For Writers Over 30
Right off the bat, let me just say that I applaud every writer that has managed to get an agent and sell their work to a publisher while they are still in their twenties...
Tagged: agents
What Happens to My Query When I Hit Send…?
Are you a writer? Have you ever wondered how agents process query letters? I don’t doubt there are as many methods for attacking the slush pile (or query inbox) as there are literary agents...
Querying and Dating
Today I received a rejection from the wonderful agent who requested my full manuscript. <sigh>. She’s still a wonderful agent–I’m not that petty. Really, it would have been a lot of fun working with...
Thoughts and Tips on Querying: Agent Hunting and Final Thoughts
After months of brooding over my query letter, writing and re-writing it, submitting it to public scrutiny on WriteOnCom and QueryTracker (more about this tool in a moment), and getting it to a point...
Literary Agent Research
Among other things, I am in the midst of researching agents. This is a subject I’ll go into a bit on the last “Thoughts and Tips on Querying” post, but I want to tell...
Literary Agents Who Represent Christian Authors
This is as much for my benefit as anyone else. Michael Hyatt posted a blog article–I don’t know when–listing literary agents who represent Christians. Not all the agents on the list are themselves Christians,...
Thoughts and Tips on Querying: Title, Word Count, Genre, etc.
Some writers like to start their queries with the title/word count/genre paragraph (what I call the “housekeeping” paragraph). I believe I mentioned before, when discussing the opening address, that I prefer to leave this...
Thoughts and Tips on Querying: The Pitch
I don’t know if that’s what this part of the query letter is officially called, but let’s call it that for now. It’s the part between the “Dear [Agent]” and the word count, genre,...
Getting Real-Life Advice
Jessica Faust over at the BookEnds blog has a new post up today discussing the contrast between the advice given to aspiring novelists in college classes vs. the advice given to them by literary...
Thoughts and Tips on Querying: Addressing the Query
So, you’re ready to write your query. Where to begin? Do you put your address information? Do you put the agent’s address information? How do you write the salutation? Here’s what I have learned,...
