Janet on query letters

My agent Janet Reid was interviewed on the BBC on the subject of query letters. Here's the interview:



The part I enjoyed most was Janet doing a little expectation setting for my fellow author Dan Krokos. Not that Dan has a lot to live up to now or anything (evil laughter in background). I haven't read his book yet, but I will when it's out, which will be some time after he's beaten me in a threatened trivia contest at Bouchercon.

6 comments:

Dan Krokos said...

Yeah, no pressure or anything. I'm totally relaxed.

Thanks for mentioning me, Gary, I feel famous for being on your blog. Keep brushing up on the trivia if you know what's good for you.

See you at Bouchercon!

Meghan said...

That was a great interview. I felt like I got some great tips out of it...not that I still dread actually writing one. >_<;

Crystal Posey said...

I feel like I just bumped into celebrity on the sidewalk. Thanks for a great post, am tweeting it :)

Gary Corby said...

Actually Dan this means you are more famous than me, and I feel honoured you come to visit.

You will crush me at any normal trivia contest at Bouchercon. I stand a fighting chance if the questions are only about history, chess, maths, physics and computing. I dare anyone to try and out-nerd me. If any of the questions are about movies, sport, world events or real life then I am doomed.

Gary Corby said...

Meghan, writing a query is not as freaky as a lot of people make it out to be. I get the impression some people think there's a secret magic formula which you have to be let in on. Nope. It's a business letter with an admittedly tricky section where you write the hook for your novel. Writing the hook is hard, but everything else is a sensible letter, IMHO.

Gary Corby said...

Thanks Crystal for dropping in. Glad you liked it.