A very quick post today to say that I’ve closed the historical fiction survey. I’m excited to report that 2440 individuals participated in the survey, 83% women and 17% men.
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For those anxious to see the report, please bear with me. It will take a while to ‘crunch’ the numbers, draw correlations and insights, and pull it all together.
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Terrific response, Mary! Have fun crunching the numbers. I look forward to hearing the results.
Crunch, crunch .. thanks Carol.
Wow! Impressive. Get crunching!
Thanks, Downith. Survey Monkey does the basics but not the correlations and I think it’s the correlations that will generate more insights. We shall see!
Great response. Looking forward to hearing more.
Thanks, Ruth. I’m so pleased with the numbers!
That’s a great response, Mary. Can’t wait to see your results.
Me too, Char. As I said to Downith, it’s correlating the data that takes time and provides more interesting stuff 🙂
This is awesome. May I use these stats in a presentation on Historical fiction? Pleasssssee. I don’t believe some people don’t think of historical fiction as a genre.
Absolutely, JF. I’m in the midst of tabulating and analyzing responses! Great fun 🙂
Thanks for your interest?
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Great blog butr even better is the author of it. Historical Fiction IS a genre. Really
Looking forward to the results. Thanks for your hard work!
Thanks Lausanne … I see that you are interested in novels set in Central Asia. I wasn’t able to secure many participants from Asia this year. Definitely a disappointment. BTW, I lived in Hong Kong for 3 years which gave me a real taste of Asian cultures. Thanks for your encouragement.
Sigh, I’m still finding my way around WP and only today found my notifications. Hah. Sorry I missed this earlier. I lived in Sumatra for 4 years and visited Central Asia in 1995. So, yes, I have a particular interest in that side of the world. Never got to Hong Kong. I imagine that was a different experience!
I continue to enjoy your blog. Here’s to a New Year of adventures and stories!
Thanks for your email, lausannedc. Aren’t you fortunate to have lived and visited so many parts of the world. Wishing you the best for 2014.