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The Query Letter Duck-and-Cover: it could go very wrong.
Okay, so you’ve survived the subject line and the writing sample protocol. Big deal–your first real challenge is the Query Letter. A Query Letter is a cover letter that represents your novel or...
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Ladies and Gentlemen, the About Me presents….
Don’t worry—it’s almost over. All we have left is to wrap up this whole Query Letter thing—by ending with an About Me. An About Me is the closing statement of your Query Letter. It tells your...
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Don’t be a bore! LESS IS MORE!
So our last blog ended with a mentioning of length… and I wanted to run with that. Size does matter, after all—and in this case, LESS IS MORE. But, Frustrated Intern, I have so much to say! you tell...
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How to do more than “Dear agent”
I’ve seen Query Letters where the author drones on about himself, and then only mentions the agent as “Dear agent.” Despite this author’s best intentions and agonizing hours perfecting his query, that...
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