The query letter. Who hasn't dreaded over this simple, yet important, first contact with a possible agent. Learning to write a query letter is harder than writing the manuscript; at least, to me it is. I've written and edited and revised my manuscript numerous times, but I've written, revised, re-written, edited and still re-written my query letter countless times. I forget what version I'm on now with my query letter. I just don't seem to be hitting it right. The hook, the spark, the interest, I'm not getting it just right so that it comes across to an agent as, "Wow, I've got to read this manuscript." That's what I'm striving for. The story is written, but how does one consolidate 250 pages worth of text into, at most, one or two paragraphs to nab the agent's interest? Hmm.
Well, if anyone has the secret, please, please, let me know. Until then, my eraser--and my delete button--are working furiously to find the right magical combination for that just-perfect query letter. But I'm an optimist; I'll get it done. Just you wait and see.
