This time around we have two variant query letters for the same project, courtesy of Amy Judd. Let’s see what we can do for her: Version One: Genieve Hart is […]
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Analysis of a SF/F Query Letter
This week we have a brave soul who is willing to have his query letter given a public critique. And there’s a good lesson in here about the overall challenges […]
Read morePerils of the Writer: Query Letters
I brought up query letters last week as part of the whole Heinlein’s Five Rules posts, so it’s worth talking about them. Query letters are evil. I’ve never met a […]
Read moreHeinlein’s Fourth Rule
Continuing the discussion of Heinlein’s Rules of Successful writing (First, Second and Third rules.) So, now you’ve written something, you’ve finished it, and you’ve stopped fiddling with it. This can […]
Read moreDFW Writer Con Report
So, this past weekend I went to DFW Writer Con. It was my first time at this con, and my first time at this type of con, where there are […]
Read moreI’m not sure who’s Teddy Roosevelt in this metaphor.
It is said that a school of piranha can skeletonize a cow in minutes. This bit of trivia is apparently based on something of a deception– some South American officials […]
Read moreQuerying etiquette?
So today I attended a writing seminar, or at least part of it… namely the section on “getting your work out to other people”, and naturally a part of that […]
Read moreQuerying in the summertime?
Is July typically a month in which agents take vacation? I just send out another round of queries last week, and, oddly, I haven’t heard any responses yet. I mean, […]
Read moreQuerying what you don’t believe in
Found today on Twitter, from @Ginger_Clark with the #pubtip hashtag: People, don’t start your query disparaging science fiction to me. I will have to cut you for it. #pubtipI find this […]
Read moreQuerying strategy…
There’s all sorts of advice out there about querying, but one thing I wonder that I don’t see much talking about: when is the best time during the week to […]
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