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A good query is no longer than one page,Dame Nike Air Max, and has three specific paragraphs:
1). Why are you querying this agent (or sometimes, editor)? Does he represent similar authors? Has she sold books in this genre? Did you meet him at a conference (if so, by all means, remind him of when and where and what was said, especially if work was requested)? Did someone in the business refer you to her? The opening line of such a query might read:
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An agent wants to know that youe done your homework, know what she represents, and aren just querying blind. In this day and age of zillions of submissions and very few slots,MBT Kaya Schuhe, everyone time is of the essence.
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A. Take your long synopsis, and cut it in half. B. Cut this down to two paragraphs. C. Then, to one paragraph. D. Pare that down to a couple of sentences. E. Boil all of that down into one, thesis sentence. F. Finally, write another sentence or two around that. This is your itch.?
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3). Who you are and why you are qualified to write this book.
Here, include only that which pertains to you writing this book. They do not want to know that youe married with two children and live on the coast of Maine with your Golden Retrievernless, the coast of Maine is a pertinent point in the storyline. Or that the Golden Retriever is the actual narrator. Even then, include only that part.
Include any publications you might have had. That is a big plus.
Writers are often stymied by this, especially if this is a first novel, nothing else theye written has been published,Hogan scarpe donna albicocca 524, etc. But don be. If youe writing a detective novel and youe a detective, that lends credence to your ability to know and write about your subject. If your novel revolves around an environmental mystery, and youe worked for the EPA or have been a Sierra Club activist, the same holds true.
If youe belonged to a writer workshop, etc., add that int shows that youe been honing your craft. If youe worked with a well-known editor, the same holds true. If nothing youe written has been published but youe won awards, include that. But do not say that all your friends and family have loved the bookhat amateurish.
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