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Click here to see this stellar literary agent query letter example in my Get a Book Agent Guide.

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Carol does all three expertly in this literary agent query letter example: 1) Demonstrate the fact that you're knowledgeable about your target market and competition, 2) Show that you've incorporated, and capitalized on, certain things that are trendy or that other authors have done successfully, and 3) Explain how you're also doing something fresh and unique.

Demonstrate your understanding of your target market, the way Carol did in her stunning literary agent query letter example.

Scroll below to find out how you can write a great literary agent query letter.

The first step in learning how to write a book proposal (for any type of book), is realizing that a book proposal is basically an expanded (much longer version) of a literary agent query letter.

Carol used an unconventional format (with bullet points) in this literary agent query letter example, but content is king.

Your manuscript (or partial) better be accompanied by a literary agent query letter (although, in this case, it would be more accurate to call it a «cover» letter).

The first type of person giving authors advice about the best way to write a literary agent query letter is easy for most writers to ignore.

There are five types of people in the world giving advice to authors about how to write a literary agent query letter (including book agents).

Just because someone might know more than you about the publishing industry doesn't mean they know how to write a successful literary agent query letter.

Now that you've read my warning about literary agent query letter «experts,» click here for important information about Query Letter Examples.

In other words, just because someone is CEO for a Fortune 500 company doesn't mean he or she can write an effective literary agent query letter.

That means the best literary agent query letters craft sentences with multiple layers of meaning (to make the most use of the space).

Not exact matches

And fifteen years ago when I wrote my first manuscript, that's where my query letters to literary agents went to die.

Then make your literary agent first five pages as good as they can be, improve your pitch (query letter, etc.), and be persistent.

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Although literary agents don't agree on many things when it comes to query letters, the best query letter length is something that all book agents DO agree on.

An agent query is simply a «pitch letter» that writers submit to literary agents, book publishers, and / or magazine editors.

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Some literary agencies don't accept agent query letters by email or postal mail.

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That's because they're using the outdated query letter template that's been around since literary agents appeared in publishing in the 1800s.

This article is part of a free 15 - part tutorial about How to Write a Query Letter, written by Mark Malatesta, a former literary agent and former Marketing & Licensing Manager of a well - known book publisher.

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Writing a query letter that stands out from the thousands of other queries read by literary agents every month isn't easy, but it can be done.

In other words, the sole purpose of a query letter is to «sell» or «promote» your finished book (or book idea) to literary agents.

In addition to what I mentioned above in terms of what attracts a literary agent to an author, once an author has gone as far as they can go with the writing / editing of the manuscript and honed in on a knock - out query letter / hook, then it is time to begin the process of querying a literary agent.

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The directory will let you find authors» literary agents that are members of the AAR, and determine every agent's preferred query letter method: email, postal mail, and / or online form.

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Where can you find a sample successful query letter that you can learn from and model — so you can get a top literary agent, publisher, and book deal?

These author case studies are part of our free training about How to Write a Successful Query Letter and Query Letter Blog written by a former literary agent, former AAR member, and former Marketing & Licensing Manager for a well - known book publisher.

It's part of a free 15 - part training guide about How to Write a Query Letter by Mark Malatesta, a former literary agent and former Marketing & Licensing Manager of a well - known book publisher.

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There are 125 different things you can say (or, in some cases, not say) when writing a query letter that will get literary agents to trust you — most authors are only aware of a few.

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Sometimes literary agents will invite you (on their website) to include a synopsis (see Query Letter vs Book Synopsis) and / or sample manuscript pages with your qQuery Letter vs Book Synopsis) and / or sample manuscript pages with your queryquery.

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you already know that a query letter is a piece of correspondence (sent by email or postal mail) that's designed to get top literary agents fighting over the opportunity to represent you and your book (s).

Query Letters that Worked — Why do some agent queries get the attention of top literary agents, while others fail — resulting in only rejection letters?

And, if you haven't already done so, make sure you click here to read our free 15 - part How to Write a Query Letter Training by a former literary agent, former AAR member, and former Marketing & Licensing Manager for a well - known book publisher.

Fitting everything into one page or less in a query letter isn't easy, so don't waste precious space telling literary agents things they already know.