The publication date is getting closer for my revised Winter's Captive, Book 1 of the Georgia Series.
I expect an announcement within the next two weeks and that availability will be October, just in time to order for those Christmas gifts.
My new cover reveal is days away. The e-book will be released at the same time as the pre-sale of autographed paperbacks at a special discounted price. I will post when available so no one will miss the opportunity to take advantage of this and get their own copies and those for those special friends and family members at Christmas.
It's been a lot of hard work and my editors, Ronald Bagliere and Linda Ortola were wonderful to work with on the rewrite of this story. I am so grateful to Melanie Fountain, Owner/Editor-In-Chief of Fountain Blue Publishing for picking up my novel. Melanie and Kim Barton, Business Manager have been so supportive and knowledgeable.
For those of you who have read the book, you may want to another go-round. I've added 10,000 additional words, more angst for Georgia and adventures, as well as developing the spirituality aspect to the story. The decision was made to change the angel encounter to a native spirit, given the geography and the raven. It brings the story that much closer to Chasing Georgia, Book 2 of the Georgia Series, in creative edits with my editors at the moment.
I am really excited to see this story become a series and hope my readers will enjoy.
To my writer friends, Keep on Keeping on Writing. Talk soon.
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Wednesday, February 9, 2011
QUERY TIME AGAIN!
For all of you with books to pitch, now is the time to get your query ready and sent out. February seems to be a very busy month for agents and publishers looking to line up their book projects for the year.
It seems most of us writer's have no problem writing a 65,000 word novel, but struggle over a one page query letter. Why is that?
Because that one page is the most important piece of paper we will ever write. Why? Because we need it to sell the book and sell ourselves.
If an agent or editor reads our manuscript and likes it, we know they'll be more than happy to help us hone it into a saleable book. But there are no second chances with our one page query letter. Get it right the first time or rejection is a definite outcome.
Our query is for one reason only, to introduce ourserselves and our book. Keep it to one page.
There are three elements to a good query letter.
The first element is the hook, and the first paragraph. A tag line that is designed to catch the attention of the reader and leave them wanting to read more. Do this in one or two sentences.
Here is a sample of the one I used for my book, Losing Cinderella.
"A pregnant, urban woman escapes kidnappers in the wilderness. Facing a harsh, cold winter and fears of childbirth lost and alone, she must find inner strength to survive—or perish."
The second element and second paragraph is a short description of the entire book. I suggest writing and rewriting this paragraph until you feel you have caught the essence of the story and all the important points, such as plot, characters, what the MC needs to do, the struggle, but leave it with an element of surprise. Don't tell all.
The third element and final paragraph is about you. It should be the easiest, but is it? Most of us don't like to talk about ourselves. The important thing here is keep it brief. State your education, or what qualifies you to write this story, and what inspired you to write it. Include any publishing credits. Write something personal, like where you live.
Sell yourself, but do it briefly.
Once again, the internet is a great source for finding samples of query letters and templates. Get your writing friends to crit for you. Here's a link that is very resourceful: http://querytracker.net/ A great resource of writing tips, samples, and links to agents, and publishers.
So get query writing and sell your project and sell yourself.
Keep on keeping on writing.
It seems most of us writer's have no problem writing a 65,000 word novel, but struggle over a one page query letter. Why is that?
Because that one page is the most important piece of paper we will ever write. Why? Because we need it to sell the book and sell ourselves.
If an agent or editor reads our manuscript and likes it, we know they'll be more than happy to help us hone it into a saleable book. But there are no second chances with our one page query letter. Get it right the first time or rejection is a definite outcome.
Our query is for one reason only, to introduce ourserselves and our book. Keep it to one page.
There are three elements to a good query letter.
The first element is the hook, and the first paragraph. A tag line that is designed to catch the attention of the reader and leave them wanting to read more. Do this in one or two sentences.
Here is a sample of the one I used for my book, Losing Cinderella.
"A pregnant, urban woman escapes kidnappers in the wilderness. Facing a harsh, cold winter and fears of childbirth lost and alone, she must find inner strength to survive—or perish."
The second element and second paragraph is a short description of the entire book. I suggest writing and rewriting this paragraph until you feel you have caught the essence of the story and all the important points, such as plot, characters, what the MC needs to do, the struggle, but leave it with an element of surprise. Don't tell all.
The third element and final paragraph is about you. It should be the easiest, but is it? Most of us don't like to talk about ourselves. The important thing here is keep it brief. State your education, or what qualifies you to write this story, and what inspired you to write it. Include any publishing credits. Write something personal, like where you live.
Sell yourself, but do it briefly.
Once again, the internet is a great source for finding samples of query letters and templates. Get your writing friends to crit for you. Here's a link that is very resourceful: http://querytracker.net/ A great resource of writing tips, samples, and links to agents, and publishers.
So get query writing and sell your project and sell yourself.
Keep on keeping on writing.
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