Did you guess who our guest blogger was? From her writing bio:
I'M FINALLY PUBLISHED! LOL. I have a short, My Brother, published in the online magazine, All Things Girl. Here it is!
I work at Children's Memorial Hospital where I was the only student chosen from Chicagoland in the summer of 2007 to participate in a 3 summer internship. I love writing and music. And yes, I do sing in the shower and dance in the rain. I have been published once and have been writing for over 5 years. My future goals include: becoming a Pediatric doctor; becoming a famous author; and traveling the world.
My experience with query letters goes back 4 years ago. I was 14 years old and had a completed manuscript about three girls on a fantasy adventure. My goal was to publish it, and that meant learning about writing the best darn Query Letter I could. I went through hundreds of google pages and dozens of library books. I came out with three finished letters that I randomly chose and sent out to agencies. The query letter / format that earned me the most positive replies was the one I held on to for all these years. The format also helped me publish my short story.
Emina from Espresso for the Writing Soul!
The same day I was trying on Snark Hats Emina was dissecting queries over on her blog and so I begged her to stop by and help us out over here. Being the fabulous, on-task, person she is Emina readily agreed.
Thank you, Emina!
*waves to Emina* Yay! Guest bloggers are fun! :D
ReplyDeleteAnd that explains your comment about the rewrites *laughs* I wondered why you had said that... hehe.
Because she couldn't wait to tease me and see when I'd finally unmask her. I think she was anxious to see what I did to her bio...
ReplyDelete*hugs Emina for being a good sport*
lol. Aren't I allowed to criticize my own critiques? :D
ReplyDelete*waves back to Inky*
Your very welcome, Liana. :)
Oh and actually, I wasn't teasing you. I was being serious that I was having second thoughts about the rewrites. lol
ReplyDeleteMy rewrites an improvement. And I think Mary liked hers. My query letters are a travesty. But I'm still a bit of a ways from finished so I'll get it eventually. :o)
ReplyDeleteThank you again.
What fun!
ReplyDeleteThanks Emina! Actually, the rewrite portrays things drastically different than the story, but did make me aware of what I need to clarify in my query. Your comments were most helpful. :-)
ReplyDeleteYour welcome.
ReplyDelete:)
Good luck with your queries, Mary and Liana!