Comments on: Chasya’s Question Corner is live! http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/11/chasya%e2%80%99s-question-corner-is-live/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 By: Anonymous http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/11/chasya%e2%80%99s-question-corner-is-live/comment-page-1/#comment-15296 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:17:17 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/11/chasya%e2%80%99s-question-corner-is-live/#comment-15296 I disagree with the first answer. One of my projects has a long convoluted history. I didn't touch on that in a query letter–that'd be the touch of death. When an agent was interested, she called, we chatted, I mentioned the project's history, she didn't care, ta da.

Maybe full disclosure works best for the agents, but the writer's goal at every step is simply to get to the next step. I'm not gonna write:

"Dear Chasya: When Frank and Jerry discover a jar of sentient mayonnaise in their fridge, they're drawn into a global conspiracy of illegal gene-tech and condiments. My book, DEFROST, is 80,000 words, and in 1999 Jane Dystel said she loved the concept but preferred honey mustard to relish and Binky Rural suggested that I rework to the ending to highlight the Cabinet's evil plan. I made those changes in 2005, and was offered representation by Toad Knightly of Trident, who then left the business–and me without an agent. After another full edit in 2008, I hope you'll enjoy the enclosed."

"Dear Sir: Due to the overwhelming number of queries …"

]]> By: Myrna Foster http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/11/chasya%e2%80%99s-question-corner-is-live/comment-page-1/#comment-15288 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:55:01 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/11/chasya%e2%80%99s-question-corner-is-live/#comment-15288 Thanks! You answered a question I had, and I didn't even have to ask it!

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