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Tap ‘query’ into the search feature at the top of this blog and all the other agent blogs and learn all you can. If you don’t have real writing credits, you simply don’t mention it. The only thing that matters at the query stage is the story itself, unless you have real writing credits. Here’s the way I’ve boiled down all the query-writing advice. We were all there once, so a little patience and compassion is in order.

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The only thing you need to tell an agent about you in the query is whether you have any professional publication credits – and if you don’t, you can pretty much leave the bio section out altogether. As Rick Daley said, if you query according to the agent’s guidelines and are respectful in your correspondence with him or her, you are more than halfway there. While publishing is a “group sport” and willingness to work with others in a professional manner is essential, a query letter is more about the book you’ve written than it is about you. To the easy writer, Jessica gave you lots of good advice.

People just want to make sure they are giving the best impression possible, and while they may not always go about it the right way, that doesn’t make it inappropriate or pathetic. When I first learned about agents, I had no idea what went into a query letter, and I’m sure I asked a lot of questions that were much stranger than this. So buckle in, write until your fingers ache, and work on your blurb, because that’s what the query is all about.Īnonymous at 8:12 am, I think that’s a little harsh. It will take 2 weeks, 2 years and 200 years (oh, sorry, you said rounds of revisions), and whether you’re cool with it or not you don’t have a choice.

Time is your friend in the publishing world.

Publishing a book is not the job of one person, it’s a team effort, and the better you are at playing with the team the more successful you’ll be. If you’re not, get off the bus now, I don’t want you.

We should all be willing to shut up and listen and do what it takes to enjoy the ride.

If you’re freaking out about getting published you’re a writer. If you’re starving and published you’re likely to still be starving.

Starving and freaking out about getting published are two different things.

What you have to know is your book and your characters and what’s right for them. This whole crazy business is subjective and what’s right for one isn’t always right for another.

Heck, I don’t even know what you mean by that.

I’m not sure I have a better concept of “the right thing” than you do.

From there, each book is a new experience and we’ll ride that wave together if necessary.

I couldn’t care less if you’re a first-time or fiftieth-time author if the book wows me, I want you.

Here’s the deal: note to all of you aspiring writers out there, you better all be “easy.” It’s not an option. Is there a concise way of saying all of that? Or am I on the exact wrong track?

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I’ll save the crazy high-maintenance stuff for when I’ve published 20 books and optioned them all to movie studios. I’m having trouble coming up with a way of saying all of that so it doesn’t also sound like “I’m doing the writing thing as a lark and don’t really care about it.” It’s not that I don’t care - I care quite a bit - but I’m smart enough to not let my ego get in the way. Whether it takes 2 weeks or 2 years, 2 or 200 rounds of revisions, I’m cool with that.īut.I’m willing to shut up, listen, and do what it takes to enjoy the ride.I have a day job so I’m not starving and freaking out trying to get published.Pretty much everyone else is going to have a better concept of “the right thing” than I will.Maybe I’m just thinking of it too much like a resume or a CV, but I feel that I need to include something that says “I’m easy.” That is, I know that: As a first-time author, I’m trying to get my brain around query letters.