Jesse Burns
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Jamie Ford:
Hi. Any particular advice on how to craft a query letter that might pique a literary agent's interest?
Jamie Ford
Hi Jesse, the best advice I can give is that the story idea needs to be unique. You can write a dazzling query, have all the publishing credentials and awards in the world, but the story pitch on the page needs to resonate.
Writer's Digest did a series on "Successful Queries," which might be worth checking out if you haven't seen it already. Here's mine:
http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-b...
Good luck! :)
Writer's Digest did a series on "Successful Queries," which might be worth checking out if you haven't seen it already. Here's mine:
http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-b...
Good luck! :)
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Kristin Henry
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Jamie Ford:
Hi! I am so disappointed to miss my local bookseller's discussion of The Many Daughters of Afong Moy tonight, which I believe you are going to be a part of. I was wondering if you have notes posted for this book? I have been working to understand nervous system development (The Body Keeps the Score sits on my pile of books to read), and I very much enjoyed this take!
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