Query Letter Questions

[authoraubrie]

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[isleburroughs]

I'll try to find out more Monday night.

[kara_gnome]

This is smart, re writing the query letter as you go. It's got to take some of the pressure off, regarding it, and keeps things real for you, too.

regarding the questions, I don't know, really. Instinct tells me that saying something like, "I've worked very well with independent and ebook publishers in the past..." but more as a "I can hold it together with producing work," sort of focus...but as I say, I don't really know, so it's a fwiw, sort of thing :)

[authoraubrie]

Thanks, Karah! This does help. :)

[isleburroughs]

Melissa Mead from my writers group says that Jodi Meadows crits query letters on her lj.

Here are some of Missy's links:

http://www.agentquery.com/default.aspx

http://aaronline.org/

http://pred-ed.com/pubagent.htm

Hope these are helpful.

[authoraubrie]

Thanks! *runs to check them out*

[midnightblooms]

The rule I've always heard is, if an editor has read your work and agreed to published it, mention it.

I also recommend Jodi's query project. She's good and really nice.

Evil Editor and Query Shark do query critiques, and are also very good, if blunt.

But one of the best references I've found is Nathan Bransford's blog.

[authoraubrie]

Thanks for all of these links! I don't know if I'm brave enough to put it out there, but maybe I can learn from the others.