It depends. I usually collect in "phases" (i.e spend about 6 months collecting at a time)
At the start of each 'phase' I send around 15-20 then about 4 a month until I lose interest.

I recently got some stamps, so this month I've requested [i]Go:Audio[/i] VV, George Sampson VV, and was meant to post Russell Brand when I went out yesterday, but forgot.
I'm only really interested in music autographs, so I think January-March may be a busy time for me :mrgreen:

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[color=#800080]I only have 4 letters sitting ready to be posted at the moment :)
There's also only about another 10 people that I made a list of that would be nice to write to, so I'll do them fairly soon too.
I'm not the best autograph collector as even though there's plenty of actors, etc I consider good, there's only a handful that [i]really[/i] appeal to me. So there's a few people I like that I'm debating over whether or not to write to them :) I'll probably just check their feedback and if they are good with responses, I'll send a photo or two sometime :)[/color]

Since I started collecting TTM again in March, I've sent out only 40 requests.
And I've gotten 11 back so far.
But it has really slowed down now that it's summer. I'm only sending maybe 1 a month.
Probably should be sending more since I had all of these pictures printed out and they're just lying around.

Sometimes I have months were I don't send any, and then I'll send about 40 in 1 week. I find it hard to come up with original letters when i send 'm to often. So when I feel creative I will just do a bunch in a row. :)
My main way of collecting is in person though, I only send ttm when I know there's a very good chance the persons signs authentically.

I'm just curious how often everyone is sending out requests. I've just recently really gotten into collecting TTM (done it on and off for a few years) and find myself sending 2 - 5 requests out every weekend. :)

I sent out 14 today

as of right now, maybe 10-15 a month

About 3-5 a week. Though once I sent about 20 on one day! :D

I haven't sent anything but e-mails since February or Early March. Things got busy, stuff came up. I really haven't had time to send out any SASE's or anything but, I plan on doing that now that school's out. :)

There was a point where, for about 4 months, I had mail almost every single day, and it wasn't usually just one thing, it was like two or three. Once, the box was so full, it was just MY stuff in there and the rest for that day had to be delivered the next. 4 autographs. I was so pleased.