To Whom are You Submitting? Agents or Editors?
All about agents and editors. How to research them, the advantages and disadvantages of new vs. established and large vs. small agencies/publishers, and how to decide which would be the best fit for your work. You also get six templates for tracking submissions.
This Module gives you the four essential components of a query letter–exactly what to say, and in what order. It provides seven templates for crafting that critical hook/pitch and two complete query letter templates. Plus, discover how to find and use comp titles as submission tools.
Video recordings of 50 real-life query critiques, featuring dozens of examples of what works–and what doesn’t. Includes the revised queries as well as the marked-up versions, plus transcripts of our discussions and the Top 10 Query Mistakes seen today.
A comprehensive lists of query letter Do’s and Don’ts. We share our decades of experience, so you can avoid many of the pitfalls of the first-time or new-to-the-process submitter.
We give you precise instructions on how to format your query letter and manuscript for submission, including email and snail mail, prose and rhyme, fiction and nonfiction, backmatter and art notes, and script/graphic novel formats. We share how to submit illustrations if you are an author/illustrator, plus everything you need to know about the 32-page picture book layout and why it’s important for submissions. You’ll learn etiquette for submissions and follow-up. Plus, an exhaustive list of FAQs, guaranteed to answer your every question about submissions.
How to handle and learn from rejections and editorial feedback, improve future submissions, maintain morale, AND keep submitting. Also what to do if an agent requests more work.
How to evaluate offers of representation from an agent or an editor for a book deal. Includes detailed questions to ask, and specific suggestions for other communications and follow-up.
You did it! You have an agent! This unit is all about getting started on the right foot and developing a agent-client relationship that benefits you both. If that relationship doesn’t work out, we have advice to help you start submitting again.
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