Sentences with phrase «other agent queries»

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Did you know that many authors, literary agents, and other publishing professionals give bad advice about how to write agent queries?

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?

My agent told me that she had so many other things to do the day my query came in, but she had to dig into my proposal.

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 other words, many years ago, if you were an author who wanted to query certain agents, you had to pay them $ 100 - 350 for the privilege of having them consider representing you.

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

Your consulting taught me how to write the best agent query and you helped me to see light on the other side of the tunnel when I was not in an enviable situation.

In other words, your goal when writing a query letter should simply be: 1) Get your foot in the door; 2) Make agents curious to know more; and 3) Get agents to trust you.

It was included in the Writer's Digest Books Guide to Literary Agents as a sample query letter for other authors to learn from.

3) Your query letter should include previous representation credits, and any other information to help writers make the right agent choice for their careers.

(For example, some agents have you send the first few pages as part of the body of your email while others don't want to see anything but your query.)

My consistent experiences with agents over the years (I've worked with four and have queried many others) is that they typically declare my work unsaleable (rejecting it if I'm querying them, refusing to send it out if I'm a client)... and then I go sell it myself.

The agent / editor query letter critique sessions were so fun — it's something you don't have at other conferences, and was my favorite part of the whole conference.»

There are plenty of sites and forums with other querying writers (AbsoluteWrite is one) to help you summarize your novel in a way that helps an agent see exactly what your book is about without new confusions or questions arising.

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.

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People in this category include other book authors (including those who've written one successful query letter that got them an agent).

I'm also going to show you why successful authors, literary agents, and other publishing insiders often disagree about the best way to write a query letter.

As have thousands of other writers, I followed the «acceptable» route of finding an agent (an almost impossible endeavor unless one is a politician or star of considerable note), sending out numerous query letters, and waiting for the inevitable letters of rejection.

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.

No agents and querying, but a thousand other things are in the works.

For the record, I was never able to snag an agent, either through the query process or through the Agentfest meat market, or any other way.

Query letters that are not personalized, or queries with 30 other agents copied on the same email are giveaways.

Presently, I'm in a small face - to - face critique group, just four of us, and these other three have read my novel, some short stories, and a few versions of my agent query letter.

For others, it's agents rejecting our novels at the query letter, partial, or full manuscript stage.

We write custom query letters to agents, publishers, literary magazines, commercial magazines and other appropriate markets

View the query letters of other writers (if the author makes it public) and sort them on a per - agent basis so you can see just what that agent likes or dislikes in a query.

As of this moment, five manuscript critique spots and 25 pitch spots with various acquisition editors and literary agents are available, and our other activities all have some open seats: the workshop on legal issues for writers, query letter critique, editor Q&A panel, and agent Q&A panel.

I revised my query letter and sent it to other agents.

I repeated the process and queried other agents.

I have a novel that I will be querying soon, but other people's experiences with agents and publishers don't give me much hope that my book will sell.

Unlike other conferences, the Writer Unboxed UnConference will not focus on the business of writing; there will be zero (zip, nada) sessions on finding agents or writing query letters or building platform.

As stated earlier, the agent or editor has a few seconds to devote to your query letter or email before moving on to the other hundred she received that day.

Some agents say they want query letters with the synopsis and the first chapter of a book; others say «query with first 50 pages.»

Remember the agent reads many query letters from other writers so find a way to make yours stand out.

In most cases, the agents who reject you can't distinguish you from the many other authors who have queried them.

These agents want only a query letter and don't take excerpts or other parts of your manuscript.

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.

Months and months if not years are spent on new versions, writing query letters and submitting to agents or publishers, and a fortune spent on going conferences (eg SCBWI — the international Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators) where manuscripts can be discussed with Top 5 editors and other industry professionals, and further expertise developed.

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QUESTION: What other elements do you think are important to have on your website when querying literary agents?

Writers who harass agents because they didn't get a response to their query, or berate editors for rejecting them or leave other writers nasty reviews, should not be surprised that they have to resort to dubious means to get noticed.

QT also streamlines the process for writers and authors to manage their queries as well as connect and share information about agents and publishers with other writers.

I think the other problem is that a lot of the writers who query agents would belong on the equivalent list of Agent Beware.

Suggested services: 1) Pre-publication: coaching / concept development; developmental editing; 2) Nonfiction query materials: comprehensive nonfiction proposal, query letter, agent contact list, and directions for submitting to agents; 3) Pre-promotion: marketing plan showing an author / business web site, blog site, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, other related professional sites; expert articles / guest blogs, web traffic / readership development, preliminary PR for endorsements and reviews, sites for distribution and sales.

Suggested services: 1) Pre-publication: Pre-pub: manuscript review / substantive editing, copy editing, proofing; 2) Fiction query materials: synopsis, query letter, agent contact list and directions for submitting to agents; 3) Pre-promotion: develop a marketing plan to include creating reader interest on Facebook, blog, Twitter, other related sites; expert articles / guest blogs, etc. preliminary PR for endorsements and reviews.

Although I may be particularly outspoken about voicemail, you know there are others out there who agree — like some of the journalists we pitch, for example (or literary agents receiving hundreds of queries from writers).

Most agents assume that you are querying other agents, and if they expect exclusivity, they're not agents I want to deal with.

As a former magazine writer and editor, I pay special attention to queries from journalists and columnists, and I believe many other agents do, too.