Nathan Bransford - The Forums

After revising my novel (based on feedback from many of the wonderful writers on this board :D) I've written a new query letter. Any and all feedback is greatly appreciated. Thanks :) Dear Agent, Chris Drake is a dragon slayer with a major problem . Shortly after slaying his first dragon, he starts...

Hi Laurie - Of course use any ideas that work - I actually did not mean to re-write it, but it was my first posting/reply and I could not figure out how to red line and make comments - Best of luck. Melissa

Dear Writer - Your book sounds really good! Your first query made me want to read it more than the revised query but both seem too involved with too much information and too long for a busy agent to read. What about something shorter, like this? Seventeen-year-old Bram Mathers is an expert at contro...