Monday, July 30, 2012

Help me rename the New Wrinkle Query Experiment!

As regular blog readers know, I'm trying out a new approach to queries between 7-8pm on Saturday nights through August.

I've been calling it "new wrinkle" and frankly, that name STINKS!

Help me find something with a little more zest!


Post your suggestions in the comments column of this blog post.

VOTE for the finalists in the blog poll at the top of the blog


And no, "Janet Reid's Idiot Idea" is not going to win!
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58 comments:

  1. CourtneyC7/30/12, 7:41 AM

    I've been reading too much Jane Austen recently, but how about " Rhyme and Reason?"

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  2. Michelle de Villiers7/30/12, 7:43 AM

    "A Pitch Stitch in Time" :)

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  3. Mark Koopmans7/30/12, 7:55 AM

    Good morning, Honolulu calling.

    How about "Reid Reads."

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  4. Tara Tyler7/30/12, 8:01 AM

    not to take away from spongebob, but the chum bucket has a nice ring

    and i truly appreciate this segment, extremely helpful! thanks! (unpaid testimony!)

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  5. Carolynnwith2Ns7/30/12, 8:12 AM

    How about; 'Jump In' or 'Bottom Feeder' or 'Botton Reider'. I like 'Jaws' ah...that's taken.

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  6. Carolynnwith2Ns7/30/12, 8:16 AM

    BTW thanks. Wrinkle helped, a lot.

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  7. Unknown7/30/12, 8:33 AM

    Getting Personal with Janet Reid.

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  8. Colin Smith7/30/12, 8:33 AM

    I like The Golden Query Hour, or GQH. Yeah, it's simple and not particularly humorous--but so am I! :D

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  9. Fred7/30/12, 8:53 AM

    The Dance With the Shark Hour

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  10. Cat Moleski7/30/12, 8:56 AM

    It's way too early to be thinking about drinking but here's my list:
    Querytini Time
    Querytinis
    Query Shots
    Query Shooters

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  11. A3Writer7/30/12, 9:18 AM

    Reciprocity. Or perhaps Reid's Reciprocity.

    It sounds ominous, which seems fitting.

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  12. Rune [Digital]7/30/12, 9:20 AM

    Formless Response
    Deformed Response

    For two.

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  13. Anonymous7/30/12, 9:23 AM

    Saturday Night Special ;)

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  14. Anonymous7/30/12, 9:24 AM

    'Our Hour'

    'Right here, Write Now'

    Sat Down

    'cometh the hour'

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  15. Unknown7/30/12, 9:25 AM

    "Blood In The Query Water"

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  16. LGrondin7/30/12, 9:29 AM

    Query Power Hour

    The Shark Bait Date

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  17. Anonymous7/30/12, 9:29 AM

    Query Happy Hour or just Happy Hour :)

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  18. Janet Reid7/30/12, 9:37 AM

    Happy Hour! And we have a bartender! Oh wait...

    I do like Happy Hour as a name though. Such wonderful connotations!

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  19. Eileen7/30/12, 9:38 AM

    Shark After Dark

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  20. Matthew Masucci7/30/12, 9:40 AM

    The Shark's Para-Dine Shift...

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  21. Kate Higgins7/30/12, 9:47 AM

    Piece of Mind (as in Janet's mind)

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  22. Terri Lynn Coop7/30/12, 9:47 AM

    Since "Saturday Night Live" is taken . . .

    Sharkurday Night Live
    Saturday Night Shark Attack

    or a simple

    You Asked For It . . .

    Building on one of the above,

    The Saturday Night Chum Bucket

    Let's see:

    The Query Games (an apt simile)

    Dauntless! (oh wait . . .)

    Purgatory Quasm (dang it . . .)

    I'll stick with Saturday Night Chum Bucket.

    Terri

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  23. Fred7/30/12, 9:53 AM

    I take mine back. I like Happy Hour better. Hic. After all, it will result in a spike in drinking on both ends.

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  24. Unknown7/30/12, 10:01 AM

    I like the GQH suggestion. I'm also partial to Free Swim.

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  25. Stacey Hays7/30/12, 10:12 AM

    Reiding hour...is my suggestion.

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  26. Brock Man7/30/12, 10:17 AM

    Since you are ditching form letters, how about "deformed"

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  27. Anonymous7/30/12, 10:20 AM

    "Be My Chum"

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  28. GillyB7/30/12, 10:22 AM

    Reid it and Weep. Reiding Glasses. Reid Between the Lines.

    I'm just kidding. But I do love a terrible cheesy pun- the cheesier, the better. But seriously, all the ones that imply that alcohol is involved are the ones for me.

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  29. Cindy Little7/30/12, 10:22 AM

    Caesar's Thumb

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  30. Jill D7/30/12, 10:23 AM

    "Testing the Waters"

    "Saturday in the Shark Park"

    "Saturday Q&A (Query & Answer)"

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  31. Unknown7/30/12, 10:29 AM

    Shark Bait Hour

    Chum Time

    Not sure if you can use this one: Bait and Tackle (after all we send the bait, you snap the query, then we tackle the revisions).

