For those of you who don't know what a query letter is, let me s'plain it to you.
A query letter is the letter you send out to a literary agent when you are trying to land one. Simple right?
In theory. But then again, most things are.
In your query, you have to give a brief summary of your story, explain the plot, your credentials and tell how big the book is. Again, easy in theory.
But writing that SOB is a pain in the neck (especially for me, 'cause sometimes I hunch over my keyboard like Quazimodo).
Nailing a hook is a lot harder than I thought. I wrote my first part and thought, 'this is good.' I had someone read it, and their response was this (verbatim):
Ouch. Okay what about the summary?
That person came back with about a dozen questions to counter.
Lame.
Hell, I even messed up the final part with my credentials! (BTW - I don't have any, but don't go passing that around...)
Don't put any negative comments. Okayyy...
Anyways... I did pick up some great tips from the AgentQuery Connect Forum which has helped immensely, and I'm beginning to understand the basics. When I have finished a working one, I'll be sure to post it.
Til then, keep on tickin!
A query letter is the letter you send out to a literary agent when you are trying to land one. Simple right?
In theory. But then again, most things are.
In your query, you have to give a brief summary of your story, explain the plot, your credentials and tell how big the book is. Again, easy in theory.
But writing that SOB is a pain in the neck (especially for me, 'cause sometimes I hunch over my keyboard like Quazimodo).
Nailing a hook is a lot harder than I thought. I wrote my first part and thought, 'this is good.' I had someone read it, and their response was this (verbatim):
Your hook didn't grab me at all.
Ouch. Okay what about the summary?
That person came back with about a dozen questions to counter.
Lame.
Hell, I even messed up the final part with my credentials! (BTW - I don't have any, but don't go passing that around...)
Don't put any negative comments. Okayyy...
Anyways... I did pick up some great tips from the AgentQuery Connect Forum which has helped immensely, and I'm beginning to understand the basics. When I have finished a working one, I'll be sure to post it.
Til then, keep on tickin!
Query Letters Suck