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See, I forgot Bianca was in here.

So it's already started, the shenanigans.

Thank you, Carly, for reading that query letter.

What was the word count?

And what did you think of the query letter?

Is it that old?

Oh, wow.

No, I'm not.

I'm not even doubting you.

I'm just like surprised that time went by that fast.

Yeah.

Yeah, no, I 100% see what you're saying.

I think that sometimes when we request a full and read it, especially when the quality of the writing is as strong as it is here, we can often find what's sparkly and special as we're reading the full, and that's amazing.

But part of what we do on this podcast is be really honest with writers about how to stand out and how to really up your chances in this competitive industry.

And

Not everyone will have the time, energy, brainpower, cognitive ability to read the full and find that sparkly special.

And maybe you already know.

Maybe you're listening to us and you're going, oh, I know exactly what it is.

I just didn't add it to the query letter because of maybe word count.

And so we're encouraging you to add that, right?