The hardest thing in the world may be…
…suppressing my tendency to make fun of myself when writing a query letter.
I should probably not say:
Hi, I’m Meljean, a somewhat silly person who likes men in tights and capes. I wrote a couple of books, but they’re really long and stuff. With lots of blood. You wanna read them?
Or,
Hi, I’m Meljean, and I’m looking for representation because I have no idea what the heck I’m doing business-wise. Like, I’ve got a couple of books coming out next year (that might totally bomb, who knows?) and I’m writing the proposal chapters for the third single title in the series, and I think it’s under option[1] but I really like my editor anyway and am not looking for a different publisher because I like my angel-titty and could you send it to her please please please?
Or,
Hi, I’m Meljean, and I’m a dork, but if you represent me I’ll send you some chocolate, because my sister works at Godiva and shit. Oh yeah, and my characters are way hawt, because I wish I was.
…yeah. Or not. Sigh.
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[1] And the fact that I’m not really sure shows exactly how much I really, really should have an agent.
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LOL! I was surfing blogs today and found yours. I bet you’d get some kind of reaction with a query letter like that… heh
It might get you a response. You never know. :boggle:
Hi Rashenbo — welcome
Yeah, I might get a response…but the reaction would likely be not the one I hope for. More like, “Oh my god, an f-tard is trying to pass herself off as a writer.”
…hell, I may get that response anyway.
you don’t have an agent? jeesus, you are asking for trouble.
Hee, yeah. A lot of it is the sheer strangeness of how everything came about. And I think I’m doing okay so far, but now that this is “career” or however it goes…yeah, it’s time to get an agent, just so that I don’t eff up anything that I really shouldn’t.