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[idiosyncreant]

okay, seriously.
this query thing is going to make me cry.

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[charismitaine]

The process of writing one, or of sending it out? If it's the writing then this might be useful to you--jmeadows read slush for a literary agent, and posts critiques of query letters on her LJ.

[idiosyncreant]

It's....not that I haven't read 5 million things about how to do it. It's that I can't seem to get it right, and I'm running out of options!

:pathetic little scream:

But thanks. I'll look at that sometime thinking about it is less painful. >_

[gjules]

*hugs*

I am always here to read drafts (even lots of drafts). Or if you want, what I usually do when I get a query near done (or what I think is done) is go online with a friend and rewrite each line piece-by-piece over GTalk. I'd be happy to do that some evening. (It sounds stupid, but I think it really helps -- immediate feedback, and chatting with a friend somehow makes it less stressful than sitting down and staring at it until blood begins to trickle out your nose.)

[idiosyncreant]

You've been involved in this attempt several times already. T-T

I've only gotten form rejections for Carnie's Conspiracy, and am trying to start over before I run out of agents to send to.
But the Absolute Write critiquers are apparently sick (with good reason) of all the YA/MG fantasy, and are not just brutal--they're fairly rude.

Or maybe I'm just running out of "tough" on this one. Your skin can only take so many abrasions, even if it is thick.

I actually think it may be more productive to induce crying so I can move on with it.

[gjules]

If you want me to look at it again, I'd be happy to. Seriously. (WTF, Absolute Write? Rude is not helpful.)

*hugs*