Just for fun. And to have something to stay inside and read during this cold winter. Three chances to win.
1. What was the time of day of the first query I received in this New Year?
2. How many queries did I respond to over the course of 2013?
3. How many times did WordPress say my blog was viewed in 2013?
What you can win — the Ace/Roc 2013 sampler including selections from my clients Anne Bishop and Mike Shepherd along with many other Ace/Roc authors, plus 1 of 3 advance reading copies (uncorrected proofs). I have a single copy of each to offer of Elizabeth Bear’s Steles of the Sky, Cherie Priest’s Fiddlehead and Mike Shepherd’s To Do Or Die.
Winners will be asked to list the ARCs in order of preference. Ties will be decided by rolling my new Dresden Files Fate Dice.
When you can win? Starting now and going until 5pm Eastern tomorrow. Friday, January 3rd. Simply post your answers in comments on this entry to enter. One entry per person. If no one guesses the exact statistics above (and some of those would be incredibly lucky), closest answer will win.
Et in arcaedia, ego. 
1. 12:12am
2. 5417
3. 73,337
1. What was the time of day of the first query I received in this New Year?
12:00 AM EST
2. How many queries did I respond to over the course of 2013?
40,000
3. How many times did WordPress say my blog was viewed in 2013?
290,000 pageviews
1: 4:30 a.m.
2: 7,500
3: 55,000
1. 12:03 am
2. 6000
3. 102,000
1)Time of day for first query received: 4 a.m. your time.
2) Queries responded to throughout 2013: 53233
3) WordPress page views: 562,000
Thanks for the fun and have a Happy New Year! I look forward to your next letters from the query wars.
1: 12:03 AM EST
2: 4947 responded to; you probably only requested 40 authors submit more
3: Page views: 277,812
1. 2:18am (Hey, I’m an optimist.)
2. 1424
3. 307,336
1. First query: 12:27pm (Being roughly the time required to down enough alcohol to make that extra paragraph that they banged together about their unstoppable writing destiny in the New Year look good enough to send.)
2. 3,714 responses.
3. I’ll shoot low – 14,280 pageviews.
1. 12:02 am
2. 3, 207
3. 175,203
1. 12:01:14 A.M.
2. Respond to with a form letter or request samples from? 41,414 for the first, 414 for the second.
3. 341,414
Time: 12:05 AM
Responses: all of them 🙂
Page Hits: 500,000
1. 12:03am
2. 7439
3. 235,387
1: 12:06AM
2: 4,500
3: A good 456,000 I would like to hope!
Query : 2:04 am
Responded to: 8732
Views: 492,500
1. 12:01 a.m.
2. 42,314
3. 348,907
1. What was the time of day of the first query I received in this New Year?
12:01:19 AM EST
2. How many queries did I respond to over the course of 2013?
4678
3. How many times did WordPress say my blog was viewed in 2013?
398,000
The query: 12:01am (what better way to start the new year
Number of queries: 5,800 (that’s the average from your letters from the query wars responses)
Page views: ~100,000
1. 1:16 am
2. 12,160
3. 55,555
1. 5:22 am
2. 3801
3. 720,001
All probably horribly wrong but with a stab in the dark.
Oooh, here goes!
1. Ten past midnight, and thirty seconds, your time.
2. All of them – 6,000
3. 490,000 times
🙂
12:01:04 a.m.
5,270
825,682
Ooooh!! Dresden RPG dice! Sweet.
1. 00:32
2. 3,500
3. 40,000
1. 12.01am EST
2. 5,555
3. 42,000
1. 12:01am
2. 6258
3. 25,678
1) 3:00 am
2) 6,000 responses
3) 600,000 views
1. 3:37 am
2. 6842 responses
3. 345217 views
1) early morning
2) a whole bunch
3) a whole bunch more
1. 1:44 am
2. 17,890 queries
3. 123,456 views
1. 10 am.
2. 423
3. 84,207
1. 12:55 am
2. 7300
3. 95,250
12:30 a.m.
3,650
109,340
3:14 am
6000
more than a million
1) 12:03
2) 6829
3) 502816
Contest closed. Will announce the winners a little later! Thanks for participating!