You can ask Mark anything about book publishing, including questions about
writing agent queries.
It's part fourteen of our free 15 - part training guidelines about
writing agent queries.
Did you know that many authors, literary agents, and other publishing professionals give bad advice about how to
write agent queries?
Where can you find the best examples of query letters to help
you write your agent query?
Where can you get help to
write an agent query or get a query letter critique?
Now we're working on
writing the agent query and proposal.
For your convenience we've posted short summaries for each section in our guidelines about how to
write agent queries.
What's the best template to use when
writing a agent query?
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write an agent query?
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This particular story reveals how Siobhan Cunningham, an author of fiction thriller novels,
wrote an agent query that got the attention of some of the best literary agents.
But how do
you write an agent query that sweeps the most eligible literary agents off their feet and gets them fighting over the opportunity to represent you?
The # 1 question I'm always asked is, «How can
I write an agent query that will result in lots of requests for my manuscript, followed by lots of offers for representation, followed by multiple offers from top publishers?
As a new writer, I can spend my time perfecting my craft, rather than learning how to
write agent query letters.
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.
Writers do understand and appreciate the effort that goes into looking for good writers to represent, this is how you make your living after all, and writers wish they had time to respond personally to all requests, unfortunately, this is no longer a business reality given that writers need to spend their time
writing, not answering
agent queries.
After quickly going over what an
agent is and what they do for writers, we will discuss resources for finding
agents, how to ID the best
agents for you,
query letter
writing, pitching tips, as well as the most important things to do and not to do when dealing with representatives.
When you're
writing a
query letter, you're basically asking book
agents and publishers to invest in you (their time and money) as a «partner» to help your book become successful.
«The
agent query that Mark helped me
write captured the essence of my voice in a tight, professional format that allowed
agents to get everything they needed in four short paragraphs.
And the best
query in the world, no matter who
wrote it, wouldn't have gotten you the
agent or the deal if your book weren't awesome.
Literary
agents have to
write query letters too, because that's how they sell books.
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?
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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.
This article shows you how, and is part of a free 15 - part training called How to
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Query Letter
written by Mark Malatesta, a former book
agent and former Marketing & Licensing Manager of a well - known book publisher.
It's part of a free 15 - part training guide about How to
Write an Effective
Query Letter by Mark Malatesta, a former publishing
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.
They will inspire you, but they will also give you insight to help you
write a more effective
agent query.
We can also help you
write query letters, identify appropriate
agents and publishers, or find the best direct routes to publication.
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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This particular story reveals how Siobhan, a thriller fiction author,
wrote a
query letter that got the attention of top book
agents — after getting lots of rejections with her original
agent query.
After quickly going over what an
agent is and what they do for writers, we will discuss resources for finding
agents, how to ID the best
agents for you,
query letter
writing, as well as the most important things to do and not to do when dealing with representatives.
It's better in that they probably spent more time
writing the next work and less time
writing query letters, pitching the last work, or doing endless rewrites according to the whims of some half - interested
agent.
Whether you're self - publishing, looking to
query a literary
agent with your current manuscript, or still haven't decided, Midnight Publishing is your go - to Phoenix - based company for all things editing and
writing.
It's part nine of our free 15 - part training guidelines about how to
write irresistible
agent queries.
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written by a former literary
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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.
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.
This workshop demystifies the submission process, including where to find the right
agent for your work, how to approach them,
writing and formatting an effective
query letter, pitching in person, what gets an
agent's attention, common mistakes, and more.
It doesn't matter who you are or what you
write, you should start at the top and
query famous literary
agents.
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This article explains, and it's part of our free 15 - part guidelines about How to
Write a Compelling
Query Letter by Mark Malatesta, a former publishing
agent and former Marketing & Licensing Manager of a well - known book publisher.
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.
Both are explained in this article, which is part of our free 15 - part guidelines on How to
Write a Literary
Agent Query Letter by Mark Malatesta, a former publishing
agent and former Marketing & Licensing Manager of a well - known book publisher.
By the way, this is the same idea / approach that I used when
writing pitch letters as a literary
agent, and it's the same approach I use now when providing someone with a
Query Letter Critique.