Comments on: Query Contest: Third Place

By: Elliah Terry

Elliah Terry — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:35:08 +0000

Yay Karen and Windy!

These sound like great books! Thanks for sharing your talents with us. ; )

By: Windy A

Windy A — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:53:43 +0000

Thank you everyone! And thanks to Mary for a great opportunity!

I was definitely with Karen … I believe I actually let out a Squeeee!

By: Kathryn Apel

Kathryn Apel — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:02:36 +0000

Mary, this contest is gripping. Great idea. There’s some fantastic queries coming through and I’m not surprised you ‘cheated’ and spread the accolades around. It is enlightening, sitting inside your head and reading your responses interspersed throughout the query letters.

Congrats Windy and our squeal-ly, Aussie Karen.

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By: Patricia Puddle

Patricia Puddle — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:35:46 +0000

Congratulations to Karen and Windy. I loved both queries. And thank you Mary. Your comments are great. I’m sure learning more about query writing.

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Third place winner « The Unutterable Phrase — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:22:21 +0000

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By: Karen Collum

Karen Collum — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:06:13 +0000

Thanks everyone and thanks in particular to Mary. Did you all hear me squeal when I woke up this morning and read the good news?? I’m sure it carried across the Pacific

Mary, your feedback is invaluable. And as for the word count, I did start to wonder when I saw other MG queries with 30,000+. I think my issue arose from us not having a MG category over here. It is aimed at upper primary which is Gr 5 & 6 (but for those readers still gaining confidence) so maybe it’s lower MG or perhaps a chapter book after all?? (Note to self: come up with fantastic, vibrant, unexpected replacements for ‘adventure’ and ‘intrigue’.)

By: Sheryl Gwyther

Sheryl Gwyther — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:52:39 +0000

Congratulations, Karen and Windy. And thank you to Mary for taking the time and energy running the comp.
Have to say I’m thrilled that a fellow Australian children’s writer (Karen) made the finals. Go girl!
Sheryl Gwyther

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:46:48 +0000

Samantha — I had that thought, too, but it’s really up to the author. With some of this sneaking around and beast stuff, and depending on the age of the character, of course, it really might need to be middle grade, though.

Thanks to everyone for reading and commenting!

By: Lacey Boldyrev

Lacey Boldyrev — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:35:12 +0000

Congrats to the both of you! I’m loving these.