Recon from beyond the trenches:
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Recon from beyond the trenches:
Post from @writequeryhook.bsky.social:
https://bsky.app/profile/writequeryhook.bsky.social/post/3mwyq7d2oqo2z
Query better at
https://writequeryhook.com
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**REVISED**
*Cut from 95k to 87k.
*Major changes to 1st 1/2 of MS.
Dipping my toes back into the #querytrenches with this one...
ONLY MONSTERS LIVE HERE is an 87k adult queer gothic horror with a dual 1st-person POV inspired by Scottish legends and folklore.
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Classic from r/writing 👽 Top 200:
Have you ever been in a street fight? My guide to writing a ...
What kinds of writers would literary agent Kathryn Willms want to work with? It's all in this week's Agent Spotlight episode of the #storynerd podcast! #amquerying
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surfaced during our daily scan 📫:
Agent Lindsay Guzzardo opened to queries at https://querytracker.net/agent/11790
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The global inciting incident gives rise to the protagonist's object of desire. Discover more on this week's Hook Your Reader episode of the #storynerd podcast. #queryinglitagents #querytrenches #query #amquerying
One of the 👽 /PubTips 👽 greats:
[Discussion]Many Fails May Equal the Fairy Tale. A Success S...
Querying is a strange kind of waiting: you send your heart out and hear nothing for months. If you're in the trenches right now, you're not alone, and the silence isn't a verdict.
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What part of the query letter is the most important to #literaryagents (metadata, plot paras, bio)? Find out on this week's episode of the #storynerd podcast. #amquerying #queryletter #querytrenches
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It's a tall order, but excellence in both line writing and storytelling can be done. Hear more on this week's Hook Your Reader episode of the #storynerd podcast. #queryinglitagents #amquerying #querytrenches #queryinglitagents
👽 r/writing Hall of Famer:
A look at Japanese author Haruki Murakami's daily writing ro...
Being a writer means endurance. It means continuing to write beautiful stories and create hidden worlds while trying to bring them to the light, whether you write for yourself, publication, the market, etc.
Key scenes must be on the page. Period. 🙂 What happens if they aren't? That's what we discuss in this week's Hook Your Reader episode of the #storynerd podcast. #literaryagent #querytrenches #queryletter #queryinglitagents
If this sounds like you, and you're looking for an agent, you can learn more about Krista White on this week's Agent Spotlight episode of the #storynerd podcast. #amquerying #mswl #literaryagent #querytrenches