Comments on: Ask Daphne! About Comparisons http://ktliterary.com/2009/11/ask-daphne-about-comparisons/ young adult, middle grade, and women’s fiction Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:30:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: kt literary » Blog Archive » From The Archives: About My Query XXX http://ktliterary.com/2009/11/ask-daphne-about-comparisons/comment-page-1/#comment-9924 kt literary » Blog Archive » From The Archives: About My Query XXX Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:48:31 +0000 http://ktliterary.com/?p=2324#comment-9924 [...] talked earlier this week about using comparisons in your queries, and while I think a call out to Sarah Dessen is appropriate, the wording of it feels weird — [...] [...] talked earlier this week about using comparisons in your queries, and while I think a call out to Sarah Dessen is appropriate, the wording of it feels weird — [...]

]]> By: kt literary » Blog Archive » Ask Daphne! About My Query XXX http://ktliterary.com/2009/11/ask-daphne-about-comparisons/comment-page-1/#comment-5376 kt literary » Blog Archive » Ask Daphne! About My Query XXX Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:55:01 +0000 http://ktliterary.com/?p=2324#comment-5376 [...] talked earlier this week about using comparisons in your queries, and while I think a call out to Sarah Dessen is appropriate, the wording of it feels weird — [...] [...] talked earlier this week about using comparisons in your queries, and while I think a call out to Sarah Dessen is appropriate, the wording of it feels weird — [...]

]]> By: Lit Agent Synchronicity – Comparing Your Novel « The Ligan of the Disomus http://ktliterary.com/2009/11/ask-daphne-about-comparisons/comment-page-1/#comment-5331 Lit Agent Synchronicity – Comparing Your Novel « The Ligan of the Disomus Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:14:46 +0000 http://ktliterary.com/?p=2324#comment-5331 [...] November 2009 by nelsonleith Today, both Nathan Bransford and Ask Daphne address the perennial query letter dilemma: to invoke the master/bestseller comparison or [...] [...] November 2009 by nelsonleith Today, both Nathan Bransford and Ask Daphne address the perennial query letter dilemma: to invoke the master/bestseller comparison or [...]

]]> By: Stina http://ktliterary.com/2009/11/ask-daphne-about-comparisons/comment-page-1/#comment-5333 Stina Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:11:48 +0000 http://ktliterary.com/?p=2324#comment-5333 Thanks, Kate. That's helps big time. :D Thanks, Kate. That's helps big time. :D

]]> By: amy sue nathan http://ktliterary.com/2009/11/ask-daphne-about-comparisons/comment-page-1/#comment-5329 amy sue nathan Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:52:17 +0000 http://ktliterary.com/?p=2324#comment-5329 I've read quite a few times that nowadays query writing can overshadow the novel writing. Writers want so badly to get past that initial stage they spend more time on the pitch than the book. I know that queries have to grab an agent's attention, but so many samples I've read have only an inkling of fabulous -- and the right agent usually picks up on that. I've read quite a few times that nowadays query writing can overshadow the novel writing. Writers want so badly to get past that initial stage they spend more time on the pitch than the book.

I know that queries have to grab an agent's attention, but so many samples I've read have only an inkling of fabulous — and the right agent usually picks up on that.

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