In this free training guide you'll discover everything you want
know about query letters — and everything you wouldn't know to ask.
Whether we're
talking about your query letter, nonfiction proposal, or book cover, it needs to be professional to appeal to readers, agents, and / or publishers.
That's because there's a lot of conflicting
information about query letters: in books; on the Internet; and taught by publishing professionals at seminars, workshops, and writer events.
The excerpts below are simply short excerpts from the much more detailed author success
stories about query letters that worked for authors who used the query letter writing strategies on this website.
Most of the information
published about queries (in books and online) is inadequate (it's not completely wrong, but it only paints half the picture).
That's because literary agents have the experience and skill to make quick
decisions about query letters.
I can't spend my life writing
tips about query letters, but I do it, and if you read my blog, you can get a lot of good information.
I started to
read about query letters, researched agents, and then sent out a bunch of emails.
This training answers the most common questions asked by
authors about query letters: What is a query letter?
They argued that the public would normally consult an accountant, lawyer or the
Revenue about a query rather than turn to the primary legislation.
This free training guide reveals everything you ever wanted
know about query letters — and everything you don't even know to ask.
This query letter blog by a former literary agency president has agent query advice,
stories about queries that worked, and feedback on query letters.
Erika Armstrong — This author success story is part of an article series
about Query Letters that Worked on our Query Letter Blog.
You can
learn about queries for non-fiction submissions in this post and how to write a non-fiction book proposal in this post.
Marni Battista — This author success story is part of a
series about Query Letters that Worked on our Query Letter Blog.
Scroll below to learn
more about the query letter sample structure that you can use to get literary agencies fighting over the chance to represent you and your book.
Since I've been doing nothing but
blogging about queries for the last week, what better way to celebrate the release of her debut novel than to share Stacey's original query letter (with permission of course!)
While researching query letters for my free Tuesday Topic educational teleseminar, A Writer's Guide to Query Letters, I'm presenting tomorrow at 4:00 PM EST, I ran across a very strong
book about query letters.
By now it should be axiomatic that surveys and polls tell us as much about the people who conduct them as they
do about those they query.
The success stories
below about query letters that worked were provided by authors of all book genres (fiction, nonfiction, and children's books).
Forums for authors with traditional publishing aspirations have long been peppered with
threads about the query grind, the rejection letters and emails that pile up from agents and publishers, and the desire to quit and give up on the hopes of ever making it as a writer.
How to Write a Query Letter — This section of our
website about query letters includes a FREE 15 - part guide on writing a Query Letter.
If you want Mark to give you
feedback about your query letter (or anything else), schedule a 1 - hour introductory coaching call.
Noah has appeared across the country at graduate programs and writing conferences
speaking about query letters, building nonfiction platforms and submission etiquette.
One of our most beloved Story Spot readers sent in a
question about query letters that many of you — whatever form your work takes — may find helpful (let us know if you do!)
(It took me less than an hour to collect over fifty examples of agents
bitching about query letters and other writer failings.)