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Hey, everyone. I stumbled across this writing community and I am excited to join. At first glance there seems to be a lot of helpful resources. A bit about me, I completed my first novel (107,000 words) this year and it turned out decent, but I think it is more of a practice novel. I am halfway through my next novel and have submitted a few short stories to writing competitions. I tend to write thrillers, horror and sci-fi.

Has anyone else found that writing a Query Letter is harder than writing their novel?
 

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Oh, gawd, queries are the pits. I can do one, just barely, but the mental anguish I give the query exceeds that of a giant-ass book.

Clearly you are among you own kind, right? Welcome to you.

Maryn, writing a lot these days
 

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Oh, gawd, queries are the pits. I can do one, just barely, but the mental anguish I give the query exceeds that of a giant-ass book.

Clearly you are among you own kind, right? Welcome to you.

Maryn, writing a lot these days

Every time I write a query I feel like I lose a piece of my soul. But, I did write one for my current novel that seems better than all of my previous attempts. When I am ready to submit my novel, I will post the query for review and find out how I was totally wrong!