Fifth in Line!

Well, I had a nice relaxing weekend. Went to Rockford where I found out Logli sells sushi (you can guess what I had for dinner that night), and don't think I'll be wanting it for a while after that binge. Then, after some window shopping, I headed over to Starbucks where I had a Strawberries and Cream Frappaccino. Today, I stood on the scale and realized I need to get my butt back in gear.

My query is at a stand still for now. After a suggestion from a fellow writer, I have submitted my query for a critique. Looking at the website, it is fifth in line to be plastered on the website and fed to the lions. Am I nervous? Just a little (if a little means my throat has dropped to my stomach and feel like I'm going to puke). I know it will be good for me, and I know it will help me form it into an even better query, but it's still nerve wrecking to see what other people will say. But let's face it, as a writer, you need to get used to judgment. Even after it's published, not everyone is going to like your book. In fact, while some will rave about it and read it over and over, some will call it a waste of time and a ridiculous storyline. If anything, this will be good practice on the bad review side, unless the guy loves it, then good for me. But let's face it, I'm still a noob, there is bound to be something I can change.

I think the thing to worries me most is that a lot of the queries I see are sometimes six paragraphs with a heck of a lot more info on their book than mine. My query is three paragraphs, the one with the brief synopsis only being three sentences... THREE! Why? Because that's what I thought they liked! I read not to go off on the whole plot in the query, to just use one little paragraph to describe the book, and that's what I did. I think it sums it up nicely, but then I read the critiques other people give these queries, and I think, "Good God, that is a heck of a lot more than what I have in mine!" So now I am a little worried I have just wasted more agents in this last batch I sent.

What can you do, I guess. Worrying isn't going to get me anywhere. I'll just take it for what it is, and keep moving forward.