Thursday, December 15, 2011

Query Critique

You  might want to stop over at Matt's place at The Quintessentially Questionable Query Experiment. He's posting my query today and will critique it tomorrow.

I can't begin to tell you how nervous this makes me.

When my daughter was in 6th grade she'd just moved to a new school and decided to run for class president. She told me if she didn't run, there's be no chance she could win. And she wanted the chance.

There's nothing like having an 11-year-old teach you a life lesson.

She won, by the way. I expect this to be a winning experience from what I learn. There really is benefit in finding out what you're not doing right or could do better.

18 comments:

  1. Matt does such a good job - excited to hear what he says :)

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  2. Congratulations for taking that step. I'll pop over and take a look (though I notice it didn't show up on my feeder-reader, so maybe it's not up yet). Susan is right. From my reading over at Matt's, he's really good, and the additional commenters are usually good, too.

    Your daughter has guts. It's hard enough running when everyone in the school knows who you are. I suppose it was a good way to meet people.

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  3. So true, never know until you try and always good to learn some new tips.

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  4. Good for your daughter! And don't be worried. Matthew does a great job with query letters.

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  5. Kudos to you, Donna. I clicked over and it looks like you've got a great story going on. I'm sure you'll be following in your daughter's footsteps with a winning situation :)

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  6. Fight the fear! I'm off to check it out.

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  7. You will do great, no matter what. Good job getting it critiqued!

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  8. Exactly. Just like that Wayne Gretzky quote.

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  9. Sounds like an awesome daughter. Those life lessons can come from anywhere. Can't wait to hop over to see your query. What a cool thing he has going on over there.

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  10. Sounds like your daughter is a smart little gal. I'll cross my fingers for you!

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  11. It's amazing how wise children can be:) Good luck!

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  12. Amazing the things we can learn from our kids.

    I still think it's so great you're getting your query critiqued. And so hard to do--you are awesome!

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  13. That is very inspirational! Kids are amazing :)

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  14. I read your new query; it has changed quite a bit from when I last saw it. I hope you get the feedback you want. Good luck.

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  15. Hi Donna, new follower from Matt's blog. The query was interesting, can't wait to read the comments!

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  16. Donna, you're so brave! Here's to hoping you receive wonderful feedback tomorrow. :)

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  17. Kids are the best. It's amazing how much they teach us and they don't even mean to. :) Hopping over to see your query! :)

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  18. You always comeback with innovative new tips.



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