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  32. Jared X7/30/12, 10:36 AM

    Feedback Frenzy

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  33. Robbin7/30/12, 10:40 AM

    Saturday Bycatch

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  34. Alec Breton7/30/12, 11:08 AM

    Query Frenzy
    Shark Bites
    Jump The Slushpile
    Ask The Shark
    Query Shark's Nightime Nosh

    Could the winners of this naming game (and the flash fiction contests too) get a complementary "new wrinkle" type query read — even if they are slackers and their manuscript isn't ready yet? ;-)

    In the spirit of Query Shark, I would love to see an "anonymized" version of Janet Reid's replies published for this valiant new effort as well. Even if the published responses are only the "fails" — such as whatever is out of scope because she doesn't rep it. This will reduce the chum, uh … unnecessary clutter.

    I suggest the name NOT include a specific day reference, in case the designated day shifts around. Ditto, for it to NOT include the word Hour, in case the time window varies.

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  35. Anonymous7/30/12, 11:09 AM

    At first I thought QuikQuery or InstaQuery worked well. However, given the shortness of the moment, and that some will be satisfied while others are disappointed, I'm going with...

    Querygasam

    *snicker*

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  36. Eva7/30/12, 11:13 AM

    The Fish Are Friends, Not Food Hour

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  37. Wanderer7/30/12, 11:18 AM

    Critique Au Courant

    Jumpn Janet

    Ferocious Flak

    Response du Jour

    Reid's Reality

    The Formless

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  38. CW Browning7/30/12, 11:44 AM

    Ok. Querygasam made me snort water through my nose.

    I enjoy Happy Hour. Happy Hour on the Reef :-)

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  39. Robbin7/30/12, 12:05 PM

    This is fun :)

    Saturday Prompt: BYOQ
    Query Shark Light
    Life-Saver Queries
    Ahoy Mate!

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  40. Unknown7/30/12, 12:17 PM

    How 'bout-

    Query Check
    The Query Nazi
    Query After Dark
    Kung Pow Query
    Deboning the Query
    Query Demolition
    Deconstructing the Query
    The Query Doctor
    The Query Stop
    Saturday Night Query Hop

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  41. Laura Hughes, MittensMorgul7/30/12, 12:22 PM

    I like Eva's "Fish are Friends, Not Food Hour" suggestion! :)

    Happy Hour on the Reef is good, too.

    I'm floundering trying to come up with anything more catchy.

    Testing the Waters?

    Query Chomp?

    Sincerely, Janet (which implies the personal nature of the replies?)

    I stink at titles. Just pretend I didn't post this.

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  42. Tracy MacDonald7/30/12, 12:30 PM

    My vote is Querygasm!

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  43. Unknown7/30/12, 12:48 PM

    Query Takeout
    Query Chop Suey

    I'm going to eat lunch.

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  44. Calorie Bombshell7/30/12, 1:08 PM

    "A Query in Time" or
    "Saturday Night Reider"

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  45. Anonymous7/30/12, 1:37 PM

    "Jump the Shark"

    "Weekend Frenzy"

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  46. Anonymous7/30/12, 2:01 PM

    Wow, after reading all these ingenious suggestions, I think we should all be writing countless numbers of query letters instead to practice The Perfect Query.

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  47. dylan7/30/12, 2:44 PM

    Dear Ms. Reid

    I suppose

    "A Pyrrhic Triumph of Agentatious Optimism Over Grim Experience"

    is probably too long?

    d

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  48. Crease7/30/12, 3:16 PM

    Saturday Night P.R. @ Y. (Personal Responses @ You)

    Although that describes what many submitters might engage in after hitting SEND...how 'bout:

    Saturday Night PREY (Personal Responses Et tu You)

    For a nice double entendre.

    Chris

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  49. Marsha Sigman7/30/12, 3:58 PM

    I like Happy Hour or Shark Bites.ha They make me wish I'd taken a lunch today.

    And I have nothing else original to offer.

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  50. Angelica R. Jackson7/30/12, 4:17 PM

    How about

    "Because She's Just That Much of a Masochist"?

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  51. Stephen Kozeniewski7/30/12, 5:03 PM

    Reid & Reply?

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  52. Carolynnwith2Ns7/30/12, 5:06 PM

    Reid my query.
    No new forms.
    (a political statement)

    You had me at query.
    (romantic)

    Go query yourself.
    Query off.
    (profane)

    And my personal favorite,
    Up your query.

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  53. patlaff7/30/12, 5:08 PM

    The Q.U.E.

    The Query Unstructuring Experiment

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  54. Anonymous7/30/12, 6:04 PM

    I like Happy Hour, but it doesn't give any idea of what it's about.

    How about Re: Happy Hour?

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  55. Writer Chick7/30/12, 6:52 PM

    How about, "Well, I Asked For It"?

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  56. Writer Chick7/30/12, 6:53 PM

    Eh. My vote's for "The Chum Bucket."

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  57. Keisha Martin Romance Writer7/30/12, 8:30 PM

    Catch Me If You Can
    Interview With A query
    A Query To Remember
    Blood, Sweat, Tears Query

    (So the first three were movies/books I have seen read lame I apologize in advance.

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  58. delilah s. dawson7/30/12, 9:07 PM

    The Hour of Wow Her

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