Well, after my eyes fell out from researching The Perfect Query Letter, I came up with what I thought was my PQL and I wrote it down. It had all the ingredients of a PQL – the hook, the meat, the bio.
Then I passed it by some folks who, after reading their feedback on others’ queries, seemed to know what they were talking about. They ripped my PQL to pieces. Called it boring! And…I agreed. All those query letter samples I’d read left me wondering, “how did this get the attention of anyone?” and I tried to follow their example which led me to boringville. Ugh.
So I’m now starting from scratch. Apparently I’ve got some pretty good text on my website to work with, at least as a guide. We’ll see.