Submitted to Conville and Walsh. On friday, actually, just too lazy to update every day :)
My 'you represented this author and I'm similar (so pick me, pick me!!)' hook this time was Ali Shaw's gorgeous The Girl with the Glass Feet. I mean gorgeous literally; the hardcover makes your eyes bleed from the prettiness. I haven't read it yet, but want to. That book recently made the bestsellers list too, so reminding them of past successes can't be a bad thing, right?
Goodies of the day for aspiring authors!
The art of the query letter is always a fun thing to explain to the uninitiated...I remember how my little jaw hit the floor as I realised that the writing of the damned novel was relatively uncomplicated compared to the task ahead. You suddenly have to *SELL YOURSELF!!!111!!!* like one of them crazy hopefuls off dragon's den, and all in 3 teeny paragraphs. It can be scary to do it without help, so here's a lovely little downloadable e-book (TIS FREE!FREEEEE!!!!!) that tells you in a simple way all the dos and don'ts of getting an agent to sit up in interest, rather than yawn and throw you aside for the slush pile. It's brilliant. And written by a successful agent who knows what he's talking about. And did I mention it's free?
http://www.lukeman.com/greatquery/download.htm
Off topic, Skeleton Crew is great nighttime reading! The Mist story was better than the movie, but with an ending as epic fail-tastic as the movie was (the hero shoots everyone including his child, yes, his child), that's not much of an achievement. Mrs Todd's shortcut made me smile. Some of King's finest isn't horror at all. *loves him*
Really great as a resource for new and aspiring writers - it could turn out to be the 'book of the book' ot 'the journey into print' - rather like 'the making of.. movies
ReplyDeleteSomething of a specialist piece too, in that there are a lot of 'in' references here. Could create a nice 'culture' around you text, especailly if we could read some extracts!!