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This may be the wrong place to post this... I hope not.
I have written - re-written and am re-writing my query letter again. Have gotten some professional (quick) advice and am now stuck after receiving feedback.
The problem is my memoir "Delaney Skye" does not fit into a neat box which is what I seem to be urged to do with it, at least in the query letter. It's driving me bonkers! It's about me dealing with grief and guilt, about overcoming my own prejudices, it touches on political "hot topics", my muse is my daughter with Down syndrome - she is my teacher and the catalyst for change in my heart... and she wasn't even supposed to be mine.
When I get feedback from professionals they say - Ok so your audience is "political" or its for women who are "surrogates", or people dealing with "grief", or your audience is the "Down syndrome community" ? I am asked - which one is it? I am urged to write the query as such.
WELL IT'S ALL OF THE ABOVE...
How do I deal with this? I hate putting it into a box when it really is about all of those things.
I have written - re-written and am re-writing my query letter again. Have gotten some professional (quick) advice and am now stuck after receiving feedback.
The problem is my memoir "Delaney Skye" does not fit into a neat box which is what I seem to be urged to do with it, at least in the query letter. It's driving me bonkers! It's about me dealing with grief and guilt, about overcoming my own prejudices, it touches on political "hot topics", my muse is my daughter with Down syndrome - she is my teacher and the catalyst for change in my heart... and she wasn't even supposed to be mine.
When I get feedback from professionals they say - Ok so your audience is "political" or its for women who are "surrogates", or people dealing with "grief", or your audience is the "Down syndrome community" ? I am asked - which one is it? I am urged to write the query as such.
WELL IT'S ALL OF THE ABOVE...
How do I deal with this? I hate putting it into a box when it really is about all of those things.