I make things up and write them down. I hope one day someone will read them and believe me, and then print out a copy for someone else to read. Until then, would you believe me if I told you
If he literally pissed off the Devil in the process, he’d be standing on top of the Devil and urinating off him while simultaneously falling in love with a vampire whose soul he just replaced.
- Fragment of a query critique over at BookEnds, “Workshop Wednesday.”
(Source: bookendslitagency.blogspot.com)
If you’re working on your query and finding it hard to come up with something that makes your book sound special, maybe it’s that your book isn’t special.
- Jessica Faust, literary agent
(Source: bookendslitagency.blogspot.com)
The minute you start worrying about what’s going to cause a stir or what’s not going to cause a stir, the minute you start writing something simply because you think that’s what those “others” want to see, you start to edit yourself for everyone else and not for the good of the book. And you lose.
- Jessica Faust, literary agent
I think all authors think they have the most original idea and protect it carefully, but the truth is while the idea is very important, it’s the execution that really matters.
- Jessica Faust
(Source: bookendslitagency.blogspot.com)
I am not interested in what your novel does. I am only interested in what your book is.
- Jessica Faust, BookEnds
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