ahh, those shots to the foot, are they painful?

We've been working on answering queries here in the Lair.

Today we got this reply to the form letter we send not requesting pages:


Not a problem. thanks for getting back to me, no hard feelings but you probably will regret your decision.


The hard truth is, even if you own the NYT Bestseller list tomorrow,  I won't remember you. And I won't remember you because you didn't tell me what the book was about.

"Story" doesn't tell me if it's fiction or non-fiction.

No plot. No characters. No choices. No stakes. ...ok, maybe this isn't a novel.

No description of a problem and a solution. No mention of platform.  Hard to see if this is non-fiction.

Even if it was a topic I cared about passionately, this would get a form rejection.


You absolutely positively must  tell me what the book is about.