Full requests - just the first step but feels like a big one.

So now I have had a modest handful of full requests. I know this doesn't mean representation but I know it does mean my new rewrite is getting more positive attention than the previous draft. Phew.

The steps to publication are many, but I feel I've climbed a couple.

When Amazon delivered a parcel this morning -

Son (6) "Mummy is that your new book?"

Bless him.

How long will it take literary agents to get back to me? Will they even respond? Is there anyone out there?

Yes there is. And they will respond.

I have treated BREATHING SEA to a rewrite and am submitting, again. This time I know what the waiting is like and I'm more confident because I've had some interest. But it is STILL excruciating.
I thought I would post this to help others who are in the same position as I was last August - at the beginning of my first ever submission campaign with no idea what to expect. Well here is what happened with mine.
I wish it looked better - but I now know my manuscript needed work, so here's hoping...
I sent submissions in batches - to well known UK agents who represent my genre - YA speculative. I researched them carefully over the six months prior to submitting.
Sorry - can't name any names. Don't want to upset anyone.
First batch went in August to 9 agents (was a little over-excited), second sent in September to 7 agents, third in October to 6 agents.

When sent DDMM	Time	Response
2110	1 day	Form Rej
2110	1 day	Form Rej
2208	7 days	Form Rej
2208	11 days	Form Rej
2309	12 days	Form Rej
2309	17 days	Form Rej
2010	18 days	Form Rej
2309	1 month	Form Rej
2309	5 weeks	Form Rej
2309	6 weeks	Form Rej
2208	8 weeks	Form Rej
2010	8 weeks	Form Rej
2208	8 weeks	Revise and Resub
2110	8 weeks	Form Rej
2010	8 weeks	Full Request
2308	9 weeks	Form Rej
2208	12 weeks	Full Request
2208	13 weeks	Form Rej
2208	NO REPLY
2309	NO REPLY
2208	NO REPLY
2309	NO REPLY

Conclusions?
8 weeks is a common response time.
Sometimes you have to wait a long time for a full request!
1 day rejections do not feel good....but non repliers feel just downright rude, even when they warn you they may not reply.
Doesn't matter when I sent them.

Now. Better just check my inbox again. Good luck intrepid dream-chasers. Keep chasing.

Hope that helps some others in the same position as me. Please comment if it does....