"Send Query and SASE" a quick question [Archive]

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C.bronco

01-09-2008, 07:38 PM

What would you do if an agent listed submission guidelines as "Send query and SASE via snail mail?"

Do I just send the query letter and synopsis?

C.bronco

01-09-2008, 07:45 PM

An answer from anyone before the mailman comes?

Carrie R.

01-09-2008, 07:46 PM

You just send the query and the self addressed stamped envelope -- no synopsis or pages.

victoriastrauss

01-09-2008, 08:33 PM

Give the agent exactly what s/he asks for. Just a query--no synopsis.

- Victoria

lkp

01-09-2008, 09:01 PM

I'd send a query letter and 5 pages unless the agent says something like "no pages --- only a query letter."

C.bronco

01-09-2008, 11:01 PM

Thank you, guys!

cate townsend

01-12-2008, 12:38 AM

What would you do if an agent listed submission guidelines as "Send query and SASE via snail mail?"

Do I just send the query letter and synopsis?

Normally you would just send the one-page query letter and SASE, as already mentioned. However, there's been some discussion in this forum about sending sample pages along even when they are not requested as part of a cold submission. The title of the forum is "Include a Few Pages with Query". It's worth checking out.