An anonymous "erotic romance editor" posts on her blog some of the common mistakes writers make on the query letters they send her. Here’s one of them…
You start your cover
letter with "I know you say no underage sex in your novels, but I think
you will agree that in this post armageddon futuristic, 13 is the age
of consent."
How Not to Get Published No. 32,120
Thanks to Lee Goldberg’s recommendation, The Red Pen Diaries is my new Saturday night thing. It’s the anonymous blog of an editor of erotic romance, her observations of the writing
Looks like you aren’t the only one getting mail from people who just don’t get it.
Just go to a writers forum and read the queries offered up. Ooh boy.