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QueryShark

@QueryShark

The archives are your friend. QS doesn't answer questions here on Twitter. Revision is a process, not an event.

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"Thank you so much for working with me until we got the query just right. It still feels like my query in my words but fine tuned so it sings!" -- 7/30/23
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"I would never have gotten to this draft without you." 7/25/23
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"I feel great about the query thanks to all your feedback and direction. It’s been a pleasure working with you." 7/19/23
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Thank you for your notes - they've really helped me in thinking about how to craft the query and make it more effective. I feel a lot better about this version than my first draft. 7/22/23
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I am so grateful for your guidance, you really helped me polish beyond what I could’ve done myself. Thank you so much! 7/6/23 Thank you for all of your help! You really helped move the story forward. 7/6/23
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.@QueryShark The LegoShark!
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@QueryShark Your stellar input on my query for #LovelyRita was transformative. I now have an agent @WordJourneys & my revised query made it into his pitch to top pub houses. We got 5 full requests in ONE day! THX for taking those brutal chomps 🙃
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I've been following this book since Jessica's query was put on @QueryShark and to say I'm excited is an understatement!!!
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“Sorry I don't have the luxury of being a good person." —BAD WITCH BURNING 🔥8.24.2021🔥 The cover for my witchy YA about a girl who raises the dead for money is HERE!!! Preorder! bit.ly/3mBormz Website! authorjessicalewis.com/ @DelacortePress @GetUnderlined
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Revising is not the time to be an over achiever! Revisions need a lot of lying around, doing "nothing" (thinking, dreaming, letting your lizard brain out for a stroll) time. #querytip
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"You don't have to be a better writer than everyone else, you just have to be more interesting." #querytip
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Waiting for the day with bated breath.
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One of the major problems in pages with a query is the story starting in the wrong place, most often too early. Where does the story start? If you use the "stranger arrives" motif, the story does not start
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Too much detail in a query is like too much perfume.
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elm@elmwriting2 May 2017
Issue #34 getrevue.co/profile/elmwriti… How I won, lost, and learned w/@queryshark on #writing a #query
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@QueryShark is free, paying your loan shark isn't.
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