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  1. @pirateannie it's close to random. There are about 2000 in the chum pen right now. 9:22 AM Nov 18th from web in reply to pirateannie
  2. Fastest route to rejection is using words incorrectly. http://queryshark.blogspot.... 9:21 AM Nov 18th from web
  3. Please do not write your query "in character" http://queryshark.blogspot.... 4:45 AM Oct 28th from web
  4. Thrillers need high stakes, and please don't open with a question! http://queryshark.blogspot.... 6:00 AM Oct 27th from web
  5. There's a delicate art combining characters. You don't want two that sound yucky together: like broccoli ice creamhttp://tinyurl.com/yb9judd 4:51 PM Sep 27th from web
  6. Yes, you have to finish the novel before sending a query. http://queryshark.blogspot.... 3:19 PM Sep 27th from web
  7. If your novel is 160K, and I can see half your query could be trimmed, I"m certain your novel can be as well: http://tinyurl.com/lgbd4u 7:19 PM Sep 20th from web
  8. Telling, rather than showing, is weak writing in a novel. It's worse in a query: http://queryshark.blogspot.... 7:03 PM Sep 20th from web
  9. It's really hard to hear the problem isn't the query, it's the novel, but it's very often true: http://tinyurl.com/mjjjfy 6:45 PM Sep 20th from web
  10. "Here are the first five pages" is NOT a query letter. What it is an automatic rejection: http://queryshark.blogspot.... 6:30 PM Sep 20th from web
  11. I can't sell a novel with 190,000 words. Simply can not. I know this for an ironclad fact. http://queryshark.blogspot.... 9:59 AM Sep 4th from web
  12. The DaVinci Code has been written. Write something else. http://queryshark.blogspot.... 9:57 AM Sep 4th from web
  13. Good intentions don't mean much; you MUST have a story kids want to read: http://queryshark.blogspot.... 9:56 AM Sep 4th from web
  14. Form rejection to request for full in three revisions with some elbow grease: http://queryshark.blogspot.... IT CAN BE DONE 11:25 PM Aug 10th from web
  15. @kdaleauthor "Unholy Shark Mess" for a band name! That cracks me up! 10:46 AM Aug 10th from web in reply to kdaleauthor
  16. So, why would the Shark pick an unholy mess of a query letter to critique? http://queryshark.blogspot.... 11:43 PM Aug 9th from web
  17. If your query letter sounds like an intake report, you're getting a form rejection http://queryshark.blogspot.... 11:30 PM Aug 9th from web
  18. What is a weak opening to a query? Rhetorical questions! http://queryshark.blogspot.... 11:17 PM Aug 9th from web
  19. The reason a character does something (motivation) is what makes a story compelling: http://queryshark.blogspot.... 11:02 PM Aug 9th from web
  20. Here's a good example of good but not quite good enough: http://queryshark.blogspot.... One more polish should do it. 10:50 PM Aug 9th from web