The term “fiction novel” ought never to appear in them if you want to be taken seriously as a writer. Ever.
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Another late post today, which you can feel free to assume comes after a rather busy day. Anyway, the above quote is […]
Alyson Noel‘s blogging over at the Teen Fiction Cafe today, asking what books changed your life or your view of life?
4 thoughts on “A note about query letters”
Oh you poor thing. I hope that you just heard about that from someone…
Hmmm, how about the term "nonfiction memoir"?
I used to think it was funny and a bit redundant, but with the recent spate of memoirs that were revealed to be creative writing not based on real events…I began wondering whether or not that classification might be useful.
I've read this on so many agent blogs that it amazes me people still do it. Poor you! 🙁
Thanks for spending time on the copumter (writing) so others don’t have to.