What to Include in a Query

Over at Chuck Sambuchino's Guide to Literary Agents' blog, he includes advice from Janet Reid regarding what to include and what to cut from your query letter. It's definitely worth a read. Check it out here.

While you're at it, Cynthia Leitch Smith has posted some great agent interviews on her blog Cynsations. (Agents Sarah Davies and Laura Rennert among others).

Anon,

Nancy

Query Letters Revisited

Last tuesday night at the Cincy SCBWI meeting, the talk was all about query letters. We're going to continue the discussion at the next meeting- so bring those revisions! The sites that I talked about I'm listing below.

www.nathanbransford.blogspot.com - Includes an archived post on writing queries

www.queryshark.blogspot.com- Step into the shark tank if you dare...(insert Jaws theme song here).

www.pubrants.blogspot.com - Agent, Kristen Nelson includes pitches that worked on her blogroll to the right. Great information.

www.guidetoliteraryagents.com/blog : Chuck Sambuchino includes a popular series entitled, Query Letters that Worked, which includes the actual query letter that assisted the writer in landing an agent. Chuck includes the color commentary from the agent on why the letter worked.

Anon,

Nancy