Two years ago, I meandered the Internets looking for advice on how to write a query letter.I discovered Evil Editor through Miss Snark's brilliant agent blog. He had just started up, and it didn't take me long to cruise through his first few posts.
Hey. Funny guy. I figured I'd send along my query to see if it measured up. On May 26, 2006, Face-Lift 36 (Hey, that's three sixes!) he posted his critique for my query of The Space Between (Hey, buy a copy - I get such a thrill when my Amazon ranking sinks below a million). Scroll down to see the entry. I laughed so hard I started crying. I printed out the post and ran all over the office showing it to my comrades. I was such a cyber-newb back then...
That was when I became a Minion. I visited regularly, offered comments and used EE's suggestions for my own queries and first pages. The other minions gave lots of advice and laughs.
Today is EE's Second Blog Anniversary. A couple of the Minions (Phoenix and Robin) have set up a special surprise celebration page here. Through Wednesday April 23 and Thursday April 24, you can drop by and offer congratulations, play a few games and win some great prizes. I provided a custom watercolour painting as a prize, depicting my take on the true identity of EE. True, it's not Quagmire but my imagination tends to drift sometimes.
And now, here's the first thing I thought of while thinking up a tribute for The Evil One:
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The "special surprise celebration page" is by invitation only.
It works now, Stephen. It was set to fire up at 7am Eastern Time in North America. I posted around midnight last night because I wanted this to be up first thing in the morning.
Hello, Chumplet! I had to post a comment about EE's assessment of The Space Between.
Funny, in a good way.
Okay, I'm going back to lurking now, and watching hockey. Still waiting to see which team my beloved Penguins is facing next.
Ciao!
Michelle
Now I can't get that song out of my head.
I'm with EE. Why oh why did I click "play"? Lovely tribute.
Oh Lord, girl. I'll be humming that all day! Good one, sweetie.
Bwahahahahaha! That was part of my evil plan!
Hi Michelle - I wonder who will play against my beloved Habs?
The Habs play the Flyers tommorrow.
Hi! Can I get your email address to send my address? Rather not post it on the web. Call me paranoid. I'm just so excited I won! Hooray for me! Hooray for you for giving me a prize!
Hm, that's a chinny, chin chin.
My email address is in my profile at the sidebar, Kiersten. Just send the info there and I'll get it. Enjoy the painting!
Just hopped over to EE's to read... that was so funny! But like mlh says, in a good way.
I found EE the same way - when Snark recommended him. I didn't hang around much because I was well past the querying stage, but I trotted over every so often just for a laugh or two.
Time flies.
Great post!! Nice job!
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