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How To Write Query Letters ... or, really, how to revise query letters so they actually work

Thursday, July 30, 2009

#124--Winner on the first try

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Dear Query Shark, Ford Kelly spends his days driving an ambulance and his nights driving the getaway car for his uncle the contract killer...
61 comments:
Thursday, July 16, 2009

#123-Revised-**WINNER**

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REVISION Dear Query Shark: I am seeking representation for ABIDE WITH ME, a 57,000-word crime novel about friendship, community, football...
51 comments:
Wednesday, July 15, 2009

#122-Revised

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Dear Query Shark, 'This too shall pass,' are the cruelest words in the English language, Petra Harrison thinks as she waits for th...
32 comments:

#121

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Dear Query Shark, April is an ordinary girl with an ordinary life; the sort who is thrilled just by being wife. Sure, she used to be a femi...
21 comments:

#120-Revised Thrice *WIN*

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Dear Query Shark, Kate Menick makes problems go away. Kate is a project manager for a polygalactic consulting firm. She brokers assassin...
25 comments:

#119-revised Six times

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Dear Query Shark: Dominique Hillmen thought her problems were over when she collected a multi-million dollar reward for capturing o...
13 comments:
Tuesday, June 9, 2009

#118-Revised

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Dear Query Shark, Safe inside the rind of Orange County, parents pay a premium to shelter their kids. If those kids lie well enough, they...
21 comments:

#117-Revised Twice, and yes we have a winner!

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Dear Query Shark, While Josie Moore hasn’t exactly made peace with her decision to give up her baby boy, she has learned to accept it. She...
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#116-Revised

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Dear QueryShark : Mavis McCreedy has decided to end it all. Her 102 nd birthday party is just two weeks away, and she’s determined not ...
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

#115-Revised

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Dear Query Shark, Sallie Talbot is most content when her life on the Carolina seashore is calm, quiet, and peaceful. She is therefore mos...
18 comments:

#114-Revised Twice, and yes, we have a winner

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Dear Query Shark: “I Rode With Teddy Roosevelt”(working title) IN 1883, 15- year-old Scottie Burns is hired by a young, vibrant Theodor...
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

#112-REVISED-2nd Revision and a **WINNER**

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Dear Query Shark: Where was her dog? She felt the first splinter of worry when Hope didn't come in for dinner. Emily Hunt lived th...
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