I’ve been living and breathing the technical and business side of writing, of late.  Over a year ago I started a Master file on agents, now I’m going over that with a fine toothed comb as I sort out which agents I should sub Popcorn Potion to, and when.  My synopsis is taking way too much time, and my query letter has snuck into my dreams.

In case you’re concerned that all this has robbed me of my child-like sense of humor, I’m including a ‘sample query’ for your perusal.  This one is particularly appropriate since I’m pretty sure that my novel includes the word snot, and may include booger as well.  All very tastefully handled, of course.

This example was written by Jay Montville and taken from the comments on a Nathan Bransford post on Query Mad Libs.

Dear Snot:

I chose to submit to you because of your wonderful taste in boogers and also because you fart.

My Uncle Karl is a snotbooger living in a toilet. But when somebody farts, Uncle Karl must go down the drain and punch Aunt Lucinda in order to pick his nose.

Uncle Karl, Snotbooger, is a 60,000 word work of young adult fiction. This is my first novel.

Thank you for your time, and I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Jay

It’s probably a sure sign that I’ve been staying up too late, but this had me laughing ’til tears ran down my cheeks.  Pathetic, just pathetic. 😛