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Submitting a one page query letter??
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WE-ELL...If I was sending a query letter, I'd give a summary and the first chapter/preface. Just so they'd know what it was about.
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well, that's non-fiction, i need like a fiction/fantasy book.
hmm, good. I need to write one a.s.a.p.
i just write fiction ... I have written a query letter though.
I've never written non-fiction. I've written stuff a little like Jodi Picoult's before, like miracles and stuff. I've also written sci-fi, and let me tell you that stuff is fun! You can make it as far-fetched as you want, but it still has a realistic element. I like writing fiction best. Anything's possible.
I like fantasy ... urban fantasy ... sci-fi ... you can get away with more. lol. ;D I think it takes pure genius to write a really good realistic fiction story; I don't think I could ever do it. XD
I know! It's so much harder writing about real life (unless it's from an utterly insane person's perspective) than writing fiction.
not nessicarally. I mean, I think it's just difficult to get ideas for those kinds of stories, simply because everyone finds their own life utterly dull, and they would have only their life to base it off of.
*party time.* I'm so close to getting my story published. I just need to write the dang query letter. ugh!
need any help? query letters are hard ... and i've only written one. XD lol
summaries. . . i hate summaries.
well, it's hard for me. Unless I do it from an insane person's point of view. XD It's always interesting cause I usually base the character partly on me. XD
Haha... speaking of insane people, you made me think of Edgar Allen Poe! Talk about pure genius... talk about insanity! I ♥ Edgar Allen Poe!
lol,
We had to read one of his stories in english, and then write what may have happened after it.
We had to read one of his stories in english, and then write what may have happened after it.
we just read The Pit and the Pendulum... for some reason, I love when stories are written with a narrorator who you can't rely on. Like the Tale Tell Heart... you never know what's real and what isn't. I think that's what makes Poe so scary.
yeah, I love A Telltale Heart! He is literally insane though, no matter how much he denies it. I mean, no sane person could talk about murdering somebody calmly.
wow...probably makes for a great story. I'm gonna go find his stuff right now !
oh, it's great! you can download the audiobook on itunes, if you have it.
I'm not finding any of the poems that you guys are talking about! grrr.
maybe because they are short stories.... haha.
Telltale Heart is the one we had to write a reply too. from the officer's pov.
I found it. Creepy. Even more creepy than my stories. And that's saying something. ohhh...
I know. We read that story around halloween last year in language arts.
i know!!
kk i gotta know, is anyone else's goodread messed up?
like it's not showing new posts?
Only the post where you last posted?
Cuz, thx to my stupid cat he messed up the computer, right when I was on goodreads, and I don't know if it's just my comp. or not.
kk i gotta know, is anyone else's goodread messed up?
like it's not showing new posts?
Only the post where you last posted?
Cuz, thx to my stupid cat he messed up the computer, right when I was on goodreads, and I don't know if it's just my comp. or not.
1 - do you include book proposal with outline and sample chapters and bio along with the query?
or do you just send one page query letter?
2- do you send to agents via regular mail or via fed ex/ups?? signature needed for delivery??
just wondering what is best??
thks! bonnierose