I recently did something
for the first time in a couple of years: I submitted a story. As of the posting of this, I’m still waiting
to hear back. But the submission process
brought back the scourge of many writers: the cover letter. I don’t care for cover letters. I prefer sites that just have a form you fill
out with your name, story title, word count, etc. and they either take your
story or they don’t, and that’s it. For
me, cover letters are like the About Me section on dating sites. How do I make myself sound interesting
without outright lying, and the feeling that no matter what I do, it’s wrong.
Fortunately, the place I
submitted to only wanted a brief bio, which, couldn’t that wait until after they
buy a story? Anyway, some years ago I wrote
a couple brief bios so I could pick the best one for the situation. Which is great, except I couldn’t remember
which folder I put them in, so I had to rewrite a bio.
So my tip is to prewrite
a couple bios which you can just copy and paste into cover letters, maybe with
some slight adjustments, and to keep them in a place you will remember.
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