Tara, I actually can't take full credit or perhaps even partial credit for it. I think Beth Shope is the one who compared writing to a strip tease. Just not sure in what context.
It would probably be more akin to a good belly dance as there is a lot left unrevealed, and I would venture it still leaves certain people wanting more.
It would probably be more akin to a good belly dance as there is a lot left unrevealed, and I would venture it still leaves certain people wanting more.Yeah, and it helps even more if you stuff a couple of those little finger-chimey things in the envelope.
Darlin. There were three back-to-back half hour shows.... I ran outta dollar bills halfway through the first girl's dance. My friend, said to me, "slow down, dude, there's gonna be more!"
Much as I would dearly love to have thought of the original striptease quote, it was actually my friend Linda Grimes*, and it wasn't really query-related, but something about "the slow striptease of storytelling." I liked it so much I copied it down somewhere but now of course I can't find it. If I do, I'll come back here and post it.
(*Linda writes very funny contemporary novels in the vein of Janet Evanovich, but doesn't really have a web presence. That's going to change once an agent snaps up her first novel.)
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That's the best query quip I've heard! I'd use it everywhere, if I were you.
Love it, love it, love it!
Best description of a query I've ever heard. :)
Lol, is a striptease really about stirring someone up emotionally? Methinks, perhaps, it is not... but I like the analogy anyway.
My best,
Bryan Russell
And of course Julie said it. (g) She's made of brilliant!
Great, now make them beg for more. LOL
Dear Miss Julie,
The last time I attended a strip show... I wanted to be that Brass pole the ladies danced with.
Haste yee back ;-)
Brilliant
The last time I attended a strip show... I wanted to be that Brass pole the ladies danced with.--
Yes, but it did stir up a desire for more, didn't it?
Tara, I actually can't take full credit or perhaps even partial credit for it. I think Beth Shope is the one who compared writing to a strip tease. Just not sure in what context.
It would probably be more akin to a good belly dance as there is a lot left unrevealed, and I would venture it still leaves certain people wanting more.
It would probably be more akin to a good belly dance as there is a lot left unrevealed, and I would venture it still leaves certain people wanting more.Yeah, and it helps even more if you stuff a couple of those little finger-chimey things in the envelope.
There's an Adam Ant song cycling through my head now. Am I dating myself?
Dear Miss Julie, you wrote...
"stir up a desire for more."
Darlin. There were three back-to-back half hour shows.... I ran outta dollar bills halfway through the first girl's dance. My friend, said to me, "slow down, dude, there's gonna be more!"
Guess I'm a, "premature payer!"
Haste yee back ;-)
Great, so now I need to learn to do the strip tease too? Sheesh, Janet, you don't want much, do you, lol!
I'm teasing, of course. It sounds like a good analogy. Leave them wanting more...
i know julie a bit from her blog, enjoy reading her posts :)
JES,
Yes, I can just see #queryday now.
"Someone sent me zils with their query. What the heck?"
Haste,
Ah, but you had fun. That's the important thing.
Thank you, Miss Janet for reading and commenting.
Tony, you know me a bit? I thought you were a charter member of my fan club. sheesh.
Much as I would dearly love to have thought of the original striptease quote, it was actually my friend Linda Grimes*, and it wasn't really query-related, but something about "the slow striptease of storytelling." I liked it so much I copied it down somewhere but now of course I can't find it. If I do, I'll come back here and post it.
(*Linda writes very funny contemporary novels in the vein of Janet Evanovich, but doesn't really have a web presence. That's going to change once an agent snaps up her first novel.)
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