Over the past several years I've helped hundreds of authors (most of them previously unpublished)
write successful query letters.
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?
What is the best query letter format and where can you
see successful query letters or agent query examples?
And you can use the samples to create your
own successful query letters, using the same kinds of words, ideas and techniques.
Now that you've gotten a general layout of a query letter, take a look at actual examples
of successful queries for different genres.
I'm always interested in
reading successful queries, especially memoir queries because they are so difficult to write — at least for me.
Successful Query Letters — The only thing stopping you from getting a top literary agent (and book deal with a major publisher) might not be your book — it could be your query letter.
This type of expert is someone who's recognized as an authority in publishing, who also spends most of their time helping authors
create successful query letters — resulting in those authors getting top literary agents and book deals.
Today I'm an author coach and my primary focus is helping authors of all genres (fiction, nonfiction, and children's book) get the attention of top literary agents
with successful query letters.
AgentQuery has recently expanded the website to include success stories,
including successful queries, so it truly is a treasure trove of information and resources.
And, if you use Mark's book marketing services, you'll have full access to his valuable time - saving library... with
sample successful query letters, synopses, book proposals, etc..
It took countless hours of
reading successful queries — you can find hundreds on Query Shark — writing and rewriting it a thousand times until I got the hang of it.
One of the best ways to improve your query letter writing skills is to read
successful query letters and heed the advice of agents and editors.
A successful query letter is easy to write if you know what you're doing, and a bad query letter is usually easy to fix.
Where can you find the best query template, sample query, or
successful query letter examples?
Stand out from the slush and workshop your way to crafting
a successful query letter.
Guide to Literary Agents has a wonderful series they call,
Successful Queries.
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.
These guidelines cover everything you need to know to write
a successful query letter.
This session will teach you how to find agents, how to get them interested in your work, and how to stand out from the slush by crafting
a successful query letter.
That's why I created this list of the ten things you need to know about query letters — so you can create
a successful query.
Sample Query Letter — The query letter sample below will help you create
a successful query letter of your own, so you can get a top literary agent, publisher, and book deal.
If you read the sample query below, and check out the information sources offered in this article, you will realize there are many different ways to write
a successful query letter.
This article is part four of our free 15 - part training guidelines about how to write
a successful query letter.
What does
a successful query letter look at?
Joel, if you want to see
some successful query letters that obtained assignments from major magazines (not my letters, but a couple of sets from various writers), let me know.
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Writing
a successful query letter is one part science and one part art (complex and imperfect).
I was also interviewed for the directory about what makes
a successful query letter.
People in this category include other book authors (including those who've written one
successful query letter that got them an agent).
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Want to know what makes
a successful query letter?
Check out their series,
Successful Queries.
Also check the sidebar of this blog — there's a link to The Query Project, where a number of writers have posted
their successful queries.
A few weeks back I published a post about sending out
a successful query, with a few thoughts on what I thought I did right.
I don't mean
the successful queries, but the encouraging ones — the ones that give us back a little faith in humanity.
The next key to a successful pitch letter to the media and
a successful query letter to an agent is the first sentence.