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Queries

Pitching in Person

May 22, 2015 //  by Rachel Kent//  34 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

I am diving in now to my preparations for ICRS at the end of June. ICRS is a wonderful place for agents to meet face-to-face with editors to talk about our clients’ projects. There’s great benefit to …

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Queries

March 24, 2015 //  by Wendy Lawton//  34 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

This week and next I’m going to pull up a couple of blogs from the past for a review session. (Remember review sessions from school days? Luckily, no test to follow.)

Just when you thought you couldn’t …

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Four Reasons Your Query Might Be Rejected

February 13, 2015 //  by Rachel Kent//  17 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

If you are submitting query letters into the sea of literary agents and editors and you aren’t getting any bites, the reason could be one of these below. Also, it’s important to keep in mind that your …

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Writing a Smart Query

October 19, 2014 //  by Janet Grant//  32 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

Writing a standout query remains one of the greatest challenges for a writer hoping to snag an agent’s or editor’s attention. I often describe those of us who receive a barrage of queries every day as …

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What I’m Looking For. . .

September 2, 2014 //  by Wendy Lawton//  60 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

I don’t think I’ve ever participated in an agent panel where the question, “What are you looking for?” has not been asked. We agents probably irritate the pajamas off writers with our answers. “I’m looking for that …

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What to do when your query isn’t getting you requests

June 13, 2014 //  by Rachel Kent//  24 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

You went over your query many times, and you were sure it was beautifully written. You sent it out to your list of agents, and now one-to-two months have passed and you haven’t heard anything. What do …

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3 flaws in your query that shout “beginner”

February 24, 2014 //  by Janet Grant//  54 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

Few experiences are more instructive about what-not-to-do in your writing than working your way through the queries and proposals editors or agents receive. I can’t make my stack of reading available to you, but I can …

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Query Rules–Law or Grace?

November 19, 2013 //  by Wendy Lawton//  61 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Last week a number of you asked questions about submission etiquette. We always give a stock answer when writers ask us about how to contact an agent for possible representation. We tell them to check the agency …

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Query Letters: Why request? Why reject?

July 12, 2013 //  by Rachel Kent//  24 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

I was asked this week, “What is the one thing that makes you request a project based on a query and what is the one thing in a query that makes you decide a book isn’t the …

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The Best of Times. The Worst of Times.

July 2, 2013 //  by Wendy Lawton//  79 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Back in the days when I was writing and submitting my work, hoping to catch the interest of an agent or editor, I would spend hours trying to strategize the perfect time for my query or proposal …

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