HAH.
And again I say, HAH.
So far, THIS RIGHT HERE is the most useful thing I've seen, vis a vis query letters. Some idiot somewhere was complaining about the Query Shark not too long ago, but that right there? They're telling me exactly what I need in my query letter.
For the linkophobic:
Who the book is about
What happens to them
Choices they have to make
Consequences of those decisions
And boom, there's your query letter.
Now I just have to sit down and do it.
And also get in my 250 words, which aren't going to write themselves. I realized this morning that the people removing the wolfsbane from Ben should be wearing rubber gloves, because that stuff is toxic, man, and prolonged contact will do very very bad things to you. And, while it won't kill my vampires, it will make them stoned. Attempting to maintain a Thrall while stoned, on a werewolf who's nearly crazed with pain and fear, while you're trapped in a refrigeration unit with him? I would say that, in the realm of Bad Ideas, this is pretty far Up There on the list.
However, I've blown through my weekly goal in two days, which gives me a happy. Still just word vomit, and I'm not sure I completely understand my (putative) villain's motivations just yet, but I may be getting there.
What I'm going to do with this once they get out of prison, I still don't know. I'm setting up an interesting triangle here, though.
Apropos icon is apropos.
I've been saying that a lot lately. I love having this many icons.
So far, THIS RIGHT HERE is the most useful thing I've seen, vis a vis query letters. Some idiot somewhere was complaining about the Query Shark not too long ago, but that right there? They're telling me exactly what I need in my query letter.
For the linkophobic:
And boom, there's your query letter.
Now I just have to sit down and do it.
And also get in my 250 words, which aren't going to write themselves. I realized this morning that the people removing the wolfsbane from Ben should be wearing rubber gloves, because that stuff is toxic, man, and prolonged contact will do very very bad things to you. And, while it won't kill my vampires, it will make them stoned. Attempting to maintain a Thrall while stoned, on a werewolf who's nearly crazed with pain and fear, while you're trapped in a refrigeration unit with him? I would say that, in the realm of Bad Ideas, this is pretty far Up There on the list.
However, I've blown through my weekly goal in two days, which gives me a happy. Still just word vomit, and I'm not sure I completely understand my (putative) villain's motivations just yet, but I may be getting there.
What I'm going to do with this once they get out of prison, I still don't know. I'm setting up an interesting triangle here, though.
Apropos icon is apropos.
I've been saying that a lot lately. I love having this many icons.