Sunday, January 18, 2009

The hard part

Sending queries to potential agents has got to be the hardest part of any novel process. I admire those writers who say they just wrote their book and sent it off to agents, one of whom snapped it up and then there was an auction to buy the rights and now they are millionaires, months later.
I also don't believe it happens that way. At least not for most of us.
So, today we start the process. Write the query letter.
Rewrite the query letter.
Worry about the query letter.
Rewrite it yet again.
Make a list of potential agents.
Worry some more.
Revise the query letter.
Send it off.
Pray.

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