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Queries

Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a Query

September 30, 2020 //  by Janet Grant//  17 Comments

The first thing to do in writing a query is to…not write the query yet. Give it some incubation time.

Rather than jumping into your query, take your time to force yourself to define–really define–the project.

You’re ready to write

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How Not to Query an Agent

August 15, 2018 //  by Janet Grant//  28 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

You know how you have a bad feeling before you even open an email? Last week I felt obligated to click on an emailed query even though I suspected reading the missive would be a waste …

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Forget the Query Stage

April 2, 2018 //  by Wendy Lawton//  37 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Last week, at the Mount Hermon Christian Writer’s Conference, I was blown away by the number of fine writers with high concept books I found among first time attendees. It’s almost like they were secretly laboring in …

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The Broken Query System

July 17, 2017 //  by Wendy Lawton//  51 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Broken things drive me crazy. Just call me the Fix-it Fairy. If something is broken–be it an object, a person, or a system–I have trouble accepting the state of brokenness. I want it fixed.

Last week I …

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Query Guidelines

July 10, 2017 //  by Wendy Lawton//  38 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

It’s been over 100˚for so many days even my brain feels hot. (Next few days?  104˚, 101˚, 100˚, 101˚, 100˚, 104˚, 106˚, 105˚.) In spite of sizzling summer I thought I’d tackle the question of queries again.…

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Agent Referrals

January 30, 2017 //  by Wendy Lawton//  19 Comments

Blogger:  Wendy Lawton

I am often asked by writers, What is the agent referral? How do I get one? Will it get me past the query? The answer to the last question is yes. Now let’s tackle the first two.…

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Ditch the Pitch

January 16, 2017 //  by Wendy Lawton//  50 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Many of you are preparing for upcoming writer’s conferences. Are you getting stressed about how to pitch your book to editors and agents? I’m going to suggest you ditch the pitch. Read on. . .

More writers …

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Quiz Time— How to Get an Agent

May 15, 2016 //  by Wendy Lawton//  47 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

You expected Janet Grant today, didn’t you? Janet let me have her blogging day so that we could do a two-day quiz. (And you thought you were through with finals forever.)

We’ve often said that members of …

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Selling Tools

November 3, 2015 //  by Wendy Lawton//  47 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

This month is the now famous NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month. This is the month many around the world will be focusing on writing a first draft of their novel. I don’t want to pile more …

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How Do You know Your Submission is Ready?

September 1, 2015 //  by Wendy Lawton//  49 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

One of the most difficult things for a writer is to close the file on a book or a proposal and declare it ready. Almost as hard as prying it out of their clenched fingers at a …

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