Friday, November 27, 2009

Why you include pages with your query letter

You always include pages with your query letter (when you can) because telling someone about a bunch of college kids lip syncing to the Black Eyed Peas will never be quite as compelling as showing the work:



the making of the video is here.


Thanks to
Bill Cameron
who always finds the coolest stuff

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is fabulous! Ha!

Zachary Grimm said...

Haha, that's really cool, Janet! Thanks for helping make me smile this morning!

Melanie Hooyenga said...

Thank you for posting the link. I LOVE videos like this!!

Joylene Nowell Butler said...

Thanks for reinforcing this, Janet. All this talk about queries has me thinking about querying for an agent again, now that I have a book out and another being published by Theytus in 2011.

Another part of me is wondering why bother; I had 3 that used up 4 years of my life by ignoring me. But maybe an agent would be a good thing now that I'm established? Can't hurt to try, eh?

Sandra Cormier said...

Gotta hand it to those Canadians, eh? Especially the French ones!

Taymalin said...

Just more proof that we Canadians rock :D

Joylene Nowell Butler said...

This was awesome. Yay Canucks!

Anne-Marie said...

Nous rockons! (Yay, Canada, we rock!)

Pamela DuMond, D.C. said...

That was awesome! I'm sending it to my friend who's going to be directing a series of webisodes very soon. Thanks!

Caroline said...

Great video. Totally captures the feeling of the song. Plus, I love how they involved so many different students in it.

Bill Cameron said...

While I'm sure admitting this challenges my angsty noir cred, when I see videos like this I get all bubbly and happy.

Janet Reid said...

Bill, I've read your novels. Your angsty noir cred is pretty safe. After all Mrs. Cameron and I both want to beat you to a pulp for what you did in DAY ONE.

Dana Elmendorf said...

That is amazing. You find the coolest stuff Janet.