s query letter package. My core thoughts were well written in the synopsis and chapter outline. I felt so lucky to work with Michelle and the rest of the team. Before submitting my draft, I was so worried because I was navigating publishing for the first time. However, I am so ...
Query Letter - A former literary agent and former AAR member reveals how to write an agent query that gets top literary agents reading.
So, if you’re writing a query letter I hope this helps! How to write a query letter For people who have a book in their head (or on their hard drive) and want to know how to get it to an agent or a publisher, you are asking the right question. If you want to publish you...
Learn how to write a query letter that will get an agent to request your manuscript. Includes an exclusive querying kit.
if they're persuasive and to the point. Let's say you want to write a book about how to be an American and you're looking to find a trade publisher willing to pay you an advance. The surest way to get your query letter thrown out is to write, "The market for this book is the...
A query letter is an outline of sorts. It is usually the first thing the agent or publisher will read, and it will determine whether or not they want to continue reading your material. Your query letter is how you’re going to sell your manuscript, so you have to be sure it’s appea...
I’m not alone. Writer/editor/publisher Moira Allen ofWriting-World.com, concurs: “I’m with you on the ‘write the article first’ procedure; I’ve always found it easier to do that. One reason, for me, is that when an idea is fresh and interesting, I want to write it. If I...
One exercise I try when reading over my query letter is to put myself in the agent’s shoes under the worst possible scenario: first thing in the morning, coffee in one hand, iPhone in the other, in the back of a cab on the way to an important meeting with a publisher, checking q...
For a query letter hook, this can be desirable. It creates some tension and invites the agent or publisher to keep reading. Normally, the hook or logline belongs at the very top of the query letter. But then what? Do you fill in the blanks with the rest of the letter? (Check out ...
If you want to send a book proposal to a publisher, you have to start with a query letter. / @DaveChessonClick To Tweet First off, self-publishing is more legitimate than ever. Don’t feel like you have to land a book deal with a traditional publisher to be a real author. (In fa...