Let me be perfectly clear: in a query, you have ONE PAGE to hook my attention. One page to tell me enough about your book that I want to scan down to the end of your letter to read the three pages from your novel that I’ve requested you attach. Three pages that I will [...]
I got pinged on Twitter this morning by @ErraticArtist who asked:
Is there any time you would recommend an author using a pseudonym? I ask because my own name is quite clunky.
And I thought — what a great subject for a blog post! (Mostly because I was in the middle of an early lunch and reading [...]
As I’m looking at queries, I’m coming across a lot of details in book descriptions that seem rushed, like so:
“She is helped in her efforts by a brooding vampire with a soul, a lesbian witch, a former vengeance demon, a British librarian, a platinum blonde vampire with a chip in his head, and a teenage [...]
Welcome back, all! Did everyone have a good holiday break? Get some reading in, or editing, or some fabulously relaxing writing time? I hope so!
Alas, I didn’t get quite as much done as I’d hoped — it turns out an 11-month-old is not the most conducive partner for quiet reading time. But today everyone headed [...]
Sorry for the delay in posting this! My Friday got away from me and suddenly, whoa! It’s Monday! Without any further delay, here’s J.K.’s query for your review.
Dear Ms. Unfeasible,
Finding her best friend dead in the river is bad enough. Becoming the killer’s next target is worse. Dealing with the emotions of every other person [...]
