tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812909700950069050.post453533257312723555..comments2024-03-16T01:00:59.945-04:00Comments on Query Shark: #131Janet Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812909700950069050.post-36288581570038896992010-12-20T02:44:24.890-05:002010-12-20T02:44:24.890-05:00Here's a story, about a man named Brady...Here's a story, about a man named Brady...Lainahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00134705793566699951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812909700950069050.post-70062249034456425362009-12-27T22:59:53.345-05:002009-12-27T22:59:53.345-05:00@alastairmayer @anna
Send that to me, with a well...@alastairmayer @anna<br /><br />Send that to me, with a well-written query letter, and it's guaranteed a read!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09935766760599866657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812909700950069050.post-29430520643194179532009-10-11T16:11:45.456-04:002009-10-11T16:11:45.456-04:00Shoot. What was this story about, author? The sent...Shoot. What was this story about, author? The sentence isn't clear, but if it's about nothing more than people growing old in the country, it's probably as interesting as watching paint dry. Although I can't tell from the "query," there's "just something" that makes me feel this might be worth a second try. Don't be intimidated; just tell us what it's about in simple, country-folk voice.<br /><br />ver: qinet--not quite a queryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812909700950069050.post-7421475974427911062009-09-24T13:20:20.810-04:002009-09-24T13:20:20.810-04:00Form rejection? I'm not sure I'd even both...Form rejection? I'm not sure I'd even bother with that. You're so nice, QueryShark!<br /><br />I'd add: besides the plot (QueryShark has already told you what you need for that), you should have a rounded wordcount, genre, title, any truly applicable publishing credits.<br /><br />Though I do have to compliment the author for being concise!_*rachel*_https://www.blogger.com/profile/03293167107180931700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812909700950069050.post-27963427737009157972009-09-23T21:18:12.821-04:002009-09-23T21:18:12.821-04:00I am now prepared to be enthralled by tales of wel...I am now prepared to be enthralled by tales of well-made casseroles and the struggles of amateur woodcarvers.<br /><br />...perhaps not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812909700950069050.post-51770080466105185192009-09-22T17:57:26.705-04:002009-09-22T17:57:26.705-04:00It's really confusing to me how someone could ...It's really confusing to me how someone could do this. Even at 15 when I *attempted* to write a book and get it published, I knew the importance and necessity of a query letter... sigh, there is A LOT of research to be done though, to figure everything out.Pull: The Story of a Mysterious Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08094377409033095796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812909700950069050.post-65009968127418903242009-09-22T11:16:30.607-04:002009-09-22T11:16:30.607-04:00@Anna and alastairmayer: It's obviously about ...@Anna and alastairmayer: It's obviously about old people who are murdering the young in order to steal their youth and live forever. It's the horror story Stephen King wouldn't dare to write! (Unless he's written it already... Which he probably has, knowing him.)Mimzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17171454664231209553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812909700950069050.post-76338538703839441632009-09-22T00:35:50.678-04:002009-09-22T00:35:50.678-04:00You know, for a baby boomer who has lived in a tin...You know, for a baby boomer who has lived in a tiny country town for twenty years, this is a concept that would intrigue as long as the characters are representative of the older popular today and not stereotypical.wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06601761842537889384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812909700950069050.post-74210473673729191382009-09-21T21:37:07.403-04:002009-09-21T21:37:07.403-04:00@alastairmayer: I would totally read that.@alastairmayer: I would totally read that.Clare K. R. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11841162467916897873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812909700950069050.post-78624404088929252582009-09-21T20:19:10.968-04:002009-09-21T20:19:10.968-04:00Stunned.
Where has respect gone?
1. Respect...Stunned. <br /><br />Where has respect gone? <br /><br />1. Respect for QS's time, and <br />2. respect to other writers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812909700950069050.post-91724171622041684752009-09-21T19:32:40.141-04:002009-09-21T19:32:40.141-04:00@Anna - Perhaps a story about shipping people to t...@Anna - Perhaps a story about shipping people to the countryside to age them like wine or cheese. So your second option with a horror or dark-fantasy twist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812909700950069050.post-75991173647833546652009-09-21T14:52:42.514-04:002009-09-21T14:52:42.514-04:00Is this story about old people who live in the cou...Is this story about old people who live in the countryside, or a guide to making people older in the countryside...or in a specific country?Anna Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08774415814789806840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812909700950069050.post-6693968732852488442009-09-21T12:47:36.939-04:002009-09-21T12:47:36.939-04:00What is it with human being and following instruct...What is it with human being and following instructions?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812909700950069050.post-65230213907307471082009-09-21T07:52:56.888-04:002009-09-21T07:52:56.888-04:00Any particular country?Any particular country?nonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00415222406280230021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812909700950069050.post-44449919493338506962009-09-21T03:04:51.109-04:002009-09-21T03:04:51.109-04:00Interesting. Choice and consequences puts a diffe...Interesting. <i>Choice and consequences</i> puts a different slant on things than <i>problem and (attempted) solutions</i>. They're both valid, but trying to write a query for one with the structure of the other is probably awkward at best.<br /><br />The only real choice in, say, a Hero's Journey tale is whether or not he answers the call to adventure. If there's a story at all, sooner or later he will. It's the problems he encounters thereafter that make it engaging--or not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812909700950069050.post-87096766872477370942009-09-21T01:42:25.641-04:002009-09-21T01:42:25.641-04:00ha! fixed THAT little typo!
thanks!ha! fixed THAT little typo!<br />thanks!Janet Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812909700950069050.post-43596396670720103742009-09-21T01:19:20.038-04:002009-09-21T01:19:20.038-04:00*Scare* resource :)))))*Scare* resource :)))))Ieva Melgalvehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703249206430432119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812909700950069050.post-84825687820415442582009-09-20T22:20:49.645-04:002009-09-20T22:20:49.645-04:00Wow. I almost don't even have any words. I&#...Wow. I almost don't even have any words. I've recently realized that my query letter might be my problem (and I've written a wildly different one, after reading this blog and your other one). However, it would've never occurred to me not to write a query letter. Thanks for sharing this and for tweeting it.Ali Trottahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08786367680085861585noreply@blogger.com