Before I get to my query letter, let me answer two questions I’m asked often: Yes, I needed an agent even though I was working as an agent at the time, and yes, I had to send out query letters the old-fashioned way. I sent queries out to seven or eight agents, some of whom […]
Anatomy of a Good Query Letter
Example of a good query letter III
Not only is Lisa Brackmann’s debut novel Rock Paper Tiger to die for, but when she originally contacted me she wrote one of the best query letters I ever received when I was a literary agent. (Frequent readers might also know Lisa as blog commenter Other Lisa). Rock Paper Tiger went on to be published […]
Example of a Good Query Letter II
You wanted it you got it. Below you’ll find an example of a query that tickles the old partial-requesting region of my brain, the very powerful section of gray matter that manages to overrule the part of my brain that says, “But you already have 12 partials and 2 fulls in your inbox!! What are […]
Example of a good query letter
I originally posted this example of a good query letter back when I was a literary agent, and the lessons still apply today. So let me dissect this really good query letter and extoll its virtues. Let us all learn from Emily Conrad, who was both gracious enough to send me a good query letter and […]
