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- September 14th, 2010, 10:52 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: feedback on word counts
- Replies: 31
- Views: 8611
Re: feedback on word counts
Margo and Down the Well.... much appreciated. That's the way I was leaning... and it helps to learn that others agree. Why do myself unnecessary harm, right? On the other hand, if she returns with "I liked everything about it... but you've got a lot of streamlining to do"... then I won't b...
- September 14th, 2010, 9:41 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: feedback on word counts
- Replies: 31
- Views: 8611
Re: feedback on word counts
In a nutshell, that's the blanket explanation I've been seeing in various places around the web. However, it's always been provided by struggling writers and not by the agents themselves. So I wondered how accurate these word count assumptions really are... if they're an industry rule of thumb... or...
- September 13th, 2010, 4:00 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: feedback on word counts
- Replies: 31
- Views: 8611
Re: feedback on word counts
I need to know more about the stigma attached to the idea that a manuscript over a certain word count will be "auto rejected" by agents.
- September 13th, 2010, 2:23 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: feedback on word counts
- Replies: 31
- Views: 8611
feedback on word counts
Searching these forums for threads related to manuscript word count. If anyone can help, please post links. If not, I'll start one with some specific questions for which I've been trying to get clear answers.
Thanks for the assist!
Thanks for the assist!
- September 13th, 2010, 1:45 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Updated Query: The Between people Take 2... or maybe 3
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4603
Re: Updated Query: The Between people Take 2... or maybe 3
I'd pre-order that book. Nice job... and with just a few tweaks it went from good to great.
Best of luck with it. Remember the rest of us when you're famous.
Best of luck with it. Remember the rest of us when you're famous.
- September 12th, 2010, 10:03 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: JUICE: Revolution - nearing the final version
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2519
Re: JUICE: Revolution - nearing the final version
Turns out she reps a writer I met through goodreads.com and put together a 3 book deal for him. I haven't talked to him in 6 months and never knew who his agent was until I saw him listed on her client profile. Small world. I've got my fingers crossed (of course) but I'm realistic enough to know tha...
- September 12th, 2010, 9:15 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: JUICE: Revolution - nearing the final version
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2519
Re: JUICE: Revolution - nearing the final version
Amazing... while I'm spending hours writing and re-writing my query... with the help of all you folks on here... out there in the literary world an agent is reading my Query (the one I started with before I let myself get ripped on here) and she sends me a request for the manuscript. Yep, the long, ...
- September 12th, 2010, 5:22 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: JUICE: Revolution - nearing the final version
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2519
Re: JUICE: Revolution - nearing the final version
I stand corrected. Your evaluations are brutal... but appreciated. Below is the version I've just completed... again. For a lonely, overextended single parent like Doral “Dak” Kent, getting what he wants just means catching a break and with a little luck, finding a good woman. Improving his social l...
- September 12th, 2010, 3:49 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: JUICE: Revolution - nearing the final version
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2519
Re: JUICE: Revolution - nearing the final version
Ahhh... my apologies. And yes, I responded to your comments, I believe.
- September 12th, 2010, 3:30 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: JUICE: Revolution - nearing the final version
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2519
JUICE: Revolution - nearing the final version
Many thanks to Melyn, Write2me and others for their constructive shredding on this. I think I'm getting close... so here goes: Dear XXXX, Getting everything you want dropped in your lap doesn’t guarantee you’ll survive the impact. For a lonely, overextended single parent like Doral “Dak” Kent, getti...
- September 12th, 2010, 3:15 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Tweeked Query for JUICE: Revolution
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2059
Re: Tweeked Query for JUICE: Revolution
awesome Melyn... thanks bunches!
- September 12th, 2010, 1:51 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Tweeked Query for JUICE: Revolution
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2059
Re: Tweeked Query for JUICE: Revolution
Thanks for the feedback! Here's another revision: Getting everything you want dropped in your lap doesn’t guarantee you’ll survive the impact. For a lonely, overextended single parent like Doral “Dak” Kent, getting what he wants just means catching a break and with a little luck, finding a good woma...
- September 12th, 2010, 12:06 pm
- Forum: Nominate Your Query or First Page for a Critique on the Blog
- Topic: Nominate Your Query for a Critique on the Blog
- Replies: 213
- Views: 186402
Re: Nominate Your Query for a Critique on the Blog
Dear Nathan, For a lonely, overextended single parent like Doral “Dak” Kent, getting what he wants just means catching a break and with a little luck, finding a good woman. Improving his social life starts when Dak forms a friendship with a family of foreigners. And when its patriarch, Caleb Westlan...
- September 12th, 2010, 10:23 am
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Tweeked Query for JUICE: Revolution
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2059
Tweeked Query for JUICE: Revolution
Getting everything you want dropped in your lap doesn’t guarantee you’ll survive the impact. For a lonely, overextended single parent like Doral “Dak” Kent, getting what he wants just means catching a break and with a little luck, finding a good woman. Suddenly befriended by a foreign family is an o...
- September 11th, 2010, 10:42 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Query JUICE: Revolution (revised) Suspense/Thriller
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2040
Re: Query JUICE: Revolution (revised) Suspense/Thriller
Excellent, my dear. Thanks so much.
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