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posted by [personal profile] nightbird at 08:35pm on 26/08/2009 under ,
A Query Letter That Worked by Carrie Vaughn, author of werewolf radio talk show novel Kitty and the Midnight Hour and others

What I like about this post is it showcases an actual query letter and breaks down the moving parts, explaining the rationale and why such a simple piece is all that's necessary. Not that I'm anywhere close, but this seems like good advice.

(On a side note, I've heard of the Kitty Norville books and am mightily intrigued. Has anyone read them?)
Music:: "Doubletree," Jeffrey Foucault
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wireless: computer screen / post-it notes (Stock: this is how synapses fire)

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posted by [personal profile] wireless at 07:37am on 27/08/2009
I went to a really interesting lecture a while ago at the Edinburgh Festival about pitches and pitch-letters and I have to say, although it's a nightmare to send them away to publishers and things, it's great fun to sit and blurb the hell out of your novel.
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nightbird: Mucha illustration, young peasant holding scythe and grain (downstate girl)

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posted by [personal profile] nightbird at 03:49pm on 27/08/2009
Fun, constructive and also hard -- I've tried it a few times as part of the Snowflake Method, and invariably I find myself bewildered by what I am and am not coming up with.
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