4 thoughts on “The query letter

  1. Miss Alexandrina

    I actually find the intro bit the hardest, because I have to separate from the fiction of the novel and not hide behind my characters. As a child, I was naturally shy, so I never know what is appropriate to say, apart from the generic ‘I enjoy your work ethic and think we would make a great team’.

    1. Heather

      I still have trouble with my opening as well. I never know what to put. Should you be familiar. Be super professional. Name names. Don’t name names. Compare your book to others they’ve sold? Don’t compare? List others you enjoy? It’s very nerve wracking. The only part I never had a problem with was the closing. lol. I can say good-bye.

      1. Miss Alexandrina

        Haha, yeah. That’s exactly what runs through my mind. I’ve heard advice for both ways, which doesn’t help.

        1. Heather

          That’s why I estalk! lol I read their Twitter, blogs, and everything else I can find and hope that I can find something that tells me what their personalities are like. If I can determine that it should make the opening a bit easier. Right?

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