I loved the image of these Proenza Schouler shoes so much when someone shared them with me yesterday that I made them my new Twitter icon. And now I’m ALSO featuring them on today’s About My Query post. Gonna play with format again today, though. The query is in bold […]
Monthly Archives: October 2010
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After I posted on Twitter yesterday that I was working on two submission lists, one of my followers responded wondering what a submission list IS. And, well, I figure if one person is curious enough to ask, there’s probably even more who also have questions, but just didn’t type them […]
You may have already seen this on Stephanie Perkins’ blog or on Twitter, but I’m thrilled to share the followed STARRED review of Anna and the French Kiss from Kirkus Reviews: Since her father’s Nicholas Sparks–like novels have been turned into blockbuster movies and he now has the means (and […]
Deb writes with a great follow-up to yesterday’s question about formatting within your manuscript, to wit: There are, of course, rules for manuscripts–each paragraph indented, double-spaced, et cetera. But what about when you copy/paste into an e-mail? Suddenly you lose formatting, fonts … what’s a writer to do? It’s true, […]
I’m feeling SO GREAT about getting back within my two week response time for queries that I’m answering TWO Ask Daphne questions this week. Wheee! The first comes from Robin, who writes: I am currently working on my second YA crime novel in which my protagonist is partially deaf. She […]
I’m doing my best to dig myself out from under my overwhelming backlog of queries, but in so doing, I’m truly amazed how often I come across a query letter that doesn’t actually tell me ANYTHING about the book being queried. I wouldn’t think I’d need to say this, but […]
Just a quick post tonight to let you know I’m doing my best to get through a serious backlog of queries. Unfortunately, I’m off my preferred two-week turnaround time by, oh, 2 and a half weeks. I’m just about through everything sent September 16th or earlier, but if by some […]
Space Age-looking shoes for O.W., who submitted today’s About My Query. Remember, these are going up every TWO weeks now until the end of the year, interspersed with more posts answering your questions about all sorts of things. But I’ve got to leave for the airport momentarily, so let’s get […]
I could get addicted to this NaMaReMo thing. I feel so accomplished! In the spirit of getting back to you as quickly as possible, let’s dive into the mailbox, shall we? From Dan: For the “first three pages” that we are to include with our query letters, do we consider […]