As I find myself dipping my toes into the waters of the Sea of Rejection—which are cold, deep, and filled with monsters—my friend Larry posted this to my Facebook. He's allowed me to repost it here, so that I can come back to it time and time again to remind myself...
Query Hell
What’s a query letter?
My cousin asked me this question on Facebook, and it occurred to me that maybe I haven't been very clear on what, exactly, a query letter is. Ahem. (Picture me standing up straight and speaking in my best professional presenter's voice.) A query is a letter you...
First query, first rejection
I sent out my first query today at 1:33 pm. Nausea notwithstanding, it felt pretty damned good to finally "get in the game." I received my first rejection at 3:31 pm. Thank you, Ms. Agent, for ripping the band aid off quick. May all rejections be this speedy.
The End
CREEP is finished. For real this time. A total of five drafts. Word count down to a lean, mean 106,400. I could fiddle with it some more... in fact, I'm kind of itching to do one more draft (because hey, what if I missed something in the past...