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Hi Clara, I hear what you're saying, but there are seven main characters in this novel, making it difficult to write a query and synopsis for, without being misleading. On the last round of submissions I focussed only on San Martin (as he is the link between them all, draws them all together), but s...

Thank you for the comments, I think the second version is better myself.

Dave

...that you will never read a book the same way ever again.

Oh for that simple pleasure once more.

Down the well wrote:

dgaughran wrote:Catalina Flores de la Peña's tongue got her in more trouble than any other part of her body, even though there were far more likely candidates.

Excellent. :)

It goes downhill from there, but very, very slowly.

Catalina Flores de la Peña's tongue got her in more trouble than any other part of her body, even though there were far more likely candidates.

Hi, Thanks for commenting, I'll need some time to go through your thoughts, there's a lot to consider there. Here's the version of the query without the time-jumps (and for the poster who asked, the original query was basically just the 3rd para - San Martin meeting Bolivar - and the two agents comp...

Hi all, I've read Nathan's guidelines above. I'm new to this forum (but have been reading the blog for some time). I haven't critiqued anybody's queries so far, but have begun answering some questions in the other parts of the forum, and if anyone needs any advice on submitting to UK agents, they ca...

REVISED QUERY ON PAGE 2 Hi all, I've read Nathan's guidelines above. I'm new to this forum (but have been reading the blog for some time). I haven't critiqued anybody's queries so far, but have begun answering some questions in the other parts of the forum, and if anyone needs any advice on submitt...

In my last round of submissions, I queried both UK and US agents (I am Irish but my story my appeal more to an American agent/audience), and there can be substantial differences that are worth keeping in mind, and it's really all about research. Some worth noting about UK agents: * Some agents do no...

My friend is a web-designer, so he knocked me up a snazzy website for next to nothing http://davidgaughran.com/ . I think it's a useful tool, and can only show the agent that you are professional and serious, and considering the amount of crazies who submit, that can be no bad thing. I have a brief ...