Ask Daphne! About My Query XXX

I wouldn’t wear these swimming, but wouldn’t they look just perfect at a pool somewhere in Beverly Hills? And they’re vegan! Anyway, today’s About My Query post comes to us from Kristina. Before I get to it, however, I wanted to put out a call for submissions. I have next week’s About My Query ready [...]

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Ask Daphne! About Word Count

If you’re going to have numbers on your feet, you could do a lot worse than these Chanel Number 5 beauties! For S.C., who writes: I was wondering if you would be able to answer a quick question I have been wondering about. I’ve heard that YA’s are anywhere from 40K to 60K word count. [...]

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Ask Daphne! What do you call this?

Fantasy shoes for T.J. who found me via Twitter to ask the following question (the boots are a design by Michel Tcherevkoff, who has a book of these images. I just added it to my Christmas Wish List): I have been an avid reader of Terry Brooks, Dragonlance series, Lord of the Rings, etc. for [...]

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Ask Daphne! About E-Publishing

Happy Tuesday, all! I’m looking forward to heading back to the Home Office this afternoon, but in the meantime, let’s dive into the mailbag again, shall we? Karen writes: I have a friend who has started an e-publishing company. In addition to e-books it will have audio and print on demand. She has read my [...]

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Ask Daphne! About Comparisons

While I’m finishing up my meetings in New York this week, I figured I’d answer a few of your other questions for me. Like Stina’s: I was wondering, after reading Query XXV, about comparing your novel to the works of other authors. Obviously it wasn’t effective in that particular query. But what if you wrote [...]

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