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Saturday, February 23, 2013

#238-revised twice

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Second revision Dear Query Shark: Reed has reached the pinnacle—a beautiful fiancĂ©e, successful career, prestige—but the toll for all th...
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Thanks

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The overwhelming response to my frustration Sunday night was both helpful and heartwarming. Thank you. It's clear QueryShark archives ...
27 comments:
Sunday, February 10, 2013

My patience is at zero

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There have been several writers who've submitted queries to QueryShark recently, had the query posted and critiqued, only to ask to take...
123 comments:
Saturday, February 2, 2013

#236-revised twice FTW

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Dear QueryShark: Ariel Cordova's soon to be dead husband calls to say he loves her, he's sorry, and he doesn't think they know...
19 comments:
Friday, January 25, 2013

#235-revised 3x

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Dear Query Shark: For 26-year-old Promised Savior, John, life changes forever when he grows fond of a bar girl, Tanya, and struggles to de...
17 comments:
Thursday, January 17, 2013

#234

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                                                                THE HANGING GIRL                                                         ...
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

A lyrical query!

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Dear Sir or Madam, Will you read my book? It took me years to write, will you take a look? It's based on a novel by a man named Lear...
16 comments:
Friday, November 30, 2012

#233

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  Dear QueryShark: I have been traveling, living, and working throughout Southeast Asia for five years. Ok, so this is a memoir....
10 comments:
Tuesday, November 27, 2012

#231

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Dear Query Shark, Some might think Pru has it all. She's young, industrious, and planted in a prime location on a grassy knoll. Ove...
11 comments:
Sunday, September 30, 2012

#228-revised once

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It’s a case of maternal love-at-first-sight for nurse Beth Ward when she sees the mysterious baby boy who’s been abandoned in her hospit...
22 comments:
Sunday, September 9, 2012

#227-revised 4x FTW

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Thirty something year old Vivienne has had big dreams since childhood. Winning an Oscar before she's forty and marrying a good guy wit...
18 comments:
Sunday, September 2, 2012

#226

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FIRST REVISION  Dear Query Shark, Frederika Frosch, a transfer student from Austria, likes Lee Min Ho. She recently found out that he’s ...
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