I've been calling it "new wrinkle" and frankly, that name STINKS!
Help me find something with a little more zest!
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!
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!
I've been calling it "new wrinkle" and frankly, that name STINKS!
Help me find something with a little more zest!
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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I've been reading too much Jane Austen recently, but how about " Rhyme and Reason?"
"A Pitch Stitch in Time" :)
Good morning, Honolulu calling.
How about "Reid Reads."
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!)
How about; 'Jump In' or 'Bottom Feeder' or 'Botton Reider'. I like 'Jaws' ah...that's taken.
BTW thanks. Wrinkle helped, a lot.
Getting Personal with Janet Reid.
I like The Golden Query Hour, or GQH. Yeah, it's simple and not particularly humorous--but so am I! :D
The Dance With the Shark Hour
It's way too early to be thinking about drinking but here's my list:
Querytini Time
Querytinis
Query Shots
Query Shooters
Reciprocity. Or perhaps Reid's Reciprocity.
It sounds ominous, which seems fitting.
Formless Response
Deformed Response
For two.
Saturday Night Special ;)
'Our Hour'
'Right here, Write Now'
Sat Down
'cometh the hour'
"Blood In The Query Water"
Query Power Hour
The Shark Bait Date
Query Happy Hour or just Happy Hour :)
Happy Hour! And we have a bartender! Oh wait...
I do like Happy Hour as a name though. Such wonderful connotations!
Shark After Dark
The Shark's Para-Dine Shift...
Piece of Mind (as in Janet's mind)
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
I take mine back. I like Happy Hour better. Hic. After all, it will result in a spike in drinking on both ends.
I like the GQH suggestion. I'm also partial to Free Swim.
Reiding hour...is my suggestion.
Since you are ditching form letters, how about "deformed"
"Be My Chum"
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.
Caesar's Thumb
"Testing the Waters"
"Saturday in the Shark Park"
"Saturday Q&A (Query & Answer)"
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).
Feedback Frenzy
Saturday Bycatch
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.
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*
The Fish Are Friends, Not Food Hour
Critique Au Courant
Jumpn Janet
Ferocious Flak
Response du Jour
Reid's Reality
The Formless
Ok. Querygasam made me snort water through my nose.
I enjoy Happy Hour. Happy Hour on the Reef :-)
This is fun :)
Saturday Prompt: BYOQ
Query Shark Light
Life-Saver Queries
Ahoy Mate!
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
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.
My vote is Querygasm!
Query Takeout
Query Chop Suey
I'm going to eat lunch.
"A Query in Time" or
"Saturday Night Reider"
"Jump the Shark"
"Weekend Frenzy"
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.
Dear Ms. Reid
I suppose
"A Pyrrhic Triumph of Agentatious Optimism Over Grim Experience"
is probably too long?
d
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
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.
How about
"Because She's Just That Much of a Masochist"?
Reid & Reply?
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.
The Q.U.E.
The Query Unstructuring Experiment
I like Happy Hour, but it doesn't give any idea of what it's about.
How about Re: Happy Hour?
How about, "Well, I Asked For It"?
Eh. My vote's for "The Chum Bucket."
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.
The Hour of Wow Her
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