They are looking for a sale so remember to include
in your query letter why your genre and in particular your book is in huge demand.
Not exact matches
Query Letters that Worked —
Why do some agent
queries get the attention of top literary agents, while others fail — resulting
in only rejection
letters?
I give these
in order to help authors figure out
why they're receiving rejections, or how they may improve their
query letter so as to be more successful
in the future.
However, agents can assume they are not the only one receiving your
query, so
why waste precious space
in your
letter or email telling them something they already know?
Your
query letter needs to tell the agent:
Why you're writing to that particular agent, what your book is about (
in three - four sentences max), and who you are.
So, if I may borrow the next few minutes of your life, let's discuss what a
query letter is,
why it's so important, and how to write one that makes all of your hopes and dreams come true (or, at least, gets you started
in the right direction).
There are many important steps, such as learning to write a
query letter, what a
query letter needs to say, or maybe even what
in the world is a
query letter and
why is it so important?
I just sent a
query letter to an agent that had me waking up
in the middle of the night and saying, out loud, «Did I really write that sentence like I think I did, and if so,
WHY!!!!!» (by the way, yes I did, and it resulted
in the by - then - expected rejection).
In The Complete Guide to
Query Letters for Travel Writers eBook you'll learn all about query letters and why you need to use them to sell your ideas to edi
Query Letters for Travel Writers eBook you'll learn all about
query letters and why you need to use them to sell your ideas to edi
query letters and
why you need to use them to sell your ideas to editors.