Blogger: Michelle Ule
Part 2 of 3
Yesterday I explained how our agency’s query system works and why. Today I’m going to look at what makes us enthusiastic about a fiction query.
First, the numbers.
I chose a random month …
Queries
Queries from an Agency’s POV
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Why Don’t I Get a Personal Response?
Part 1 of 3
We received a thoughtful e-mail last week from a writer who asked a pertinent question: “Why don’t you respond to our queries personally? It would only …
Reflections on ACFW: Hallway Pitches
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office; Santa Rosa, Calif.
On Saturday, after a long day of appointments, I was waiting outside of the appointment rooms to introduce myself to an editor I had never met face-to-face. I …
What Does It Mean When an Agent Responds to My Emailed Query?
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA
A couple of weeks ago one of my clients wrote to ask the following of me:
“As I’ve observed and visited with many unpublished authors who attend conferences, I …
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Assumptions of an Unpublished Writer: Requested Submissions
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Today’s assumption is: Because my manuscript was requested, I should expect to hear back from the editor/agent immediately because he or she has been waiting around to read …
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What’s So Great About: Proofreading
Blogger: Mary Keeley
Location: Books & Such Midwest Office, IL
How many errors do you find, in this sentence; both puntuation, grammer, and spelling errors.
A lot of hard work goes into preparing a stellar proposal for submission. You need …
Broken Things: The Query System
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Old New Castle, Delaware
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
Conference Appointments
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office or at the courthouse for jury duty
This year at the Writing for the Soul writers’ conference, I was surprised to find on the first day of appointments that I only …
Before the Publisher: Writing a Winsome Query
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Florida, participating in author-agent-publisher meeting
So, once you’ve assembled your right idea with the right title and done your homework on making a proposal that pops, it’s time to write your query. Note the order …
The Inside Track: Strategize
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA
Thanks for hanging in with me this week as I gave you the inside track. It’s not always easy to hear the realities of this business/art we have chosen. …