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What do successful agent queries look like?

What does a successful agent query look like?

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Writers do understand and appreciate the effort that goes into looking for good writers to represent, this is how you make your living after all, and writers wish they had time to respond personally to all requests, unfortunately, this is no longer a business reality given that writers need to spend their time writing, not answering agent queries.

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Agents must first be queried by you, and publishers will 99.9 percent of the time not look at an unrepresented manuscript (if you don't have an agent who's sent it to them, they will never read it.)

Plus, you'll be able to use a lot of the information that I «pull out of you» to help you get a literary agent and publisher — it's the exact information they're looking for, designed to help you identify (and communicate) more value in your query.

He knows what query letters are supposed to look like, so I trusted his point of view and got five different offers for representation from top literary agents.

So when I wasn't at all looking for traditional any more, when I was thrilled to death with life as an indie, I find myself in the middle of the best of both worlds, with possibly the world's most perfect agent for me, falling right into my lap without ever writing a single query letter.

You will be able to see what a partciular agent is looking for, his or her specific interests or tastes, as well as exactly what to submit (query, synopsis, sample chapters) and how to submit.

One of the tricks to a good query letter is to write each one specifically to the needs of a particular agent, after you've done in - depth research to see what she's looking for.

If your query letter isn't formatted correctly or runs on for three pages, agents won't bother looking at your book manuscript.

It looks like (during the time that I was a book agent), I read approximately 60,000 queries (give or take a few thousand).

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At the time, I was thinking mostly about traditional publishing, so my perspective was someone looking to pitch to agents, including queries and «elevator pitches» (a story pitch short enough to give during an elevator ride at a writers» conference).

Jody Hedlund, whose recent blog post, in part, inspired mine, stopped by to remind me that she advised those still looking for a literary agent to query the new agents.

If you've ever looked up the agent who represented your favorite author, chances are you found that said agent «does not accept unsolicited queries.»

Looking for guidance in readying your manuscript for submission to agents or preparing stellar query materials?

Agents read queries looking for The Book: something special that publishers will snap up, making them a nifty commission, plus a share of the royalties.

Note: Keep in mind that these same concepts can be applied to the development of your marketing plan as well as your query letters, if you're looking to get picked up by an agent!

Once I looked at it that way — as an experiment and an opportunity to learn — my interest in querying literary agents dissolved.

We recently received a query that said simply: «I think I have what you're looking for after reading your interests through a google search of new literary agents.»

Then, when the time comes for you to query literary agents or submit your writing to literary journals, you'll have a substantial author platform built for agents and editors to look at and admire.

Pitch Clients looking to place their work with agents and publishers have received query letters, book proposals, juvenile submission packets, and individual pieces like bios and synopses.

Agents are looking for the negative when reading query letters.

So, the fastest way for a literary agent to go through a pile of query letters is to actually look for the negative.

However if you are a new author looking to approach an agent, Twitter is a very useful tool to enable you to get to know an agent or editors likes and dislikes, but it is NOT the place to query an agent.

The hordes of agents and editors who used to scour slushpiles and sift through query letters were all trained to know what the marketing departments were looking for, to the point that if your manuscript didn't fit a market niche or pigeon hole it had little or no chance of attracting attention.

First - time writers are often advised to query agents who are just setting up shop, since these agents are usually actively looking to build their client lists.

If your query letter to agents isn't working, hire a professional editor to look it over.

Another great website with information about literary agents, what they're looking for, and tips about querying is Query Tracker.

Once the final meeting is over, I recommend author's try to look at their query letter and synopsis from the point of view of an editor or agent who doesn't know anything about the piece.

· A critical look at query letters for agents — pick up some tips on how you approach them — and why you might need an agent

No one queries an agent unless they are looking for representation.

When researching agents, you should be looking for their submission guidelines so that you can make every query letter count.

Again, you book query made the editor / agent look, but it's the summary that will have her wanting more.

Then check QueryTracker.net for further information on the agents you've chosen and get valuable comments from other queriers.Then start Googling: look for interviews and profiles of agents to fine tune your queries.

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Of course there are a few things typical to most every day in the life of a literary agent, such as reading query letters, meeting / calls / lunches / drinks with editors and publishers as well as clients, pitching manuscripts to publishers, meeting with film / TV companies to adapt books for the screen, attending conferences / workshops, looking for new talent, etc..

I didn't have to write a query letter, look for an agent or get a hundred rejection letters.

Unfortunately I see query letters that shoot themselves in the foot, from authors who reveal themselves to be clueless about what an agent's looking for and the business realities of publishing.

Many agents field queries using their phones, so how will your letter looks on a small screen?

Don't try to get a publishing agent until you look at this successful query letter example, for authors of all book genres.

Be sure to put that information in your query letter when you're looking for an agent to represent your novel.

Realistically, you're looking at a few months of querying agents, revising your query letter, and querying some more.