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Query Letters: How to Write the Query (and Cover) Letter You Dread to Magazine Editors and Book Publishers
Query letters strike fear in the hearts of writers. We must include all the important information about our article, book, or screenplay (whatever that includes!?!), write it well enough to impress the editor or reader with our writing ability (oh, the pressure!), and (What?!) limit it to only one page?! Is this even possible? Yes, actually it is. After struggling to write query letters, author Dianne E. Butts created her own 18-Point Formula to help her create door-opening query letters. - Your Questions Answered about Query Letters - Dianne's 18-Point Query Letter Formula - AND 9 Example Query Letters which actually worked for Dianne! Just follow the examples and write your own Query Letters!
68 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 16, 2016
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About the author
Dianne E. Butts
13 books171 followersAuthor of the "Getting Published" helpful e-book series on Kindle including "Cutting the Passive Voice," "How to Get Published by Magazines and Book Publishers," "Query Letters," and "Book Signings."
Author of the 3-book Prophecies Fulfilled series: "Prophecies Fulfilled in the Birth of Jesus," "Prophecies Fulfilled in the Death & Resurrection of Jesus," and "Prophecies Fulfilled in the Life of Jesus." Co-author of "Grandparenting Through Obstacles: Overcoming Family Challenges to Reach Your Grandchildren for Christ."
Author of "Deliver Me: Hope, Help, & Healing through True Stories of Unplanned Pregnancy," and "Dear America: A Letter of Comfort and Hope to a Grieving Nation."
Dianne has written 300 magazine articles in more than fifty publications including Focus on the Family magazine, Enrichment Journal, On Mission, and Encounter, and fiction in periodicals including Clubhouse Jr. Her articles have appeared in Great Britain, Bulgaria, Poland, Canada, and Korea.
Dianne has contributed to twenty-two books including Guideposts "Divine Interventions" (2020) and several "Chicken Soup for the Souls" including "101 Best Stories of Faith."
Visit her blog for writers at www.ButtsAboutWriting.blogspot.com.
Visit her Prophecies Fulfilled blog at www.BiblePropheciesFulfilled.blogspot....
She is also a screenwriter and producer. Her screenplays have placed as a top ten finalist in the Kairos Prize for Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays (2015), a semifinalist (2013) and an Official Selection at the International Christian Film & Music Festival (2019).
Her short film script based on a true story in her book "Deliver Me" was a finalist the 168 Project’s “Write of Passage” screenwriting competition.
Her first venture as Writer/Producer/Director is a short film for the 168 Film Project. "The Choice" inspired by a true story in her "Deliver Me" book. See it on Youtube here: http://bit.ly/TheChoiceFilm.
She has written/directed/produced other award-winning short films. Learn more about Dianne's work in films on IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4921531/
When she’s not writing, she enjoys riding her motorcycle with her husband, Hal, gardening, and photography. She lives in Colorado.
http://www.DianneEButts.com
Twitter: @DianneEButts, @BAboutWriting, and @GParentObstacle
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DianneButtsA...
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dianneebutts/en
Author of the 3-book Prophecies Fulfilled series: "Prophecies Fulfilled in the Birth of Jesus," "Prophecies Fulfilled in the Death & Resurrection of Jesus," and "Prophecies Fulfilled in the Life of Jesus." Co-author of "Grandparenting Through Obstacles: Overcoming Family Challenges to Reach Your Grandchildren for Christ."
Author of "Deliver Me: Hope, Help, & Healing through True Stories of Unplanned Pregnancy," and "Dear America: A Letter of Comfort and Hope to a Grieving Nation."
Dianne has written 300 magazine articles in more than fifty publications including Focus on the Family magazine, Enrichment Journal, On Mission, and Encounter, and fiction in periodicals including Clubhouse Jr. Her articles have appeared in Great Britain, Bulgaria, Poland, Canada, and Korea.
Dianne has contributed to twenty-two books including Guideposts "Divine Interventions" (2020) and several "Chicken Soup for the Souls" including "101 Best Stories of Faith."
Visit her blog for writers at www.ButtsAboutWriting.blogspot.com.
Visit her Prophecies Fulfilled blog at www.BiblePropheciesFulfilled.blogspot....
She is also a screenwriter and producer. Her screenplays have placed as a top ten finalist in the Kairos Prize for Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays (2015), a semifinalist (2013) and an Official Selection at the International Christian Film & Music Festival (2019).
Her short film script based on a true story in her book "Deliver Me" was a finalist the 168 Project’s “Write of Passage” screenwriting competition.
Her first venture as Writer/Producer/Director is a short film for the 168 Film Project. "The Choice" inspired by a true story in her "Deliver Me" book. See it on Youtube here: http://bit.ly/TheChoiceFilm.
She has written/directed/produced other award-winning short films. Learn more about Dianne's work in films on IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4921531/
When she’s not writing, she enjoys riding her motorcycle with her husband, Hal, gardening, and photography. She lives in Colorado.
http://www.DianneEButts.com
Twitter: @DianneEButts, @BAboutWriting, and @GParentObstacle
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DianneButtsA...
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dianneebutts/en
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May 19, 2016
Query Letters
As a reader I'm fascinated with the writing craft, I think it is amazing to be able to string words together regardless if it is fiction or non-fiction.
Query Letters was very informative and I loved the examples that were in the book. I know this book will be a benefit to every writer no matter where your at on your writing journey. It is always a joy to me as a reader to see other writers willing to help their fellow comrades succeed and avoid the pitfalls that they themselves have encountered.
As a reader I'm fascinated with the writing craft, I think it is amazing to be able to string words together regardless if it is fiction or non-fiction.
Query Letters was very informative and I loved the examples that were in the book. I know this book will be a benefit to every writer no matter where your at on your writing journey. It is always a joy to me as a reader to see other writers willing to help their fellow comrades succeed and avoid the pitfalls that they themselves have encountered.
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