The voting is in, and wouldn’t you know: as of this writing the project that received the most votes as a query also received the most votes as a partial. The query system works perfectly, right?!! As always: it’s not quite that simple. Without prejudging what conclusions people have reached, there are three main things […]
Be An Agent for a Day II
Be An Agent for a Day II: The Pages
Alright then! You have seen the queries, now it’s time to take a look at the pages to see which partial you think represents the strongest work and would be most likely to sell to a publisher. Thinking like an agent and setting aside which one you would be most likely to read in your […]
Be an Agent for a Day II: The Queries!
First off, thank you so much to the 150+ very intrepid souls who volunteered their queries and pages for public consumption and our sort-of-scientific test of the query process. Here’s how I whittled them down to five. I classified the queries loosely by genre (fantasy, urban fantasy, paranormal, etc. lumped together and romantic suspense, thriller, […]
Be An Agent for a Day II: A Sort of Scientific Test of the Query Process
On Thursday we discussed the query process and whether or not queries adequately reflect a underlying work’s quality. Can someone really make an assessment of a book project based on a query? Really really? Let’s test it out. Here’s how this is going to work. Today I will be soliciting queries from you, the esteemed […]
Entry #5
UNREALITY CHICK – First 30 Pages UNREALITY CHICKCHAPTER ONE “Beck, you know I embrace nature,” Crystal said. “But could you tell me why I’m knee deep in kudzu?””Because I’m a big puffy wuss,” I answered, as I pulled my foot out of a kudzu snare. I squeal at the sight of big bugs. I’m afraid […]
Entry #4
BLACK EMERALDS – First 30 Pages Chapter 1 (Decisions) “What do you mean, ‘it’s best for him to go?’” “My dear, as I have explained repeatedly, he has boundless potential. We both know this, but in order for him to realize it, he needs to go. He can’t stay here his whole life. Kayden’s not […]
