Query letters -- How to write pitch paragraphs

I want to give a heads up to the writers out there. My agent Kristin Nelson has a blog that's become one of the places in the publishing industry to go for information on how agents work, what works for them, and what doesn't. This week's she's just come home from the Surrey International Writers' Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This past weekend, she taught an eQuery workshop on how to write a pitch paragraph for query emails or letters. Most writers Dread (with a capital D) writing query letters, mostly because they feel they have to sum up their entire plot in a single paragraph. Not the case. Kristin's doing a mini-seminar on her blog that started last night (Tuesday) and will run through the end of the week. Her website is www.nelsonagency.com, but you can click on the "Agent Kristin" link in the list to the right and it'll take you straight to her blog. I can guarantee you it'll be advice worth its weight in gold. If you a writer getting ready to start submitting your work, you should check it out.

Update on The Trouble With Demons: Okay, so I found a slight snag in Chapter 5 (of course I did). Then I found the solution, or actually the solution slithered onto the bed next to Raine. Sarad Nukpana. Yep, Sarad Nukpana is in TTWD. Yeah, yeah, I know, he's trapped inside the Saghred at the end of MLTF. But Sarad Nukpana isn't about to let a little thing like being a disembodied soul get in the way of vengeance. ; ) He has turned into the most delicious villain. And as you writers out there know, if you get a villain that good, you hang on to him.