Back again

For the first time really since my previous post, I've been able to sit down and get back on track about selling RFM. I began writing my query letter with the help of AgentQuery. I managed to make a one-sentence hook. It feels run-on to me but that might be b/c RFM is full of short, choppy sentences. Let me know what you think:

In January 1992, Seth hitchhikes to State College, Pennsylvania where he blends in with the student population, audits a poetry-writing seminar and discovers that the work, plus the personal connections he creates, can help him confront his traumatic past, stop the destructive cycle he’s been on in the three years since he’s been running and look toward to the future for the first time in his life.

That was also w/ the help of Theryn's summary when she read it.

I tried the "era/location" approach, since it's set about 15 yrs ago.

So okay, I boiled the story down into a single sentence. Now I think the 2nd pp, the synopsis, is more of a "here's what happens in what order" type of thing. Once I get that written, I'll add it to this post.

Later that afternoon...

Using the Coal Run book jacket as a template, I have my one-pp synopsis started. Why Coal Run? B/c it's my current read and when I went to rock H to sleep, I picked it up and half-memorized it for this purpose.