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What Makes a Good Fiction Query?

March 8, 2012 //  by Michelle Ule//  16 Comments

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 …

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Queries from an Agency’s POV

March 7, 2012 //  by Michelle Ule//  22 Comments

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 …

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Reflections on ACFW: Hallway Pitches

September 29, 2011 //  by Rachel Kent//  12 Comments

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 …

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What Does It Mean When an Agent Responds to My Emailed Query?

August 8, 2011 //  by Wendy Lawton//  18 Comments

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“As I’ve observed and visited with many unpublished authors who attend conferences, I …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Assumptions of an Unpublished Writer: Requested Submissions

July 19, 2011 //  by Rachel Kent//  20 Comments

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

April 19, 2011 //  by Mary Keeley//  17 Comments

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 …

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Broken Things: The Query System

March 7, 2011 //  by Wendy Lawton//  26 Comments

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

…

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Conference Appointments

February 15, 2011 //  by Rachel Kent//  24 Comments

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 …

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Before the Publisher: Writing a Winsome Query

February 3, 2011 //  by Janet Grant//  21 Comments

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 …

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The Inside Track: Strategize

January 14, 2011 //  by Wendy Lawton//  20 Comments

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. …

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