Beginning With The Three Cs
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How does the episode introduce sponsors and why does Chime matter to writers?
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Hi everyone, welcome back to another Books with Hooks segment. As per usual, we are diving straight in. Carly, will you please kick us off with your query letter?
Dear Teesnot Yaw crew, thank you for continuously providing writers a space to learn and grow with valuable resources each week. I've been an avid listener for four years. This podcast has greatly impacted my writing for the better. I've queried 20 agents for this project, but have received a combination of form rejections or no responses. Since then, I've rewritten my query letter and rewrote the beginning of my manuscript as perhaps I was starting in the wrong place. Your insights and critiques would be of great value to me before I begin another round of querying. Thank you so much for your time and for continuing to create my favorite podcast. I mean it. I'm not trying to flatter you guys. LOL. Anyway, let's get to the query letter.
Dear Carly, based on your interest in emotional, well-paced stories, I'm seeking representation for my debut romance novel, Summers at Blossom, complete at 93,000 words. Told in dual timelines, readers of Carly Fortune's Every Summer After and Christina Lauren's Love and Other Words will devour the second chance romance set in the Midwest. After ending her engagement minutes before the wedding, Ruby Rhubarb Blossom runs to the one place she never thought she'd return to, Blossom Manor, her estranged aunt's vineyard estate. Rather than return home and answer questions about why she left, Ruby strikes a deal with her aunt. She'll live on the quaint northern Michigan peninsula for two months, but in return she must plan the 4th of July fundraiser for the vineyard.
What should be an easy task proves more difficult when Ruby discovers Milo Anders, her first love, to be the property manager and her right-hand man in event planning.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
How does the episode introduce sponsors and why does Chime matter to writers?
0:00–7:58
2
What is the Books with Hooks segment and how do hosts set up critiques?
7:58–12:10
3
How is the query for Summers at Blossom structured and what initial red flags appear?
12:10–28:18
4
Why do agents question the stakes, structure, and title of the romance query?
28:18–38:12
5
How should the author tighten the romance query and improve clarity between timelines?
38:12–43:30