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Author Checklist: 17 Simple Steps To The Best Book Summary In Your Query Letter | Writer’s Relief
Writers, if you’re hoping to create a query letter that will grab a literary agent’s interest, you have a HUGE job ahead of you. You’ll need to figure out how to distill the storyline of your entire book into a one- or two-paragraph book summary (sometimes called a...
Query Letter Anatomy Lesson—Not For The Squeamish! | Writer’s Relief
Okay, writers—strap on your safety goggles and break out your sharpest red pencil. It’s time for dissection class, and pinned on your lab tray today is…a query letter! (Trust us, you don’t want to know where we got it from. Mwa-ha-ha!) The query letter doctors at...
How To Write A Query Letter For A Biography, History, Or Popular Science Book | Writer’s Relief
If you’ve written a biography, history, or popular science book, your query letter will face challenges that a query for a novel or memoir will not. As with most query letters, the two most important factors are your book blurb (the description of your book) and your...
Publishing Trend Update: Literary Agents Want To See Who You Are Online | Writer’s Relief
Many literary agents are checking out authors’ online platforms when they’re considering query letters. So your author website and social media accounts matter more in 2018 than ever before! Here’s what Writer’s Relief found that literary agent Jessica Faust...
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