Wowza, did last year fly by! I was just getting used to writing 2016 on documents, and now I have to switch to 2017. In any case, it’s time for our end-of-year stats:
2 new agents at NLA (Joanna MacKenzie and Danielle Burby come on board!)
39 career New York Times bestsellers (up from 37 in 2015. So close to being able to say “more than 40.”)
59 books released in 2016 (25 print releases, 9 reprints, and 21 digital releases)
3 new clients (lots of exciting news to share soon)
30,000+ queries read and responded to (estimated)
92 full manuscripts requested and read (up from 87 last year)
1 project currently on submission (just happened!)
86 foreign-rights deals done (down from 99 last year, mainly because I only took on one client in 2014): 17 in Asia, 3 in Brazil, 10 in Mexico/Latin America, and 56 in Europe
2 TV and major motion picture deals (one not announced and yet and the other, sadly, was cancelled half way through the negotiation, much to our dismay)
50 print runs for my longest-selling title, Jamie Ford’s HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET—which originally published in 2009. Up from 46 just last year. The Energizer Bunny of novels with millions sold!
8 conferences attended (which includes Y’ALL West, RWA, Frankfurt Book Fair, and Honolulu Writers Conference)
Millions of units sold of bestselling series, which had a 10th-anniversary edition in 2016—yay Gallagher Girls!
Millions of units sold of bestselling individual title. WOOL just keeps finding new readers.
Millions of units sold of two bestselling series—yay Marie Lu!
140 physical holiday cards sent
713 electronic holiday cards sent (up from 539 in 2015)
Not telling it’s so embarrassing eggnog chai lattes consumed during November and December (I actually tracked them this year, and that just made me less likely to share the actual number.)
Lots of late nights reading on my living-room chaise with Chutney (that old dame just keeps getting more snuggly with every year)
All great days loving my job!
Welcome to the new New Year!
Photo Credit: Richard Grandmorin