Two query letter technical writing questions. Since I get nothing but rejections, and don't yet qualify for QLH, I felt this would be an OK place for my questions:
My entire query letter is in the present, all except for an opening sentence where I set the scene by saying that the MC "came riding into that small town out West." That seems fine to me, because I'm trying to establish a point in time after which the story proceeds. In other words, I take off from there and work through the present. If that's just wrong, I'll change it, but every time I read "comes riding," I just don't like it.
Also, since my concept of the "west" is not directional, but regional, I believe that it's correct to capitalize.
I know I'll never stop learning. thx
My entire query letter is in the present, all except for an opening sentence where I set the scene by saying that the MC "came riding into that small town out West." That seems fine to me, because I'm trying to establish a point in time after which the story proceeds. In other words, I take off from there and work through the present. If that's just wrong, I'll change it, but every time I read "comes riding," I just don't like it.
Also, since my concept of the "west" is not directional, but regional, I believe that it's correct to capitalize.
I know I'll never stop learning. thx