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Hi,
I apologize in advance if this doesn't deserve a topic and could be found elsewhere, but I'll take a swing here.
I have a novel finished, and I'm currently writhing a query letter to this agent.
http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/DanielLazar/
However, reading through the net has got my mind in a fix, for the better, I think. The agent specifies:
** Please include the first 5 pages of your manuscript with your query letter. **
As he doesn't write that he wants a 2-3 page synopsis of the entire book, would I be correct to assume that he just wants a type of synopsis you'd see on the back cover of a back? Meaning, you don't reveal the ending, its done exactly as if it were a book, whereas in a 2-3 page synopsis you'd include all the important details, including the ending of it.
The Writher's House site say that they just want a synopsis, but this site says: (follow his submission guidelines on PM page (the link avove) -- not agency website)
http://www.agentquery.com/agent.aspx?agentid=37
Basically, I'd start with Mr, Lazar - write a 25 word pitch, an addition of 150 words synopsis that catches his eyes - and maybe somewhere down the lane, he'd actually ask for a full, or maybe the 2-3 page synopsis pages.
Sorry if this is long, but I'm very new to this and ... would be a very big screw up if he expects 3 pages and I deliver 175 words.
Thank You.
I apologize in advance if this doesn't deserve a topic and could be found elsewhere, but I'll take a swing here.
I have a novel finished, and I'm currently writhing a query letter to this agent.
http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/DanielLazar/
However, reading through the net has got my mind in a fix, for the better, I think. The agent specifies:
** Please include the first 5 pages of your manuscript with your query letter. **
As he doesn't write that he wants a 2-3 page synopsis of the entire book, would I be correct to assume that he just wants a type of synopsis you'd see on the back cover of a back? Meaning, you don't reveal the ending, its done exactly as if it were a book, whereas in a 2-3 page synopsis you'd include all the important details, including the ending of it.
The Writher's House site say that they just want a synopsis, but this site says: (follow his submission guidelines on PM page (the link avove) -- not agency website)
http://www.agentquery.com/agent.aspx?agentid=37
Basically, I'd start with Mr, Lazar - write a 25 word pitch, an addition of 150 words synopsis that catches his eyes - and maybe somewhere down the lane, he'd actually ask for a full, or maybe the 2-3 page synopsis pages.
Sorry if this is long, but I'm very new to this and ... would be a very big screw up if he expects 3 pages and I deliver 175 words.
Thank You.