ROCK-SOLID QUERIES: The 10 Surprising Reasons Why Magazine Editors Reject Your Ideas … and How to Write Queries That Get More Acceptances Today!

by Diana Burrell

If too many of your queries bounce back in your e-mail box with standard-issue rejections from magazine editors, you need to read ROCK-SOLID QUERIES: The 10 Surprising Reasons Why Magazine Editors Reject Your Ideas ... and How to Write Queries That Get More Acceptances Today by Diana Burrell, the other half of the Renegade Writer team.

In it, Burrell shares the unspoken reasons why queries don't make the cut. Even good queries sometimes fall prey to a magazine's whims! However, Burrell shows writers the specific actions they can take to ensure their story proposals are as "rock solid" as they can be.

ROCK-SOLID QUERIES is broken up into ten easy-to-digest chapters that address everything from curing your queries of boring ledes to overcoming an editor's objections about your lack of experience, or "clips." Readers will find the same friendly, encouraging voice they loved in the Renegade Writer books. ROCK-SOLID QUERIES will have you writing better pitches today!

51 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

Diana Burrell is a Boston-based magazine journalist and author. She co-authored the popular Renegade Writer series of books, and now manages day-to-day operations of Renegade Writer Press, which publishes books for writers and other smart people. Her writing has been published in The Boston Globe, Cook's Illustrated, Family Circle, Parenting, Clean Eating, TheAtlantic.com, Brain/Child, Self, and dozens of other publications. For fun, she knits obsessively, bikes, and likes to cook and bake for her family.

Reviews

[Angela Randall · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a quick read, but quite useful. If you want to improve your queries there are some great ideas in here. Also, lots of "get back on the horse" advice to keep you pitching.