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Will You Add? - An Agent's 3 Essential Steps to Writing a Successful Query Letter
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Now knowing that Martin receives 100 email queries each day, how do you make yours stand out? Here are her essential steps:
1. Research the agent
Every agent has his or her own area of expertise. What sort of books does he or she represent? Get details on the agents’ submission processes, as well as any other additional information you can get. He likes tea rather than coffee? Write it down.
2. Make sure you’re sending a query to the right agent
Now that you kno
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But thank goodness, all that is now over. You’ve finished the book. All you have to do is send the manuscript in to an agent, and then they send it to a publisher, and then you get a fat advance. Oh, and a possible movie deal!
Right?
Most people know that getting a book published isn’t that easy. But few know just how hard it can actually be. We don’t even mean that it’s just hard to get a manuscript published; bear in mind it’s extremely difficult to get any agent to even consider reading it!
Surprised?
Writing your book is the first step, welcome to the second one: the query letter.
Unlike the relatively free flowing work of writing, there really are some trade secrets to putting your work out there without which you literally have no chance of getting your manuscript read.
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Introducing the Literary Agent
Sharlene Martin is a successful literary agent located in California with clients recently hitting the New York Times and LA Times bestseller lists. Known for her quick responses, and personal interaction, Martin is the go-to woman for questions about representation.
Martin recently joined us “At the Table”, a weekly teleconference sponsored by Writers of the Round Table Inc. The teleconference is the place to talk with writers from every imaginable genre. Participants have the opportunity to hear insider information from successful writers, producers, editors, and agents, and get a chance to ask questions about the industry, writing, publishing, tips to get ahead, and creative inspiration.
Before Sharlene Martin’s current position as a literary agent, she worked at American Airlines, hiring airline attendants (including the first male attendant). Then Martin started Helping Hands, Inc. an award winning company that screened nannies before selling and moving into casting and story development in Hollywood.
Martin discovered that what she liked most about Hollywood was working with writers on development. Using this affinity, her uncanny powers of intuition and her ability to work 60 hour work weeks while reading hundreds of email queries each day, Martin began her literary agency.
Now knowing that Martin receives 100 email queries each day, how do you make yours stand out? Here are her essential steps:
1. Research the agent
Every agent has his or her own area of expertise. What sort of books does he or she represent? Get details on the agents’ submission processes, as well as any other additional information you can get. He likes tea rather than coffee? Write it down.
2. Make sure you’re sending a query to the right agent
Now that you know
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Surprised?
Writing your book is the first step, welcome to the second one: the query letter.
Unlike the relatively free flowing work of writing, there really are some trade secrets to putting your work out there without which you literally have no chance of getting your manuscript read.
All right, now put down the deed to your house and your first-born child, we know just the woman who will unlock some of the critical keys and her name is certainly not Rumpelstiltskin...
Introducing the Literary Agent
Sharlene Martin is a successful literary agent located in California with clients recently hitting the New York Times and LA Times bestseller lists. Known for her quick responses, and personal interaction, Martin is the go-to woman for questions about representation.
Martin recently joined us “At the Table”, a weekly teleconference sponsored by Writers of the Round Table Inc. The teleconference is the place to talk with writers from every imaginable genre. Participants have the opportunity to hear insider information from successful writers, producers, editors, and agents, and get a chance to ask questions about the industry, writing, publishing, tips to get ahead, and creative inspiration.
Before Sharlene Martin’s current position as a literary agent, she worked at American Airlines, hiring airline attendants (including the first male attendant). Then Martin started Helping Hands, Inc. an award winning company that screened nannies before selling and moving into casting and story development in Hollywood.
Martin discovered that what she liked most about Hollywood was working with writers on development. Using this affinity, her uncanny powers of intuition and her ability to work 60 hour work weeks while reading hundreds of email queries each day, Martin began her literary agency.
Now knowing that Martin receives 100 email queries each day, how do you make yours stand out? Here are her essential steps:
1. Research the agent
Every agent has his or her own area of expertise. What sort of books does he or she represent? Get details on the agents’ submission processes, as well as any other additional information you can get. He likes tea rather than coffee? Write it down.
