You have the right to remain silent – thanks for illustrating the point. Anything you say can and will be used against you. No further elaboration needed. You have the right to Counsel. You should have done that prior to querying. Do you understand these rights? For the love of God, do ya? Penal Code [...]
100 E-Friendly Agents Open to New Writers I am completely stoked to start off our new E-book review Fridays with this E-book from Maria Schneider over at Editor Unleashed. From her “about” page: Maria Schneider is a freelance writer and editor with a unique take on writing and the publishing industry. As the former editor [...]
In the first two posts of this series, I hounded folks about the importance of getting all the pieces of the puzzle in place for the all important query letter. This third and final chapter of the query letter story will discuss the outline of the letter itself. Now that you’re ready to go, let’s [...]
Welcome back. In the first post I discussed the importance of writing a good query letter and I hammered home (I hope) the importance of obtaining the 2009 Writer’s Market. Let’s continue on with this query letter best practices post to see the next chapter in the story. Now that you’ve got your intended target [...]
How successful are you in your query letter responses? Do you even send query letters? “What? Who needs a query letter? I’ll just send ‘em the manuscript. It’s perfect, I’m sure they’ll love it.” Well, speaking as your competition, I say go right ahead and keep on the road you’re on. Be sure and let [...]
