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by SuCue
December 6th, 2010, 7:29 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: How do terrible books get published?
Replies: 79
Views: 34425

Re: How do terrible books get published?

Hah! this has turned into an amusing thread, thanks for everyone's comments. I think the book I originally posted about was published because the author has a long track record and is very famous, and people just pick up her books like they watch episodes of their favorite sitcom or whatever. A bran...
by SuCue
December 1st, 2010, 11:26 am
Forum: Writing
Topic: How do terrible books get published?
Replies: 79
Views: 34425

How do terrible books get published?

Over last summer I picked up an airport paperback for reading on a long vacation trip. I won't name the author, but the genre was female-oriented thriller, and the name was famous. I have to say that this book was not redeemable in any way. I mean, I do not expect F. Scott Fitzgerald-quality writing...
by SuCue
December 1st, 2010, 11:14 am
Forum: Finding An Agent
Topic: Where do you find lists of agents?
Replies: 9
Views: 8048

Re: Where do you find lists of agents?

Thanks guys, this is all very helpful! This forum is awesome!
by SuCue
November 30th, 2010, 2:14 pm
Forum: Finding An Agent
Topic: Where do you find lists of agents?
Replies: 9
Views: 8048

Where do you find lists of agents?

I hate to sound naive, but I'm new here, and I am wondering, but where do you find lists of agents to contact? The ones you find by Googling?
by SuCue
November 30th, 2010, 12:12 pm
Forum: Queries
Topic: First Query Description -- WESTERN WASTE
Replies: 30
Views: 9907

Re: First Query Description -- WESTERN WASTE

Thanks very much androidblues -- I really appreciate the time and advice!

S.
by SuCue
November 19th, 2010, 7:21 pm
Forum: Queries
Topic: First Query Description -- WESTERN WASTE
Replies: 30
Views: 9907

One More Time -- WESTERN WASTE

One more time--thanks everybody! I've thought long and hard on it. Here it is: Young single mom Liz Foley has started a new job: junior editor at an obscure trade publication serving the San Francisco shipping industry. Her new co-workers claim they are really just characters in a T.V. sitcom called...
by SuCue
November 4th, 2010, 2:55 pm
Forum: Queries
Topic: First Query Description -- WESTERN WASTE
Replies: 30
Views: 9907

Re: First Query Description -- WESTERN WASTE

Thanks guys, for taking the time to read all through that, and offer advice. I really appreciate it.

I will try again!
by SuCue
October 28th, 2010, 6:15 pm
Forum: Queries
Topic: First Query Description -- WESTERN WASTE
Replies: 30
Views: 9907

Re: First Query Description -- WESTERN WASTE

Anyone? I'm not looking for comments on the book's synopsis itself, just for suggestions on how to describe it.
by SuCue
October 28th, 2010, 1:50 pm
Forum: Queries
Topic: Query - Possessed
Replies: 23
Views: 7205

Re: Query - Possessed

Sounds interesting! PS -- There is already a book of that title by a fairly well-known author, true crime queen Ann Rule, although it is adult fiction and not young adult fiction. Maybe that doesn't matter, though.
by SuCue
October 27th, 2010, 8:48 pm
Forum: Queries
Topic: First Query Description -- WESTERN WASTE
Replies: 30
Views: 9907

Re: First Query Description -- WESTERN WASTE

Thanks Quill, your patience is much appreciated. There is a story arc, but it's kind of loose. Maybe an outline would help: In the prologue, it's the present day, and Liz is a middle-aged corporate drone facing a pink slip from a job she doesn't even like; she's gotten laid off a lot in her corporat...
by SuCue
October 27th, 2010, 2:32 pm
Forum: Queries
Topic: Mainstream Novel Query - THE DIM MAN
Replies: 8
Views: 3379

Re: Mainstream Novel Query - THE DIM MAN

Great idea for a story! I'd read it!

I also had to re-read the query twice to "get" what was going on, and agree about the multiple POV. Great opening line though.
by SuCue
October 27th, 2010, 11:53 am
Forum: Queries
Topic: First Query Description -- WESTERN WASTE
Replies: 30
Views: 9907

Re: First Query Description -- WESTERN WASTE

Anyone?
by SuCue
October 26th, 2010, 4:33 pm
Forum: Queries
Topic: First Query Description -- WESTERN WASTE
Replies: 30
Views: 9907

Re: First Query Description -- WESTERN WASTE

Thanks very much again to everyone for their gracious help. Here's my second try: Liz Foley is a naïve wanna-be journalist who got her J-School degree from the school of hard knocks. A young, single mom suffering from a broken heart, she’s managed to land her first real journalism job—at an obscure ...
by SuCue
October 23rd, 2010, 12:15 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: Critiques and Nathan's Sandwich Rule
Replies: 47
Views: 14021

Re: Critiques and Nathan's Sandwich Rule

I was in a writer's group many years ago and though the people were well-intentioned, they completely rewrote my book. It went from a supernatural/ghost story to a murder mystery! I got bored with the murder mystery angle, as my heart was not in it, and never finished it. I've sworn off of writer's ...
by SuCue
October 22nd, 2010, 5:39 pm
Forum: Queries
Topic: First Query Description -- WESTERN WASTE
Replies: 30
Views: 9907

Re: First Query Description -- WESTERN WASTE

Thanks wilderness. Would it be appropriate to mention High Fidelity in the query? I didn't set out consciously to copy Hornby, but I love the book and the movie, as well as "Sideways", and now that I think of it, my major character is kind of a female version of the main character in HF.