I queried for three and a half years before I signed with an agent. And I queried three different books.…
Tag: querying
After I’d put my novel through dozens of revisions over the course of many years, I felt confident enough to…
Before I begin, let’s get something straight: there’s no “typical path to publication.” There’s only what happens to you, when…
You know how they say you should never put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear? I know…
“The query letter is…the single most important page an unpublished writer will ever write” — Nicholas Spark This week’s…
When I was an aspiring author, I read every query letter success story I could get my hands on.…
If you’ve reached the querying stage of the publication process: Congratulations! You wrote and edited a book. (You did edit…
Back when I was engaged in the humbling process of querying, I held a keen interest in other people’s…
In 2013 I wrote a book called A SMALL LIFE. I revised it and by the fall, began querying it…
Note: this week, we are discussing the process of landing a literary agent. For anyone unfamiliar with this torturous process,…
