Trying to get a literary agent without
a great agent query is like trying to get into a bar in a dry county on a Sunday.
Not exact matches
So, if an
agent gets
queries from two different authors who've written books in the same genre, and both projects are
great, but one author has a big social media following and the other one doesn't, who do you think the
agent is going to choose?
What a
great presentation about literary
agents, pitches, and
query letters!
Then write the
agents a fabulous one - page
query letter that reads like the
greatest flap copy in history.
My favorite publishing resources for authors include books and articles on
querying agents, submitting to publishers, finding a
great cover artist, self - publishing tasks and schedules, marketing and promoting your commercially published or self - published book, and more.
Every year,
agents, Studio Executives and Producers receive hundreds of scripts, books and
query letters from writers wanting to submit their work, so they have to filter those down into only pursuing the projects that they think would make
great films.
That's the opening line I used in Erika Armstrong's final
query letter that landed her a
great agent and subsequent book deal.
Like it or not, most literary
agents believe that a
great query letter means a
great book.
a) That further discourages the
great writers from thinking
querying is the answer, and b) Successful self - published authors know exactly why they would — and wouldn't — need an
agent.
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Agents, Paul Levine, publishing houses,
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(Besides, that's all you may get to send a literary
agent along with a
query letter, so make the first 10 pages
great.)
And the
great news is, you don't have to have an
agent when
querying most independent publishers.
That top book
agent that you're thinking about
querying might not be that
great.
Scroll below to find out how you can write a
great literary
agent query letter.
Your
Great News: Who
queried / got accepted / published /
agented / produced last month?
New York literary
agent (and President of Lukeman Literary Management Ltd) Noah Lukeman, is giving away a free ebook called HOW TO WRITE A
GREAT QUERY LETTER.
I don't know about you, but I spend
great quantities of time crafting my work, pouring my heart and soul into it, making sure it's polished and perfect, and then I have to spend an hour or so on EACH
agent's site trying to figure out what they're good for and how to send a
query letter?
One could spend hours on a
great query letter that is only given a passing glance by a busy
agent.
Most literary
agents believe that
great query letters mean
great books.
This post gives you
great advice — things you shouldn't say in your
agent query letter.
Another
great website with information about literary
agents, what they're looking for, and tips about
querying is
Query Tracker.
I have some
great writers» sayings that I admire; a handful of positive Chinese fortune - cookie blurbs; the
query letter for the novel that is currently being shopped by my
agent; a few photos that inspire me; and lastly, a short and long version of a mantra I repeat EVERY DAY (the shorter version can be recited in the car, the shower, the market, etc).
Recently, I was also interested to read Analysis of a
Great Query Letter on agent Nathan Bransford's site, which analyzed Lisa Brackmann's query letter for ROCK PAPER T
Query Letter on
agent Nathan Bransford's site, which analyzed Lisa Brackmann's
query letter for ROCK PAPER T
query letter for ROCK PAPER TIGER.
Honestly, I tried for three years to
query (using Writer's Market) for an
agent to rep me on «Strangely, Incredibly Good and Remarkably
Great», and I came close, but never succeeded.
A: Honestly, I tried for three years to
query (using Writer's Market) for an
agent to rep me on «Strangely, Incredibly Good and Remarkably
Great», and I came close, but never succeeded.
I've not long since finished my first novel and I have been
querying agents, and got some lovely responses telling me what a
great story it is but «the market is very hard to break into so I'll have to pass,» etc etc..
Her blog archive is a
great resource for sound advice on how to find and partner with the right
agent, hone your elevator pitch, write a
query letter and more.
Michael Larsen, How to Get a Literary
Agent --(yes, the Michael Larsen; literary
agent who writes
great books on getting published)-- notes that every word in your
query letter is either helping to sell your book (and you) or it isn't.
If you're aiming for a traditional publishing career and you're submitting to
agents, the hashtag #MSWL can be a
great short - cut to finding the right
agents to
query.
This year, we added a
query to our questionnaire about how franchises are preparing brokers and
agents for the future of real estate, and we heard a
great deal about new training programs and technology.