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 [...]
Last week was awesome. I reopened to queries, and every day, I carved out a little time in the afternoon to go through that day’s batch of email. It was fantastic! I was so on top of things! And then… One day, I didn’t have any time in the afternoon, so I told myself I’d [...]
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 [...]
As promised, I am now closed to queries for the holidays. I’ll reopen on January 9th. If you recently sent a query and have not yet received a response, I’ll be getting caught up in the next few days.Please wait until the 9th to resend any queries you think might have gotten lost in cyberspace. [...]
As is my usual procedure, I’ll be closing to queries over the holidays so that I can spend time getting caught up on reading I’ve already requested, and so that I don’t come back to work in 2012 with a backlog already in place. With that said, the final day to send your query for [...]
