Benjamin Brindise's Blog - Posts Tagged "query"
A Bad Spot Mini-Synopsis
Now that the second draft of A Bad Spot is done and is ready to be handed out to beta-readers before the third and final draft, it's become time to consider the finer points of the query letter that will go out to literary agents when I finally try and sell this thing.
I beat my head against the wall trying to write the hook-line, but I'm not satisfied with any of them yet so I'm not going to share those. It's like trying to formulate a pick-up line to break the ice with a girl you have no chance with.
The mini-synopsis is okay for a first draft, though. Let me know what you think. Would you want to read this book?
"Rodney, an orphan, and his wife Nelly, a run-away, have been each others family for the last ten years. Their life in a loft in downtown Buffalo, NY is made of moments, friends, and love. Until Rodney receives an inheretence from a late aunt he wasn't supposed to have, and the Girard's find themselves faced with an estate that is suddenly theirs. They'll make their way to Rockland Lake, an old town founded by Archibald Girard. For Rodney, it's time to rummage through the boxes of a family he never knew he had. For Nelly, Rockland Lake is about to become a nightmare as she finds the past is calling and the shadows are filled with more than just dust."
I beat my head against the wall trying to write the hook-line, but I'm not satisfied with any of them yet so I'm not going to share those. It's like trying to formulate a pick-up line to break the ice with a girl you have no chance with.
The mini-synopsis is okay for a first draft, though. Let me know what you think. Would you want to read this book?
"Rodney, an orphan, and his wife Nelly, a run-away, have been each others family for the last ten years. Their life in a loft in downtown Buffalo, NY is made of moments, friends, and love. Until Rodney receives an inheretence from a late aunt he wasn't supposed to have, and the Girard's find themselves faced with an estate that is suddenly theirs. They'll make their way to Rockland Lake, an old town founded by Archibald Girard. For Rodney, it's time to rummage through the boxes of a family he never knew he had. For Nelly, Rockland Lake is about to become a nightmare as she finds the past is calling and the shadows are filled with more than just dust."
