For those who don't know, a query is something writer's write (duh) to try to get an agent or a publisher interested in reading their books and taking them on as clients.
Basically, it's supposed to be this tantalizing hook into what your book is about and make the agent/publisher say, "Gimme More!" Then, hopefully, they'll request pages and you'll be on your way to being rich and famous (or something like that).
Right now, I'm trying to write my first query.
My last entry? Not a lie. Queries are hard.
You're supposed to take your book and be able to entice someone to read more of it in about 250 words.
Doesn't sound so hard, does it? 250 words, we can write that in 10 minutes. So you try. And then you realize it's really hard to take your 50,000 word novel and pull out the really exciting, really intriguing parts and put them into 250 words.
And you decide screw it. I'm not doing this.
Except you have to. If you want to go the commercial publishing route (which I do).
Basically, it's supposed to be this tantalizing hook into what your book is about and make the agent/publisher say, "Gimme More!" Then, hopefully, they'll request pages and you'll be on your way to being rich and famous (or something like that).
Right now, I'm trying to write my first query.
My last entry? Not a lie. Queries are hard.
You're supposed to take your book and be able to entice someone to read more of it in about 250 words.
Doesn't sound so hard, does it? 250 words, we can write that in 10 minutes. So you try. And then you realize it's really hard to take your 50,000 word novel and pull out the really exciting, really intriguing parts and put them into 250 words.
And you decide screw it. I'm not doing this.
Except you have to. If you want to go the commercial publishing route (which I do).
