I have a couple of questions about queries that I would be grateful for advice on. I've read the FAQs etc. so I'm not coming at this blindly.
I've a book coming out in a few months (contract signed, got the first bit of the money). It's non-fiction, controversial and being published anonymously. And I'm wondering if I should mention it in the query letter. I mean, it's going to sound strange.
'My first book, is a controversian non-fiction title, due to be published by NAMEOFPUBLISHER in early MONTH,' is the line I'm agonising over whether to include or not.
The second question is regarding formatting. Now according to what I've ready, a HEADER should include page number/title/author's name/date etc. The problem I'm having is that when I print the header prints the full line directly above the text on the page, in the same font no less, so it looks jumbled, confusing and ugly. I'm using OPEN OFFICE WRITER as my word processor. I can get the page number on the top left corner and that's okay but anymore and I end up with the aforementioned results.
Anyone know how to fix this in open office? So that there is automatically a bit of a gap between the header and the text? Alternatively would it do to just include the page number? (worked for my non-fiction book, but then I submitted that in Times New Roman with single spacing and unaltered margins too
)
thanks in advance
I've a book coming out in a few months (contract signed, got the first bit of the money). It's non-fiction, controversial and being published anonymously. And I'm wondering if I should mention it in the query letter. I mean, it's going to sound strange.
'My first book, is a controversian non-fiction title, due to be published by NAMEOFPUBLISHER in early MONTH,' is the line I'm agonising over whether to include or not.
The second question is regarding formatting. Now according to what I've ready, a HEADER should include page number/title/author's name/date etc. The problem I'm having is that when I print the header prints the full line directly above the text on the page, in the same font no less, so it looks jumbled, confusing and ugly. I'm using OPEN OFFICE WRITER as my word processor. I can get the page number on the top left corner and that's okay but anymore and I end up with the aforementioned results.
Anyone know how to fix this in open office? So that there is automatically a bit of a gap between the header and the text? Alternatively would it do to just include the page number? (worked for my non-fiction book, but then I submitted that in Times New Roman with single spacing and unaltered margins too
)thanks in advance
