Almost accurate, yet utterly useless

[rj_anderson]

When giving advice on how to write a good query letter, I've often heard agents and editors recommend that authors compare their ideas to something that's already out there. For instance, I've heard one paranormal romance author describe her books as "Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets James Bond". Well, I just came up with a description of Wayfarer (the sequel to Knife, which I am currently brainstorming) that amused me greatly:

"It's like Thomas Covenant meets Watership Down. With faeries."

Hee!

Comments

The book world has movie producer values?

[(Anonymous)]

That whole, "It's like Lord of the Rings, but with Bunnies" style of pitching originates in the Hollywood film scene. You can have so much fun with that. I guess music gets summed up that way too. "Heard that new Christian band?" /"No. What's it like?" / "Alanis Morisette, meets Metallica, meets Jesus".

Warren