First Query Letter is out! and other random bits of nonsense.

Or should I say, Query Email. Frankly, it doesn't have the same impact. Emails are a far more expeditious and common method of communication, but not nearly as elegant. The majority of these things will be sent out in letter format, but I will be holding off until the move to my new apartment is done.

Seems like the only real method I can rely on is what people have termed 'carpet bombing'. Every writer with a Query Letter tends to send out single ones at first, then slowly degrades into sending out hundreds of them at a time. The Law of Averages states someone somewhere will read one and get interested enough to ask for the manuscript. I hope.

My brother keeps telling me his sweetheart has some friends in the industry as well, so I've decided to bother her. 'Never be too proud to ask for help', is a wise set of words I ill be putting into my next book.

It occurred to me that when I started my blog, I never explained what my book was about. Since the whole point of this blog is to make you curious enough to read the book, may I say 'Oops!'

It starts out with the hero being left to die in a burning fire with no memory of who he was. His mentor (who is also the person who rescued him) is something of a madman. Oh and this savior/mentor also happens to be the greatest hero in the world. After training, our hero is let out to find his own destiny, which gets him involved in all sorts of adventures.

And thus being a capable hero, I had to play against trope with him. For example, he is terribly bad at making puns (so no great one liners), not very good with women (yet still adorable or so I am told), and keeps trying to talk enemies down with nothing but the power of his reputation (of which he has none). Naturally, he runs into a a female love interest, terrible enemies. ect. ect.

Ironically, for a kick-ass story, it addresses a lot of themes that I really didn't consider while I was making it. This makes me happy, as I turned out to be smarter than I realized (or than everyone else has realized, or that school testing has shown me to be). On its face, its the usual 'unorthodox heroes vs a power mad dictator' adventure stuff you find on a lot of shelves. But the story as a whole will address themes you won't recognize until the third book. Here is a brief list: How do you measure life, how religion can be manipulated by a person or people for selfish and political ends, the nature of sacrifice, time finds a way, everyone has a destiny.

Hopefully, these little teaser bits should motivate you to buy it when it comes out.

Link Lunacy!

- Seanbaby again! This guy doesn't know how NOT to be funny.
- I am very Libertarian, so I read Reason Magazine.
- If you haven't played Shadow of the Colossus, play it now. right now. Like before you read the rest of this post. If I made works of art this good, i'd be rich.
- Today's funny pic is related to Shadow of the Colossus: