Query Letter Fun

No….really….it is! I’ll be on Candace Havens’ Write Workshop loop this week talking query letters and blurbs! Please note, there are TWO loops. The Workshop loop is just the lesson and the Chat loop will be more interactive. Tuesday we’re talking the basics and Wednesday - Friday we’re talking blurbs so get our your wip, dust off that query letter and find your favorite books.
In honor of a class on my favorite subject….*ducks rotten eggs*….I swiped this Query Letter MadLib from Agent Nathan Bransford. I know you remember these…did you know they STILL sell them? Anyway I thought it might be fun to see what twisted books ya’ll could come up with, so here we go!
[Agent name], [genre], [personalized tidbit about agent], [title], [word count], [protagonist name], [description of protagonist], [setting], [complicating incident], [verb], [villain], [protagonist’s quest], [protagonist’s goal], [author’s credits (optional)], [your name]
Fill in the blanks and post your results below. I’ll be back in a few minutes to do mine!

April 1st, 2008 at 1:23 pm
You know, I don’t mind query letters. It’s the synopsis that can make me a little nutty…
April 1st, 2008 at 7:20 pm
I’m with Karen on this one. I hate synopsis writing.
April 1st, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Soryr ya’ll. It’ s been a long day and I had to deal with a hacked blog. If you can find it, check out Lisa Gardner’s synopsis project.
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:26 am
I just got home, but that looks interesting. Is it like for real? You’d really use it? Or for fun?