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  • Posted on Wednesday, November 13, 2019Tuesday, November 12, 2019
  • by Karen Osborne

Why are query letters so difficult?!

In the grand scheme of things, writing the novel is supposed to be the hard part. Compared to writing my…

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  • Posted on Friday, November 16, 2018Tuesday, November 13, 2018
  • by Martine Fournier Watson

Tips for Querying (or as I like to call them, Q-tips)

  You know how they say you should never put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear? I know…

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  • Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2018Thursday, September 20, 2018
  • by Stephanie Jimenez

Choose Your Own Adventure: Two Stories About the Querying Process

This week for The Debutante Ball, we’re sharing our journey to getting a literary agent, so I dug through the…

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  • Posted on Thursday, February 1, 2018Thursday, February 1, 2018
  • by Julie Clark

Practical Query Advice

If you want to be traditionally published by a Big 5 publisher, you need a literary agent. And in order…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, January 31, 2018Wednesday, January 31, 2018
  • by Kimmery Martin

The One Big Mistake In Kimmery’s Query

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Ah. Query Letters. It is well known that most writers would rather churn out an entire book written in their…

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  • Posted on Monday, January 29, 2018Saturday, January 27, 2018
  • by Cass Morris

Sorcery and Serendipity: The Quirks of Querying

If you’ve reached the querying stage of the publication process: Congratulations! You wrote and edited a book. (You did edit…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, December 6, 2017Wednesday, December 6, 2017
  • by Kimmery Martin

Kimmery’s Timeline to Publication

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  Back when I was engaged in the humbling process of querying, I held a keen interest in other people’s…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, September 27, 2017Wednesday, September 27, 2017
  • by Kimmery Martin

Dear Agent: XOXO from Kimmery

Jane Dystel, Mariam Goderich, Kimmery Martin

Note: this week, we are discussing the process of landing a literary agent. For anyone unfamiliar with this torturous process,…

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  • Posted on Thursday, September 29, 2016Monday, December 12, 2016
  • by Jenni L. Walsh

A Good Idea, A Game Plan, And Flexibility For The Win

My path to publication had a few detours, pit stops & unexpected turns. But here I am: months away from…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, September 30, 2015Sunday, October 18, 2015
  • by Heather Young

The Query: Preparation is Ninety Percent, Perspiration is…Also Ninety Percent

Ah, the query.  The most important 500 words you’ll ever write. Oh, man, I wish that were an overstatement.  Here…

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