Comments on: Query Letters (The original Sucks to Be Me queries…)

By: kimpauley

kimpauley — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:32:39 +0000

Oh, no problem at all. If they help one person, that’s great!

By: Nathalie Mvondo

Nathalie Mvondo — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:11:12 +0000

Thank you so much for sharing these queries. Your upbeat voice is shining throughout both of them. I’ve learned much.

By: kimpauley

kimpauley — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:06:43 +0000

I *am* such a rule breaker…

By: eisleyjacobs

eisleyjacobs — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:35:57 +0000

As a writer in the query process… it has helped. Immediately, it makes me want to read the book with your small excerpt. Yet… it’s breaking the rules. But sometimes rules are meant to be broken. I think you did well… now if I could just find the perfect formula… (there is a chemical make up of a query LOL) I would be a happily querying writer…

By: Gracie

Gracie — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 03:24:36 +0000

Hey, Thank you so much for posting these. I’ve been working toward getting published for a few months now and have finally come close to perfecting my manuscript and have found agents that look like a good suit.
Follow up question: Does physical location matter or is everything done mostly online or via mail and phones these days?

By: taylor

taylor — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:14:34 +0000

thank you so much for these! this is complete inspiration to actually finish writing my story!

By: Alissa

Alissa — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:39:02 +0000

Thanks so much for posting these! I’m starting to get a good idea of what my query(ies) should look like

By: In the Blogosphere: 1/4-1/8 « Ricki Schultz

In the Blogosphere: 1/4-1/8 « Ricki Schultz — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:47:29 +0000

[...] perhaps most interested in posts of this nature. On her Web site, Kimberly Pauley, a YA author, shares two of her original query letters for her popular vampire series Sucks to Be Me—both of which she says got her partial and full [...]

By: kimpauley

kimpauley — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:34:40 +0000

No problem Any other questions or whatever, just ask! Not that I’m an expert or anything, but I’ll do my best!

By: Diana Dang

Diana Dang — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:44:08 +0000

Thank you for those examples! I’m not planning on publishing anything anytime soon but I can keep this as a note in the back of my head.