of them can...
I digress.
Many of you entered, and so many of you left your appreciation in comments on the QT blog. I so appreciate that. Some of you sent me emails with funky concoctions of both chocolate and bacon. That made me snarf out loud, and we all know that's a good thing. So at the risk of sounding all mushy and teary-eyed, I wanted to say thank you.
What a totally huge, overwhelming experience it was. But with such great people at the QT blog--and all of you who gave me kudos and gifts--it made the hours in front of the computer worth it. And my aching fingers. Wait. That might have been from Guitar Hero World Tour...
And to literary agents everywhere, a sincere thank you. It's no wonder you can't answer every email you receive. I bow down to your uber-awesomeness for accepting queries from aspiring authors.
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16 comments:
Wow...I am in awe of how quickly that one filled up!
I didn't think to send bacon and chocolate...consider it done now, though!
You're awesome Elana! I don't think I could have sorted through all of those entries. Thanks for all of your hard work!
Yikes on the emails! That's me when we're approaching a grant deadline. ;o)
And everyone knows that Rock Band is better than Guitar Hero. Pssh. >_>
Verification word: masms (sounds kinky)
Thank YOU. :D
That's fantastic you received SO many entries! It will make for a great contest.
My e-mail account was screwy that day. I don't know what was going on; I wasn't getting some of my e-mail.
I'm sure glad I wasn't in your shoes. That would have been major fail.
Thanks for your work!
Oh yeah, and M. Dunham -- the Rock Band vs. Guitar Hero, the real thing can't hold a candle to either of those games. :-)
I agree on all points. It was an awesome contest, and yes, agents are just beyond awesome..and so are you!!
Thanks for the contest. Win or lose, it was a good exercise.
((((((HUGS!))))) I've meant to email you big gobs of empathy. Now you know why my guidelines state, "PLEASE don't send me a thank you email!" It sounds all unfriendly and that, but really it's about sanity. Good ol' sanity. =)
Congratulations on a very successful contest! Now go eat some chocolate.
Dude, I can't even keep up with emails from my own family.
You are awesome.
You rock Elana!
You are just amazing...I sincerely hope you know that!!!
Amen! And thanks again!
*virtual chocolate with bacon bits*
Holy frijoles, that's a LOT of emails! I'm amazed you weren't struck blind!
Another HUGEMONGUS thank you! Thank you for taking over 500 for the team!
I think I did go blind for a few minutes. And, yes, Authoress, I should have said that. It was sort of fun to interact with a few people though. We chatted about bacon and chocolate and sleeping pills.... Good times. ;)
Thanks for the tellings of awesomeness! I don't always feel awesome, but I do right now! Woot, woot!
I'm scared to think about the response for your next contest, Elana. ;)Something tells me the guidelines will be a lot tougher next time. So any idea that the word count was for the longest sentence?
Can't wait for the next one . . . once you've recovered from this one. Hope you have a restful weekend!
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