Ask Daphne! About Synopsis Lengths

What other shoes could I post an image of today but Kate Middleton’s wedding heels? Lovely! But on to the questions! Eleni asked:
I’ve got a 7 page synopsis in rough draft form for querying. Do I need a 7-page synopsis or is that pretty rare?
I’d say that’s pretty rare. It’s certainly something that’s no doubt [...]

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Guest Blog by Kater Cheek

Since I’m out of the office this week on vacation, I’ve turned my blog over to my clients, who wanted to share their thoughts with you on a variety of subjects. I let them have free rein because otherwise, well, just trust me, it’s for the best. Today’s post is by Kater Cheek, [...]

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Ask Daphne! About Format

Double-trouble today, with our first question coming from Kathleen, who asks:
When agents (such as yourself) request a certain number of pages to be included in the query email, how do they want them formatted? If an agent asks for 3 pages, does that mean 3 pages single spaced 12 point Times New Roman font? [...]

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Ask Daphne! About Synopseseses

This “love”ly piece of art is for Meg (and is made by Penny Pickles), who writes:
Hi. I’ve been looking around the web for information on this, but I keep getting different opinions. Could you tell me how long you expect a synopsis to be? Also, I saw on your website that if you like [...]

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SEKRIT Project

The Web Monkey and I are deep in discussions on an exciting new SEKRIT project, which we’ll hopefully be able to reveal shortly! Anyway, it got me thinking…
I like SEKRITS — or even secrets — when I know them, but I’m not all that keen on other people keeping secrets from me. And [...]

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