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The Kinglet had a THING today, leaving me free for my first real coffee office in months. I took the opportunity to work on my query for TO THE TOUCH, which I realize now was all too vague in its first incarnation. This leaves me with the conundrum of just how UN-vague to make it, as agents love to advise, on the subject of novel queries, 1) leave it short! you only have one page to grab my attention! and b) (yes, I know) I want more detail! what happens next? how does x relate to y? tell me more about this character and how she feeeeels!! I cannot help but wonder how the fuck one is supposed to sum up a 500+ page novel in detail but on one page while also explaining why one chose this particular agent to query and including a list of credits.
Carefully, porcupine. Carefully.
At any rate, I've come up with a workable (if long - too long?>!?) draft 2, which I sent out to two agents out of I-don't-even-know-how-many that I researched in the last five hours. I'd like to have the book out to at least three, plus I've come across some interesting links to devour, but A) my eyes are starting to bleed and 2) (yes - I know) I gotta put pants on and go pick up the Kinglet from his THING. So this will have to do for the next... however many longs.
Wish me luck?
-LT
EDIT: After sleeping on it and coming back with a fresh brain, I realize my revised query isn't actually all THAT long - it's really my bio that pushes it to the second page. *blush* Tweak that, snip a word here or there, and voila! Kissing porcupines.
Carefully, porcupine. Carefully.
At any rate, I've come up with a workable (if long - too long?>!?) draft 2, which I sent out to two agents out of I-don't-even-know-how-many that I researched in the last five hours. I'd like to have the book out to at least three, plus I've come across some interesting links to devour, but A) my eyes are starting to bleed and 2) (yes - I know) I gotta put pants on and go pick up the Kinglet from his THING. So this will have to do for the next... however many longs.
Wish me luck?
-LT
EDIT: After sleeping on it and coming back with a fresh brain, I realize my revised query isn't actually all THAT long - it's really my bio that pushes it to the second page. *blush* Tweak that, snip a word here or there, and voila! Kissing porcupines.