Wastelander is almost ready to go. I'm going to write query letters to literary agents during study breaks and send them to those agents that accept email proposals.
so, to anyone who has read my work, comments about wastelander would be much appreciated. What does it read like? is it good? does it suck? does it read like another author's work?
thank you all for your faithful faith.
guess I should re-read it so I can see what similarities in pacing, mood, action, detail (I liked your level of detail), etc there are so I can write a review you can send along
That which is not dead can eternal lie and with strange eons even death may die
My Color is Blue
I value Knowledge, logic, and deceit. I love to pursue wisdom but also to manipulate and deceive. At my best, I am brilliant and progressive. At my worst, I am treacherous and cold. My symbol is a water droplet. My enemies are green and red.
My Color is Blue
I value Knowledge, logic, and deceit. I love to pursue wisdom but also to manipulate and deceive. At my best, I am brilliant and progressive. At my worst, I am treacherous and cold. My symbol is a water droplet. My enemies are green and red.
they usually don't. What you do is find out what the agent thinks a query letter is, do that, and send it. Each agent usually has a lengthy diatribe on his website about what a proper query letter is, and it usually directly contradicts things that other agents say. Basically, you introduce yourself, your qualifications, and your work, and for some agents you send chapters and a synopsis.
The best thing that can come from a query letter is an invitation to send a complete manuscript, which is nice but not a contract. After that, then they can offer to represent you and terms of the representation can be sorted out, then a contract is made.
then the agent tries to get your work published because they get a cut of the sales and nothing else, so now someone well connected in the industry represents your work and tries to get paid from it.
Course, once you have an agent and he/she have published your first book, you can get your second published with a phone call. yeah, the process is gay and stupid and largely useless. It's like hollywood without whores.
The best thing that can come from a query letter is an invitation to send a complete manuscript, which is nice but not a contract. After that, then they can offer to represent you and terms of the representation can be sorted out, then a contract is made.
then the agent tries to get your work published because they get a cut of the sales and nothing else, so now someone well connected in the industry represents your work and tries to get paid from it.
Course, once you have an agent and he/she have published your first book, you can get your second published with a phone call. yeah, the process is gay and stupid and largely useless. It's like hollywood without whores.
Well, that was fast. I already feel better. now that I've submitted and been rejected, I can now add that qualification to my CV. And write a better query letter next time.Dear Gideon,
Thank you for your recent letter and for reading my blog, I appreciate
it. I regret to say that I don't feel that I'm the most appropriate
agent for your work.
However, opinions vary considerably in this business, and I wish you the
best of luck in your search for representation.
Best wishes,
Nathan
I'm very strongly considering removing any direct reference to Dane's age from the book. It has occurred to me that in making him quite specifically 15 I am bringing up the highly controversial topic of child soldiers, which is completely tangential to the plotline and likely entirely too hot of a topic for an agent to quite literally risk his career on.
Well Lost Knights, your thoughts?
Well Lost Knights, your thoughts?
well I remember you mentioning his age but you could always just add a few years... I mean yeah he did join the official military at an early age but it was very appropriate early in the book... remember Red Dawn... bunch of high school kids that were regular hunters with dad started a resistance so they could get free of the controlled territory... which is what I thought of when Dane was still on earth.... I envisioned him as an older person later in the book based on his maturity and really did not think of him being so young... but make him 18-19 or pass a few years before he heads to space so he is older for those portions (matching his maturity) if you want to keep in details but make them less controversial or as you said take it out and let people make up their own minds...
That which is not dead can eternal lie and with strange eons even death may die
My Color is Blue
I value Knowledge, logic, and deceit. I love to pursue wisdom but also to manipulate and deceive. At my best, I am brilliant and progressive. At my worst, I am treacherous and cold. My symbol is a water droplet. My enemies are green and red.
My Color is Blue
I value Knowledge, logic, and deceit. I love to pursue wisdom but also to manipulate and deceive. At my best, I am brilliant and progressive. At my worst, I am treacherous and cold. My symbol is a water droplet. My enemies are green and red.