Via Fire Drill, I found this hilarious post by one of agent Jenny Rappaport's interns documenting what can only be called a query disaster.
People? Don't do this. Just don't. M'kay?
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
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4 comments:
My favorite part is still "MY WRITING IS GREAT IF YOU HAVE IMAGINATION." *snort*
I think one of the most important aspects is the all caps factor. The voice in the query sounds belligerent, and no one wants to work with someone like that.
It's like watching a trainwreck!
SCI-FI-FANTASY-COPING???
I didn't realize that was a sub-genre. Much of my own writing is now explained. j/k
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