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by TigerGray
August 27th, 2010, 1:40 pm
Forum: Queries
Topic: Sol of a Gladiator - Query VERSION 3
Replies: 12
Views: 4530

Re: Sol of a Gladiator - Query VERSION 3

Ok, I've made some revisions and I would very much appreciate some more feedback. Thanks a bunch! Dear PROPERLY SPELL AGENT NAME, In the heart of the tyrannical Astrolian Empire, deep in the bowels of the Coliseum, the orphan Sol is raised by a makeshift family of guards and fellow slaves to become...
by TigerGray
August 27th, 2010, 1:36 pm
Forum: Queries
Topic: Query- Riding on the Tail of the Devil
Replies: 29
Views: 9521

Re: Query- Riding on the Tail of the Devil

OK, here's another draft. Just to clear something up. While my protagonist starts at thirteen, this is not a YA fantasy. There are too many extremely violent scenes and then there's the foul language of the street. I honestly can't see any way for it to be even considered YA. Lots of YA is violent ...
by TigerGray
August 27th, 2010, 3:25 am
Forum: Queries
Topic: Query -- The Color of Gothic, 2nd Try
Replies: 14
Views: 4356

Re: Query -- The Color of Gothic, 2nd Try

NEW QUERY AT THE BOTTOM. - - - - I had this query up here back in December, now the manuscript is finished and ready to go. But the query still needed some work. How's this? - - - - - Dear “agent” Hey, I will come back later and give you a more thorough crit, but I just want to say that I love this...
by TigerGray
August 26th, 2010, 7:43 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: Waiting Jitters
Replies: 6
Views: 2007

Re: Waiting Jitters

AnimaDictio wrote:I'm in the group, by the way. Today is my first meeting with them. I can't wait!
Yay! Let us know how it goes.
by TigerGray
August 26th, 2010, 4:29 pm
Forum: Queries
Topic: Query- Riding on the Tail of the Devil
Replies: 29
Views: 9521

Re: Query- Riding on the Tail of the Devil

Here is my latest draft. ------------------------------------------ Dear Agent: “You know you’ve been on the streets too long when the sound of an old man urinating in an alley sounds like falling rain,” Mathias thought . . . This doesn't actually mean anything. I would not advise you including it....
by TigerGray
August 26th, 2010, 2:39 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: Share your opening sentence!
Replies: 236
Views: 86186

Re: Share your opening sentence!

Yea! First post. Anyway, I'm kind of hating it right now, but here it is. "At the end of a very short lane sits a very large house with far too many windows and hardly any doors. " Shorten the sentence. i suggest you cut out the "very" and the "far" and what does "...
by TigerGray
August 25th, 2010, 8:46 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: To bury or to resurrect? That is the question.
Replies: 6
Views: 4099

Re: To bury or to resurrect? That is the question.

Personally, I am not a fan of pulling punches unless they amount to so much wankery.

Meaning if it is important to the plot and it has a point, keep it regardless of whether someone might be offended or turned off.
by TigerGray
August 25th, 2010, 7:57 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: How do you get yourself to write?
Replies: 40
Views: 18855

Re: How do you get yourself to write?

I think it is very important to cultivate the ability to write anywhere, with the tools you have at hand. Whether you want to isn't the issue. It is like jumping in to cold water. The more you think about it, the less likely you are to do it. There's no advice beyond patch together that first senten...
by TigerGray
August 25th, 2010, 7:46 pm
Forum: Queries
Topic: Query- Riding on the Tail of the Devil
Replies: 29
Views: 9521

Re: Query- Riding on the Tail of the Devil

I've gotten a few rejections with my current query, and would like some help to see if it's the query that is the problem. --------------------------------------- Dear Agent X, Mathias is a street kid. He never believed in reincarnation, never thought he would live anywhere else but the streets and...
by TigerGray
August 25th, 2010, 4:55 pm
Forum: Queries
Topic: Query:Forever Young-YA Urban Fantasy (version 2)
Replies: 8
Views: 2889

Re: Query:Forever Young-YA Urban Fantasy

Dear Agent, Thirteen-year-old Aaren Danielson had a seemingly normal life until a class assignment turned his life upside down- he now has only one week to live. When Aaren is forced to trace his family’s roots for a history class project, he stumbles across some very disturbing information which m...
by TigerGray
August 25th, 2010, 4:49 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: Too Much Going ON (a song by Marvin Gaye)
Replies: 4
Views: 1525

Re: Too Much Going ON (a song by Marvin Gaye)

Perhaps you are entering the Tunnel of Broken Perceptions. By that I mean the frustrating state many of us experience where we have lost all perspective on what works and what does not. When you spend too much time along with imaginary people, it can become impossible to look at your words with an o...
by TigerGray
August 24th, 2010, 7:13 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: Grey or Gray
Replies: 14
Views: 4704

Re: Grey or Gray

It is my understanding that "grey" is a color whereas "gray" is often a surname of British Isles origin.
by TigerGray
August 24th, 2010, 6:17 pm
Forum: Finding An Agent
Topic: Not even a partial
Replies: 15
Views: 5576

Re: Not even a partial

My only advice is don't give up until you get one hundred rejections, at least.