In my query letter, should I say that I wrote the book in 3 months to indicate that I believe I can churn future crap out as quickly? Or should I not leave myself open to the inevitable: spend more time on it so it's better crap?
No
Yes
1.19.2006
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Please, tell me this is a joke. PLEASE!
I vote for...
Joke.
If it's not. Don't tell me. Let me believe it's a joke.
Okay?
I dangle all words ending in ing
just to torment editors and agents.
I write in haste
And thank God for cut and paste.
I can't be late for my napping.
I really don't write to be published;
Only to torment those to whom I'm submitting.
Yet, I jump up and down
(and put on my best frown)
when my work is rejected.
I can't find a good rhyme
with which to finish this thing;
So now I'm kinda dejected.
Insta Poem by Rachael – Ok, what do you expect from me? It's the wee hours of the morning. Besides, I never promised you good poetry.
"I know! I'll write a romance/SFF/insert genre here. It'll be published right away, of course, because they'll publish anything and those books are all crap anyway.
"Should I let them know I can churn out this garbage fast? Because everyone knows that's what really matters in genre fiction. I think it's awful, but the people who actually read that stuff don't know any better. What an easy shortcut to publishing!"
ROFL, December. Ain't it the truth though? I have heard this line of thinking more than once and it always irritates me. I tell them to go for it. :)
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