I don't know much about query letters and agents, but I'm trying to learn. And some place like Absolute Write is a great place to learn, because there's always a flurry of questions and answers in this thread and that thread. And, since I'd like to learn as much as possible, I've taken to jotting down people's comments and suggestions in various threads in a file.
I just got to looking at that file, and it seems like there's a lot of good stuff in there culled from all those other threads.
I thought, maybe other people would find these information sources useful. So I stuck 'em in this here thread and posted 'em. And since I still don't know much about query letters and agents, and I'm still trying to learn, if anyone has more links or information on queries and agents to complement what's below, please post it.
Some Links on Queries and Agents
Places on the Net in General. The WWW is a big place, and a whole lot of information is out there.
I just got to looking at that file, and it seems like there's a lot of good stuff in there culled from all those other threads.
I thought, maybe other people would find these information sources useful. So I stuck 'em in this here thread and posted 'em. And since I still don't know much about query letters and agents, and I'm still trying to learn, if anyone has more links or information on queries and agents to complement what's below, please post it.
Some Links on Queries and Agents
Places on the Net in General. The WWW is a big place, and a whole lot of information is out there.
How Do You Write a Query? Try the how-to articles from
Right here on the Absolute Write forums there's plenty of useful information. In particular:- AgentQuery
- Lynn Flewelling Link updated 2/12
- Tara K Harper
- Fiction Writer's Connection
- Keith Rommel
- Lisa Gardner (queries and synopses) Link updated 2/12
- right here on AbsoluteWrite (of course!)
- another AbsoluteWrite source, and, heck take a look at all the articles, why don'tcha?
- Nathan Bransford
Washington Independent WritersAmerican Independent Writers Link updated 2/12Steve LaubeMichael Hyatt (this is a pdf) Link updated 2/12Scott MendelNo longer availableRight here on Absolute WriteNo longer available
- Charlotte Dillon (check out her query links!)
- Nicolas Sparks Link updated 2/12
- Holly Lisle Link updated 2/12
- Beth Amos
- John E Stith Link updated 2/12
- S. L. Viehl (includes some instructive Bad Queries, too!)
- Sherry Thomas
- Patricia Wood
Holly KennedyNo longer available- Preditors and Editors
A threadon writers.net No longer available
- Nathan Bransford (and don't forget Part II!)
- Andrew Zack, and his description of the perfect query letter (this is a pdf) Link updated 2/12
Jenny BentNo longer available- Nelson Agency
- More from Kristin Nelson--dissections of real queries (scroll to August 8-18)
- Miriam Goderich
- writers.net's "Equally Entrenched"
- Barry Goldblatt
(scroll to August 18, 2005)Made direct link - Barbara Collins Rosenberg (scroll to the bottom)
Wylie-MerrickNo longer availableRachel Vaterwith one-sentence pithy descriptions No longer availableCaren JohnsonNo longer available- Book Ends
- Miss Snark brutally reviews queries...as well as first pages and hooks and synopses and query/page combinations (top of this page and bottom of this one).
- The Evil Editor critiques queries and pages all through his blog.
- The Rejecter has all sorts of suggestions.
- Teresa Nielsen-Hayden on agents,
- Orson Scott Card on agents and submissions,
- Neil Gaiman and Teresa Nielsen Hayden, with all sorts of links
- On searching for an agent by Victoria Strauss Link updated 1/14
- Researching their track record by Victoria Strauss (multiple links) Link updated 1/14
- The Association of Author's Representatives FAQ -- an agent's trade group Link updated 2/12
- Brian Hill and Dee Power's survey of agents
- Multiple articles right here on AbsoluteWrite
- AgentQuery: a big list of agents and their needs
- Publisher's Marketplace: more agents. more information
- The Association of Author's Representatives: the main trade organization for agents Link updated 2/12
Weekly publishing moves: catch up on who went where No longer available
Uncle Jim, in his novel-writing thread
Andrew Zack, in "Ask the Agent,"
A Few Miscellaneous are
Any additions?- speaks out on query letters
- gives some information on agents
- describes a "compelling query" in two sentences
Andrew Zack, in "Ask the Agent,"
- gives some miscellaneous query advice
- tells how to mail a query and appease the agent
- explains what the role of an agent is
- Query Letter Confusion, discussing what goes into a query
- Query = Letter + 1st 3 pages??? More query discussion
- SRHowen's interesting and unconventional query letter
Magazine Query - to specific editor or genericNo longer available
A Few Miscellaneous are
- the survey of published authors on first novels, publishers, and agents
- a preparation list for outlines, synopses, etc
- when one should get an agent
- should agents or publishers be queried first? (with many links)
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