2. Make sure you’re sending a query to the right agent
Now that you kno
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Introducing the Literary Agent
Sharlene Martin is a successful literary agent located in California with clients recently hitting the New York Times and LA Times bestseller lists. Known for her quick responses, and personal interaction, Martin is the go-to woman for questions about representation.
Martin recently joined us “At the Table”, a weekly teleconference sponsored by Writers of the Round Table Inc. The teleconference is the place to talk with writers from every imaginable genre. Participants have the opportunity to hear insider information from successful writers, producers, editors, and agents, and get a chance to ask questions about the industry, writing, publishing, tips to get ahead, and creative inspiration.
Before Sharlene Martin’s current position as a literary agent, she worked at American Airlines, hiring airline attendants (including the first male attendant). Then Martin started Helping Hands, Inc. an award winning company that screened nannies before selling and moving into casting and story development in Hollywood.
Martin discovered that what she liked most about Hollywood was working with writers on development. Using this affinity, her uncanny powers of intuition and her ability to work 60 hour work weeks while reading hundreds of email queries each day, Martin began her literary agency.
Now knowing that Martin receives 100 email queries each day, how do you make yours stand out? Here are her essential steps:
1. Research the agent
Every agent has his or her own area of expertise. What sort of books does he or she represent? Get details on the agents’ submission processes, as well as any other additional information you can get. He likes tea rather than coffee? Write it down.
2. Make sure you’re sending a query to the right agent
Now that you kno
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Before Sharlene Martin’s current position as a literary agent, she worked at American Airlines, hiring airline attendants (including the first male attendant). Then Martin started Helping Hands, Inc. an award winning company that screened nannies before selling and moving into casting and story development in Hollywood.
Martin discovered that what she liked most about Hollywood was working with writers on development. Using this affinity, her uncanny powers of intuition and her ability to work 60 hour work weeks while reading hundreds of email queries each day, Martin began her literary agency.
Now knowing that Martin receives 100 email queries each day, how do you make yours stand out? Here are her essential steps:
1. Research the agent
Every agent has his or her own area of expertise. What sort of books does he or she represent? Get details on the agents’ submission processes, as well as any other additional information you can get. He likes tea rather than coffee? Write it down.
2. Make sure you’re sending a query to the right agent
Now that you kno
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Now knowing that Martin receives 100 email queries each day, how do you make yours stand out? Here are her essential steps:
1. Research the agent
Every agent has his or her own area of expertise. What sort of books does he or she represent? Get details on the agents’ submission processes, as well as any other additional information you can get. He likes tea rather than coffee? Write it down.
2. Make sure you’re sending a query to the right agent
Now that you know everything there is to know about this agent, take a step back. Your book may be perfect in every way, but if it isn’t the sort of book (after all your research) that this agent represents, your manuscript will not change that fact. Look for sensibilities similar to your own, and avoid celebrity agents. Do not query agents who don’t represent work of a similar genre as your own.
3. Craft a highly personal letter
Sharlene Martin says she cannot stress the above suggestion enough. While at Martin Literary Management, Sharlene prides herself on personally reading every query letter, for any person reading 100 letters a day, yours better stick out if you want to be remembered.
Don’t write something average because it’s ‘just a letter’ after writing a fabulous manuscript. Use your skills and make it sing. Speak to the agent using the information you know about him or her. Tell them why they would be the right representative for your book.
Treat your Book as a Business
If you do get a response or even a publishing deal, never assume your book will sell itself. Every step of the way takes focus and marketing. Many writers have less of a brain for business than they do for writing. Make getting help part of your budget.
Be sure to check out Martin’s website to see the great books her clients currently have to offer at http://www.martinliterarymanagement.com/
Final Words of Wisdom
“I have yet to meet an author who was published out of the womb.” Remarks Martin, “Someone has given every writer a first chance, you just have to find someone who will give you yours!”
Listen to the recording of this 'At the Table' TeleClass at http://www.writersoftheroundtable.com/ “Teleclasses”, and be sure to join us every Wednesday for an entertaining and enlightening hour.
In the meantime writers, keep your rear in the chair, your fingers on the keys, and your writing reaching for the stars. If you ever need guidance or assistance, don’t hesitate to contact Writers of the Round Table at http://www.writersoftheroundtable.com/ We’d love to help you take your writing to the next level.
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