Happy hooker crapometer? Anyone?

K1P1 · Nov 19, 2006

Happy Hooker as in the crochet book? Crochet is really really big right now and there are almost no titles in print, so I say go for it.

C.bronco · Dec 15, 2006

I did it! I sent my hook. I'm so excited.

Rolling Thunder · Dec 15, 2006

Better hurry. The sub window closes at 8 a.m. Saturday morning.

mistri · Dec 15, 2006

I was number 6 *cringes*

C.bronco · Dec 15, 2006

I haven't gotten my # yet... sent it 5 minutes ago. I had to tuck in my son first. I'll let you know what I got & will look out for yours!

C.bronco · Dec 15, 2006

ooooh! Still waiting for my number. I'd better just sign off and have a beer. I'm sure it will be there in the morning. I can't believe how quickly Miss Snark is getting the hooks up... she's at 20 already.
Mistri, I wished you used the full 250 because yours sounded interesting, banned perfumes & all.

AnnieColleen · Dec 15, 2006

No number here either. Patiently waiting. No, really.

mistri · Dec 16, 2006

Yeah, that was my downfall, C.bronco. Good thing I haven't sent that out to any one yet

mistri · Dec 16, 2006

I was also number 52, and that one fared a little better - I actually thought it would be the other way around

aruna · Dec 16, 2006

Hey Misty, IMO number 52 is the BEST till now. I was just reading from the top (after reading the first 50 earlier) and number 52 is really the only one that grabbed me - even though it's not in a genre I read. I almost commented, but decided against it. Nice to discover that it's yours! Some of the entries drive me to despair. Poor, brave Miss Snark! And she's got hundreds more to go.

Julie Worth · Dec 16, 2006

aruna said:
Hey Misty, IMO number 52 is the BEST till now. I was just reading from the top (after reading the first 50 earlier) and number 52 is really the only one that grabbed me - even though it's not in a genre I read. I almost commented, but decided against it. Nice to discover that it's yours! Some of the entries drive me to despair. Poor, brave Miss Snark! And she's got hundreds more to go.

Sounds similiar to The Man in the Iron Mask .

Provrb1810meggy · Dec 16, 2006

I was 46. Snark's comments weren't really that helpful, well, unless I wanted to totally rework the plot of my book, which I don't. She basically said it's outdated and worked for Clueless, not for me. I've actually never seen Clueless.

Oh well. It's nice of Miss Snark to do this in the first place, so I should be happy I got any feedback at all.

mistri · Dec 16, 2006

Heh, well n.52 is something I wrote three years ago. If she asks me for pages (I'm not sure whether saying it's a hook is the same as asking) I've got some slightly dodgy writing to edit

Good luck and congrats to all the other crapometer adventurers

(Provrb: you got a good comment - in the comment section

- though!)

K-Mark · Dec 16, 2006

Provrb1810meggy said:
I was 46. .

I liked that one. Sounds like it would be fun.

Thump · Dec 16, 2006

Meh...I was so busy with a college paper that I forgot to send in my hook >.< ! Dang!

Talia · Dec 16, 2006

brutus - i understood the crapometer was for fiction only...

brutus · Dec 16, 2006

C.bronco · Dec 16, 2006

et tu brute? I read yours, don't giveup. My problem is every hook I write sounds like a totallly different book.
I'm # 266!!!!!
Can't wait until tomorrow!

aruna · Dec 16, 2006

I don;t know how she does it. I find it difficult to read any more - which is a pity for the ones that come later. I probably just skim them, apart form the winners.

Stacia Kane · Dec 17, 2006

I was #100! I'm so excited!

aruna · Dec 17, 2006

Congratulations, DQ! And sounds that there's an agent interested "if the writing is good". Could be Jennay Rappaport; she did that with another of the crapometers.

Stacia Kane · Dec 17, 2006

aruna said:
Congratulations, DQ! And sounds that there's an agent interested "if the writing is good". Could be Jennay Rappaport; she did that with another of the crapometers.

I know, I saw that and I'm terrified.

The book has only been through one edit so far! I didn't plan to start querying until February.

(Of course, it good just be some anon making a comment, so I'm trying not to freak out.)

icerose · Dec 17, 2006

I'm number 586. It's going to be a while and I'm already cringing. I'm pretty sure I know what she's going to say too judging from other comments she's made.

"This isn't a hook, it's a synopsis."

So we'll see.

MadScientistMatt · Dec 17, 2006

I've got a number too, but it's for a novel, not my nonfiction work. It's number 186, and while it isn't a synopsis, I realized she really doesn't like hooks that emphasize dangers to just the protagonist. There is a lot more at stake in my book - I think I may have just made the hook a bit too personal.

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