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- March 1st, 2010, 8:45 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Query: Crossing Fate (Contemporary YA)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3552
Re: Query: Crossing Fate (Contemporary YA)
I was hooked by the query and it would definitely make me want to see some pages and synopsis! I must respectfully disagree with Mary about one point; I was just looking at "Query Shark" and she specifically said to start with the story, as you have done, and leave the part about why you ...
- February 28th, 2010, 9:20 am
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Query: Crossing Fate (Contemporary YA)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3552
Re: Query: Crossing Fate (Contemporary YA)
Hi all, I'd love feedback on my query letter if you have time. Thanks in advance! Dear [Agent]: Helene Jacobsen has never believed in fairy tales. But when the plucky seventeen-year old meets Leo Andreyev, a time-traveling Russian prince, that’s exactly what she gets – an upside-down version of a f...
- February 13th, 2010, 12:55 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Share your opening sentence!
- Replies: 236
- Views: 86194
Re: Share your opening sentence!
Impressive opening - 10.Josin wrote:We're all immortal until we die.
Here's one of mine...
My heart clenched at the sight of the folded white slip of paper barely noticeable in the vent of my locker.
- February 13th, 2010, 11:11 am
- Forum: Excerpts
- Topic: Writer's Block (Story Excerpt)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5933
Re: Writer's Block (Story Excerpt)
I love the story idea. Good luck at the conference.
(Feeling too new to critique)
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