I’ve got to write a query letter for a project I’m submitting to Warner Brothers Animation. A little voice in my head tells me the submission stands a snowball’s chance in hell to be read in this decade, but whatever.

I fired up Word and typed the date and destination mailing address then stopped. Considering I’m a little snowball likely to melt in a pile of craptastic submissions from other riff-raff, I opened Safari for a quick Google on query letters.

I found this little gem of a site which samples, real, not-so-good query letters. Perhaps better stated: not-so-good stories (don’t blame the query letter).

Missing from the blog is an example of a good query letter which raises the question if such a thing actually exists.

I’ve been “de-computerizing” my life. What in hell does that mean? Reduce and simplify the gadgets, computers, and cables. Two weeks ago I looked at reducing the number of power chargers on my desk by getting some new tips for my Juice70 power adapter from iGo. Turns out they changed the tips and these new ones are incompatible with my setup. I called iGo (Mobility Electronics really) and explained the situation and they kindly sent me a $25 piece of equipment for free so I could use those new tips. Nice to see customer service working for the customer.

Sadly this doesn’t help to get my old tips working but why look a gift horse in the mouth.

I’m swimming in a sea of paperwork. The important stuff gets handled: paying bills, filing important documents, etc. But there’s that stuff you need/want to keep but don’t know how to classify it. For me, it becomes a stack that sits on the floor, waiting for me to use precious hours of the day on mindless filing or follow-up.

After six months I realize the pile is no smaller and the world hasn’t come to an end. So was it really that important? I could shred it (which I often do) but just maybe I’ll need something buried in that pile.

Here’s an interesting way to avoid the piles and auto-sort your paper crap by date. More after the jump.
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