My Adventures in Query Letter Hell - Round One

I have finished my latest round of edits for "The Carrion Girl"--I'm not saying "final edits" because I know that I'll have to edit it more if/when someone decides to pick it up for publication, but this is the last I'm doing before sending it out into the world. Which now means that I am at the furthest stage I've ever gotten in this writing game: the query letter.

I've successfully written one of these before, for another project that I've since put on the backburner for reasons I don't want to get into right now, but never sent it anywhere. So, once this one is ready, and I start sending it out, THAT will be the furthest I've gotten towards publishing. I guess we'll just see how much closer I can get from there.

(Yipe!)

The other part of this is I haven't written a synopsis before. Not every agency/publisher asks for one, but enough of them do that I'm going to have to figure that out as well before this adventure is over. Them things terrify me. Not sure why. I guess just because it's still new territory. A synopsis is basically a 1-3 page summary of absolutely everything that happens in the book, spoilers and all. Like an outline, but more nicely worded, so whoever's reading it can get a feel for the author's voice.

I think I find it daunting because I have issues with word count. I'm worried about making it run too long, or not long enough, even though I know I can always fix stuff like that later. (Again, yipe!)

I'll keep y'all posted. The query itself is now on Draft Two. Let's see how it goes...