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(www.inkthinkerblog.com) — I know some of you are unhappy about the end of the Inkthinker Query Challenge, so let me make it up to you. I received an awesome, free resource to help writers improve their agent queries and get attention for their books, and I’d like to share it with you: a free query [...]
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Today, Anne over at The Golden Pencil outlines nine steps to writing a great query letter, from researching the publication to sending the letter off to the editor. It’s a must read for Query Challenge participants for sure!
The query letter is how you catch the attention of an editor, agent or publisher. The query is [...]
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As a new feature of this year’s Inkthinker Query Challenge, I’m running a monthly mini-contest for the best query of the month. There were four entries for January’s queries, and the winner stood out for three key reasons:
The lede. The winning querier jumped right into the meat of the story.
The tone. Professional but conversational, and [...]
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From Beth:
I just wanted to thank you again for hosting the 2008 Query Challenge. I made up my own sub-rule for this year in which I stated that I would use half of my queries on new (to me) markets. In the first two months I’ve cracked five new markets and one of them was [...]
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From Karen:
I just wanted you to know I had one of my queries picked up by Parenting magazine. I actually sent them a small, written piece for their FOB section, and then rec’d a reply saying my pitch had been accepted and here was my assignment - to write a longer article for the FOB! [...]
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