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Queryitis: The Relapse
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012 10:49 amAh, spring, when a young writer's fancy turns to thoughts of querying....
(It is, embarrassingly, almost exactly a year since I last did this. I know I said the query might take me as long as the novel, but I thought I was joking.)
So, I have revised the query for the first novel. For those unfamiliar with the process, the purpose of a query is to get an agent interested enough in the story to request some or all of the manuscript. It should introduce the most important characters, hit the highlights of the plot, and convey the genre, tone, and voice of the novel. And it should do it all in about 250 words.
I'd really appreciate some feedback on this, whether you consider yourself "just a reader" or you've been through this game yourself. Is it interesting? Are there any bits that you find confusing? Do the characters sound like people you'd choose to spend several hours of your leisure time with? If you read this on a back cover, would you turn to page 1? In short, oh f-list and others, ( would you read this book? )
(It is, embarrassingly, almost exactly a year since I last did this. I know I said the query might take me as long as the novel, but I thought I was joking.)
So, I have revised the query for the first novel. For those unfamiliar with the process, the purpose of a query is to get an agent interested enough in the story to request some or all of the manuscript. It should introduce the most important characters, hit the highlights of the plot, and convey the genre, tone, and voice of the novel. And it should do it all in about 250 words.
I'd really appreciate some feedback on this, whether you consider yourself "just a reader" or you've been through this game yourself. Is it interesting? Are there any bits that you find confusing? Do the characters sound like people you'd choose to spend several hours of your leisure time with? If you read this on a back cover, would you turn to page 1? In short, oh f-list and others, ( would you read this book? )
