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Rachelle Gardner declares her list "full"

So it was you who put her over the top, Tom Bradley

R.I.P. Elaine Koster

From today's Publisher's Lunch comes news that literary agent Elaine Koster has passed away.

Query ltr, Budding Drifter, first draft

The writing is lovely and literary, but I'm not clear on the plot of the novel. Yes, you want the voice of the novel to show through in the query, but the query has to be a marketing tool as well. I read more...

I would appreciate comments on my query. Thanks.

You're asking a literary agent for a book review, did you realize that? They don't review books, they represent authors who have manuscripts to sell. Query one book, not all three. This is YA, I believe, more...

Copy of my Query Letter -- which happened to be sent to a scam (at least they liked it! Haha!)

Now that you've posted, you should go back and read some posts. Learn how to write a query letter, which this isn't. Check out Janet Reid's Query Shark blog for some good tips on what works and what more...

Query Letter - Elemental Sacrifices: The Gathering

By convention, titles are in caps. When you send an e-query, the italics may not format properly. If your articles are in peer-reviewed journals, it's a credential. I've run across several debut novels more...

I Just Did Something Really Risky....or Really Stupid. Or both!

You did what? Oh my God, it's all over for you.... The agent is in her office right now, thumbing through the submissions pile to find your manuscript that she's completely forgotten about and now you'll more...

Query Letter - Elemental Sacrifices: The Gathering

If I might put in my suggestions on the closing paragraph---an authoress? Reading that, I'd guess you to be on the sunny side of sixteen. Close with the title IN CAPS, word count, genre and any credentials more...

Another Odd Successful Query

Don't forget the importance of credentials. The woman's a professor at a university and she heads the creative writing department. No need to craft a perfect query when the agent is confident that you can craft more...

Okay so here it is...first query letter...please HELP!

She becomes calculable? Don't you mean calculating? Add to that the missing possessives and you're demonstrating a shortage of grammar skills that an agent will assume you've carried on into the manuscript. more...