THE NEVER ENDING QUERY

 I have a killer query!

Or at least I think I do.

But then…

Tomorrow…

Tonight…

And even just a few minutes from now…

I could change my mind (and query letter)…

Again!

Does it ever end?

Does the doubt ever go away?

Will I ever find the perfect pitch?

For heaven’s sake!

How could I love one version of my query letter…

Submit to a few agents…

Only to look at that same query letter after I’ve come back from a relaxing weekend…

(And two rejections)

And think…

YUCK! IT STINKS!

“You’re over analyzing,” one friend said.

Really?

You get one shot.

ONE!

If it’s a stinker…

Well, then…

This query will be stinking up the nostrils of many, many agents.

“Then write another book,” another friend said.

“But I know this story is a winner! I feel it in my bones,” I answer.

“Maybe you’re getting arthritis.”

“Not funny.”

But she might have a point.

I need to send this latest version of my query letter to all pertinent agents…

Before old age and arthritis set in and…

I can’t even sign my name to the letter.

Always, Em-Musing