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Random Query Trend: Fire

August 19, 2008 by Nathan Bransford 51 Comments

I’m not quite sure what to make of this, but I have read four partials in the last month that open with the protagonist watching their house burn down.

Well, I do know one thing to make of this: I’m checking the smoke detectors when I get home.

UPDATE 12:15: Um. Make that five.

Filed Under: Literary Agents Tagged With: How to Write a Query Letter

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  1. AR says

    August 23, 2008 at 8:16 pm

    Yeah, maybe not the best choice of words. How would I say it, then…cultural futurism? That sounds like a philosophy. The future of culture is much plainer but sounds more like a science than I really wanted to imply… Well, you get the idea.

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