Tuesday, April 02, 2013

Why your reply is a picture, not 1000 words

Complete text of incoming query:

Pasted below are the first five pages of TITLE,  a romance and political satire.
Thank you for your time and consideration.


Outgoing reply:




Any questions?
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12 comments:

  1. Gru'ud4/2/13, 12:39 PM

    I have one, non-related question

    How come Query Shark entry #242 shons only a blank page?

    Was it an April Fool's Joke?

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  2. Janet Reid4/2/13, 2:17 PM

    It shows for me. You might try refreshing your browser, or pasting in this link: http://queryshark.blogspot.com/2013/03/242.html



    If anyone else has problems, let me know, ON THE QUERYSHARK blog of course.

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  3. Steve Stubbs4/2/13, 2:24 PM

    I did not understand the picture, but the query is concise, to the point, and does not waste your time with a lot of yaddayadda about plot and character.

    Does that mean the picture is a "yes, send the whole MS?"

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  4. Ellipsis Flood4/2/13, 2:27 PM

    One question: Is the dog female? (Sorry, I couldn't resist.)

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  5. Nancy Kimball4/2/13, 2:54 PM

    No questions. I completely get the pimp slap. That query is an epic fail on multiple levels. Except for thanking you for your time.

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  6. Anonymous4/2/13, 3:24 PM

    Nope, no questions. Only a *snort* of laughter.

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  7. Carolynnwith2Ns4/2/13, 3:24 PM

    I think TITLE is a funny name for a book, don't you ?

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  8. Michael Seese4/2/13, 5:15 PM

    You did NOT really send just that, did you?

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  9. Beverly Diehl4/2/13, 5:55 PM

    Hilarious!

    Though I am mildly curious as to what a romantic political satire might look like. (MILDLY.)

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  10. Lynn(e) Schmidt4/2/13, 9:51 PM

    I almost just peed because I laughed so hard. Thank you.

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  11. Becky Doughty4/3/13, 2:37 PM

    Can't. Stop. Laughing. Best blog post of the day.

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  12. Virginia Llorca4/8/13, 2:52 AM

    Yeah? I totally don't get it.

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