And the Oscar goes to…

March 9th, 2010

Clearly, I was a little too excited yesterday by the Oscars to actually blog, but I’ll make up for it today. First, as promised in last week’s post in which I asked you to make a speech about your theoretical awards-show thank you speech, one free copy of Scarlett Fever by Maureen Johnson goes [...]

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I’m Back!

March 2nd, 2010

Technically, I was back on Monday, but I had a lot of catching up to do yesterday and today, so I feel like I’m only now back in the swing of things (Note: not my back pictured.). But I want to issue a huge round of thanks to my guest bloggers: Sara Beitia, Kiki [...]

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Ask Daphne! About My Query XXXXIII (Guest Blog)

February 26th, 2010

Another Friday, another image of fabulous shoes, another About My Query post! In the spirit of this week, however, we’ve got a guest blogger commenting — Maureen Johnson, author of Scarlett Fever and many other fine novels, available wherever books are sold! Without further ado…
Dear Ms. Unfeasible,
I am seeking representation for my manuscript, COLORS [...]

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Winners!

February 10th, 2010

It was a tough decision, but Intern Jenny and I looked at all your entries for last week’s contest to win copies of Albatross and Scarlett Fever, and the winners are…
Emily for Scarlett Fever, for her inspired role on Project Runway, and Amy B. for Albatross for her Star Wars color guard performance!
Emily and [...]

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Tag Lines

February 9th, 2010

We talk a lot about query letters here, and (I hope) provide a useful service for people to improve their letters. But as I looked at various queries in my email inbox today, I thought about how important a one-sentence pitch truly is. Call them “hooks” or “tag lines” or what have you, [...]

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