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6 Steps to Getting Your Query Letter Out of the Slush Pile
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6 Steps to Getting Your Query Letter Out of the Slush Pile

By Aileen Weintraub
Things You Should Not Say to an Agent or Editor in a Pitch or Query Letter
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13 Things You Should Not Say to an Agent or Editor in a Pitch or Query Letter

By Robert Lee Brewer
Secrets for Freelance Writers to Craft Better Pitches
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6 Secrets for Freelance Writers to Craft Better Pitches

By Robert Lee Brewer
Do I Pitch Different to Agents vs. Editors?
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Do I Pitch Different to Agents vs. Editors?

By Robert Lee Brewer
What Is the Hook, the Book, and Cook Query Pitching Technique for Writers?
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What Is the Hook, the Book, and the Cook Query Pitching Technique for Writers?

By Robert Lee Brewer
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Psst: Novelists – Steal These Screenwriting Secrets! Part 3 Query Letters

By Barri Evins
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How to Write Successful Queries for Any Genre of Writing

By Robert Lee Brewer
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Thinking Outside the Books: Write Your Query Letter First

By Scott Wilson
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The Marketing Perspective of Query Letters: Turning Your Query Into Agent Bait

By Cris Freese
Shannon Parker Featured
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Reflections on Rejections: How I Learned to Query by Working as a Lit Agency Reader

By Guest Column
Loretta Ellsworth featured
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How to Overcome Rejection by 200 Literary Agents (& Still Land a Book Deal)

By Guest Column
5 Tips for Querying & Choosing a Literary Agent
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5 Tips for Querying & Choosing a Literary Agent

By Brianna Shrum
Agent Pet Peeves: 34 Submission No-No's Before You Query
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Agent Pet Peeves: Review These 34 Submission No-No's Before You Query

By Chuck Sambuchino
What to Know Before You Submit Your Writing to Agents and Editors
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What To Know Before You Submit Your Writing: 28 Great Tips From Literary Agents for Writers

By Chuck Sambuchino
How Long Should My Novel Be | Word Count for Books | Definitive Post
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Word Count for Novels and Children's Books: The Definitive Post | How Long Should a Book Be?

By Chuck Sambuchino
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How to Write the Perfect Query Letter

By Mary Kole
Successful Queries
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Successful Queries: Agent Sara Megibow and "The Weight of Zero"

By Chuck Sambuchino
Tips for Queriers: The Query, the Synopsis, and the First Page
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Tips for Queriers: The Query, the Synopsis, and the First Page

By Chuck Sambuchino
Successful Queries
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Successful Queries: Agent Suzie Townsend and "A Death-Struck Year"

By Chuck Sambuchino
Successful Queries
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Successful Queries: Agent Kate Testerman and “Steering Toward Normal”

By Chuck Sambuchino
Successful Queries
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Successful Queries: Agent Barbara Poelle and "Untold Damage" (Mystery)

By Chuck Sambuchino
Successful Queries
Travel Books

Successful Queries: Agent Alyssa Reuben and "Hidden Cities" (Memoir/Travel)

By Chuck Sambuchino
The 10 Dos and Don'ts of Writing a Query Letter, by Brian A. Klems
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The 10 Dos and Don’ts of Writing a Query Letter

By Brian A. Klems
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Successful Queries: Agent Roseanne Wells and "Dumbemployed"

By Chuck Sambuchino