A Minor Tweaking

Yet another query. Nothing's worked so far, might as well re-work the hook, the premise, the short synopsis.

Change the title. There's plenty of titles that would suit, and it doesn't really matter what I call the manuscript, as long as it sounds catchy and makes sense as far as the plot goes.

I swear I've queried every agent out there. So that means it's time to change the names of the main characters. Maybe the names were too clever, too confusing, too foreign, not foreign enough, etc. etc. Change for the sake of change, lest the query letter raise a recollection from one who has seen it before.

Give it a test run. Send it off to five agents who accept e-mail queries.

Get a response from one. It's an auto-response, the agent is out of the office until the fifth of September. Aren't they all? It's the last summer holiday weekend; who in their right mind would be working?

Take a break over same weekend. No one's there to read the query letter, so there's no point in thinking about it. Of course, come Monday night, it's time to print out a few snail-mail queries and get them in the mail. Catch the agents as they settle in for the winter.