tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post115332707668429989..comments2024-03-26T18:28:06.391-04:00Comments on Evil Editor: Face-LIft 126Evil Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03879826770199639420noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1153437768629467522006-07-20T19:22:00.000-04:002006-07-20T19:22:00.000-04:00All I can say, is I wish I could do my housework, ...All I can say, is I wish I could do my housework, while asleep (as apposed to while awake). Rock on #2!<BR/><BR/>However, my next door neigbours to one side are very elderly, while the next door neigbours to the other side eat with their feet. And don't get me started on the downstairs neigbours, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1153431386785251492006-07-20T17:36:00.000-04:002006-07-20T17:36:00.000-04:00Re: page turnicity having to do with pacing and c...Re: page turnicity having to do with pacing and can one achieve that within the constraints of a query letter.<BR/><BR/>Actually I think it can. But this is because page turnicity is due to more than just pacing. For example, word choice can increase tension and thus page turnicity (henceforth to be known as pt). <BR/><BR/>I guess I was thinking along the lines of how gripping a novel is, and I think, hopefully, that a query letter should have the same effect. We should read a query and think, man, do I want to read that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1153408963752265452006-07-20T11:22:00.000-04:002006-07-20T11:22:00.000-04:00I liked # 5 muchly! The sleepwalkin soldier is a ...I liked # 5 muchly! The sleepwalkin soldier is a neat idea, and totally within the constraints of 'possible'...<BR/><BR/>If you aint writing this story oh Author of 5, may I?<BR/><BR/>It really would make a hellacious book.magzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02351879762711676150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1153407167911943452006-07-20T10:52:00.000-04:002006-07-20T10:52:00.000-04:00Drat, someone beat me to Harold and the goddess of...Drat, someone beat me to Harold and the goddess of sleep! I'm gonna have to get faster on these fake plots. :-)<BR/><BR/>At least there's still Pumpkin James!<BR/><BR/>I think this is an interesting premise, and I'm with EE: details, man, details! Show some more of the story. This could be good. :-)s.w. vaughnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102544611773720262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1153401858424028792006-07-20T09:24:00.000-04:002006-07-20T09:24:00.000-04:00For me a "page-turner" is a book so boring and so ...For me a "page-turner" is a book so boring and so poorly written that I begin scanning only the first line of each paragraph. It's a real page-turner if I don't lose the thread of the story. Sometimes I don't feel like I've missed anything at all. Last time that happened: Da Vinci Code.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1153399695578250622006-07-20T08:48:00.000-04:002006-07-20T08:48:00.000-04:00I used to think fondly of my novel as a "page-turn...I used to think fondly of my novel as a "page-turner", as in a compelling read where you had to keep turning the pages to find out what happened next. Then I discovered that some people think of a "page-turner" as a book that's a fast read because there's no depth to it, so I stopped.<BR/><BR/>One person's meat is another person's anaphylactic shock.nonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00415222406280230021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1153393256147623602006-07-20T07:00:00.000-04:002006-07-20T07:00:00.000-04:00Blake Warren was once the emperor of his universe....<I>Blake Warren was once the emperor of his universe.</I> <BR/><BR/>See, this makes me think sci-fi. That's not a problem in itself, but wouldn't it be a different market for the book? (Unless the author means universe in the sense of Warren's personal space or something, in which case, ignore me.) <BR/><BR/>There's nothing in this that jumps out at me (except the self-turning pages ...). Darn the page limit :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1153384244278067772006-07-20T04:30:00.000-04:002006-07-20T04:30:00.000-04:00Wow! I've always wanted a book that had self turn...Wow! I've always wanted a book that had self turning pages! I am so lazy! If you can invent something like that, Mr. Author, I would buy it. Definetally.<BR/><BR/>And when I see the book on the shelves on the bookstore, I might give it a shot. Maybe. <BR/><BR/>According to Dictionary.com, a hamlet is:<BR/><BR/>n 1: a community of people smaller than a village [syn: crossroads] 2: the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father [syn: Hamlet] 3: a settlement smaller than a town [syn: village]<BR/><BR/>So I guess the author's definition works. Whenever I think of hamlets though, I think of greenness and pretty trees.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1153362881013007172006-07-19T22:34:00.000-04:002006-07-19T22:34:00.000-04:00don't tell us your book is a page-turner, show us....<I>don't tell us your book is a page-turner, show us...</I><BR/><BR/>Is it possible to do this within the constraints of a one-page query? A query-writer can mention specific dramatic events from the story, but page-turnicity (to coin a term) is created largely through pacing...Lightsmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00396366702192330680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1153356990781675612006-07-19T20:56:00.000-04:002006-07-19T20:56:00.000-04:00I'm not buying any book that assaults me with self...I'm not buying any book that assaults me with self-turning pages.<BR/><BR/>I'm just not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1153356385858992252006-07-19T20:46:00.000-04:002006-07-19T20:46:00.000-04:00I think we can use the same advice for query lette...I think we can use the same advice for query letters as for writing: don't tell - show...don't tell us your book is a page-turner, show us...of course, that means sharing some pertinent details of the plot as EE pointed out (as only he can).<BR/><BR/>altar boy - loved the Abominable Agent bit.<BR/><BR/>EE - I laugh every time I read your blog...thanks for giving me many much needed moments of hilarity. (off to light candles to shrine of EE)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1153349566712022962006-07-19T18:52:00.000-04:002006-07-19T18:52:00.000-04:00#4 was mine, and you can take it, with my blessing...#4 was mine, and you can take it, with my blessings. Of course, I fully expect to show up in the acknowledgements when you publish this future bestseller. :>Daisy Batemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031425541717458261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1153347094470408472006-07-19T18:11:00.000-04:002006-07-19T18:11:00.000-04:00#4 is a pretty good idea, actually. If the origin...#4 is a pretty good idea, actually. If the original poster has no objections, I'd like to take that one and run with it...erm, somewhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1153340458832555622006-07-19T16:20:00.000-04:002006-07-19T16:20:00.000-04:00Are you sure you want to call your book 'Sleepwalk...Are you sure you want to call your book 'Sleepwalking'? What kind of reviews would you be opening yourself up for? <BR/><BR/>Though I'd give major props to the author brave enough to call his book, 'Snore.'Novelusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07446059248591407659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1153335028100172242006-07-19T14:50:00.000-04:002006-07-19T14:50:00.000-04:00My agent was recently forced to close her agency d...<I>My agent was recently forced to close her agency due to a debilitating illness. [No need to include this.]</I><BR/><BR/>Don't listen to Evil Editor. If anything, you need to <I>expand</I> it. Perhaps something like this:<BR/><BR/>My agent, Jane Smith, was once the empress of her own agenting universe. Now debilitated by a terrible illness, she laments over the agency she was forced to close and the revenue she once earned. Desperation commands her to take part in an experiment that will lead her down a path of malevolence and self-destruction: She is starting her own blog, on which she will be known as...Abominable Agent.Lightsmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00396366702192330680noreply@blogger.com