Write Well: On critique groups, queries, and quoting song lyrics.
#14
Word of the Week: truculent (TRUCK-u-lent).
Threatening or sullen. The teenage boy wore a truculent look, and I feared he might mug me in a dark alley.
Writer’s Word of the Week: Query letter or email.
A query letter is a one-page letter sent to the acquisitions editor of a publisher or magazine to see if he or she would be interested in seeing your article or book proposal. In this letter, the writer gives a brief summation of the article or the book, mentions any previous writing credits, and lets the editor know how quickly the article or proposal could be submitted.
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