Sentences with phrase «querying at every writers conference»

They take all the workshops on querying at every writers conference they go to.

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Of those 10 expressions of interest 9 came from agents and editors I met and pitched at the Atlanta Writers Conference ---- only one came from a cold - call query.

Best way for a prospect to initiate contact — Jeff Herman's Directory of Agents Visit our website where you can: review sample queries and proposals for works we've sold; query us via email (24 - hour response time); subscribe to our free publishing newsletter; submit your question to our interactive «Ask the Agent» column; read articles by well - known authors and publishing professionals; meet with us at a writers» conference where I'll be speaking.

And don't slip your query letter or partial manuscript under an agent's hotel door at a writers» conference.

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» conferenceAt 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» conferenceat a writers» conference).

After my second year at the San Francisco Writers Conference, I have lots of ideas and insights for where to take both of my novels, how to revise my pitch, and which agents to query next.

At conferences, agents talk about how they don't want writers to mention in queries that they self - published a book unless it sold over 1000 copies.

Objectives can range from «pitch two agents on my project at the conference,» «get three new ideas on building an audience,» «learn how to write an effective query letter and draft one within a week of the conference,» to «meet new or existing writer friends.»

That's a good litmus test for you, to see if your pitch is ready to be sent out in the form of a query letter and / or to be a verbal pitch in a conference setting where many agents and editors turn up these days to meet new writers, which they truly want to do at all times.