Comments on: Queries Continued… http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/09/29/queries-continued/ Just Another Damn Group Blog Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:57:24 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jane http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/09/29/queries-continued/comment-page-1/#comment-7233 Jane Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:04:48 +0000 http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/09/29/queries-continued/#comment-7233 The first one was good, but I can see the difference when comparing it with the second. The first one was good, but I can see the difference when comparing it with the second.

]]> By: Dennie ~ http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/09/29/queries-continued/comment-page-1/#comment-7230 Dennie ~ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:56:00 +0000 http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/09/29/queries-continued/#comment-7230 I have heard all the horror stories of cutsie submission--colored and/or smelly paper, or the kitschy themes that folks send along... frankly I am barely above lazy with the regular stuff, I can't imagine taking the time to do all the other..... if you can't hook them with the hook... the rest is surperfluous waste! I have heard all the horror stories of cutsie submission–colored and/or smelly paper, or the kitschy themes that folks send along… frankly I am barely above lazy with the regular stuff, I can’t imagine taking the time to do all the other….. if you can’t hook them with the hook… the rest is surperfluous waste!

]]> By: Vanessa Jaye http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/09/29/queries-continued/comment-page-1/#comment-7229 Vanessa Jaye Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:49:39 +0000 http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/09/29/queries-continued/#comment-7229 Definitely an improvement on the first version! Definitely an improvement on the first version!

]]> By: Melissa Blue http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/09/29/queries-continued/comment-page-1/#comment-7228 Melissa Blue Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:13:52 +0000 http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/09/29/queries-continued/#comment-7228 Cool, I won!! Anyway, if you listened to all the dos and don'ts for writing a query the only thing you'd have is the signature line. The only rule I stick to is making sure your query doesn't go over a page. The rest is all in the execution. Cool, I won!!

Anyway, if you listened to all the dos and don’ts for writing a query the only thing you’d have is the signature line. The only rule I stick to is making sure your query doesn’t go over a page. The rest is all in the execution.

]]> By: BernardL http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/09/29/queries-continued/comment-page-1/#comment-7225 BernardL Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:51:32 +0000 http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/09/29/queries-continued/#comment-7225 I liked your changes in the query letter. They did convey the humor and romantic possibilities better. The first one read like the book would be one long confrontation between Will and Sabrina. 'CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN’, pitched as Catch Me If You can meets 8-Mile' If I read this in a blurb, I'd have the book back on the shelf in record time. :) Your query letter comparative sentence at least made me want to read more. I liked your changes in the query letter. They did convey the humor and romantic possibilities better. The first one read like the book would be one long confrontation between Will and Sabrina.

‘CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN’, pitched as Catch Me If You can meets 8-Mile’ If I read this in a blurb, I’d have the book back on the shelf in record time. :) Your query letter comparative sentence at least made me want to read more.

]]> By: Amie http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/09/29/queries-continued/comment-page-1/#comment-7224 Amie Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:26:44 +0000 http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/09/29/queries-continued/#comment-7224 PS Bernard...from today's PUblisher's Lunch: Gavin Bain's CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN', pitched as <b>Catch Me If You can meets 8-Mile</b>, the story of how he and another 19-year-old Scottish conman pretended to be American rappers and ending up signing a lucrative three-year deal with Sony and EMI, resulting in party central except that they had to keep up the pretense for three years, and knew that they could never release their album as the moment that they did so everyone back home would out them PS Bernard…from today’s PUblisher’s Lunch:

Gavin Bain’s CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN’, pitched as Catch Me If You can meets 8-Mile, the story of how he and another 19-year-old Scottish conman pretended to be American rappers and ending up signing a lucrative three-year deal with Sony and EMI, resulting in party central except that they had to keep up the pretense for three years, and knew that they could never release their album as the moment that they did so everyone back home would out them

]]> By: Raine http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/09/29/queries-continued/comment-page-1/#comment-7223 Raine Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:18:26 +0000 http://southernfriedchicas.com/2008/09/29/queries-continued/#comment-7223 Yup. Much better. Would actually make both a good query OR blurb. :yes: Yup.
Much better.
Would actually make both a good query OR blurb. :yes:

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