Query Letters
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A query letter to an agent or an editor
should never be longer than one page in length.
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11 or 12 point size font should be
used.
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Well written, energetic, professional.
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State publishing credentials briefly.
Toot your own horn.
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A summary of your written piece that
you are trying to sell. Summary is the key word here
since anything over a page is likely to get pitched
to the trash instead of an editor.
The trick in this, is detailing your idea in 2 to 3 paragraphs
while proving you are talented enough to deliver what you
promise.
Don’t include an entire manuscript, but usually 2 or
3 chapters is ok to let them sample your work
Always remember to make the first of anything you write gripping.
In a short story you only get two or three paragraphs and
a novel only gets two or three pages to prove to an editor
that they should consider you.
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