No one tells you that writing the query and the synopsis is actually more difficult than writing the novel! You should probably write the query and synopsis first and then write the novel around them! Ha!
I’ve spent two years writing and tweaking and rewriting my novel. The last year (the third) has been spent doing the requirements and trying to jump through all of the little hoops to get an agent. I've decided that it would be much easier if I were already a celebrity of some sort! Even if I were the ‘Clothespin Queen’, it would have been easier to land an agent!
And, tell me… Where is the ‘Recall’ button on my computer? I’ve sent out queries that have landed me the generic, but polite ‘No thanks, but this isn’t for us…’ and I swear, when I originally pressed ‘Send’, they were perfect! Once reviewed, after the polite rejection, I can’t believe THAT is what I sent out! What was I thinking? Was I drugged at the time? Will a single Margarita’s do that? Had Body Snatchers taken me over, trying to ruin my life for one of their sick experiments? Apparently!
This whole day has been devoted to perfecting my latest query, except for brief intervals of taking the dogs out so they can smell what other creatures may have peed in the yard, and roll in it.
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