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Monthly Editing Sale – 10% off a Submission Packet Critique or Contest Critique

Any Submission Packet Critique or Contest Critique booked in January gets a 10% off*. What Is A Submission Packet Critique? A thorough review of your query submission packet: the synopsis, query, and first five pages. This critique covers everything to make sure you are sending agents and editors your very…

How To Write A Query Letter

QUERY(n) – the letter a hopeful author sends to an agent or editor with the express wish of getting the manuscript off their desk and onto someone else’s publication schedule. The query is an essential part of the publication process even for Indie Authors, it’s also one of the…

What To Have Before You Query (a checklist)

Dear Authors – I want to read your book. Not just as a fellow author, or editor, or someone in publishing. I want to read your book because I’m a reader first and foremost and, by golly!, I need more books in my life! The good news is, I’m not the…

How To Write A Synopsis

One of the things I’ve noticed while editing for clients and helping with Son Of A Pitch is that many authors are intimidated by the synopsis. This is a standard part of most query packets and something that many authors hate writing. A synopsis is just that: a brief summary…

Friendsgiving Feedback Follow-Up!

Remember back in November when we did the free query critique thing? This morning, awesome news was in my in-box! Just wanted to send you a quick thank you. I sent out my first batch of queries this month with the query you critiqued. So far, I’ve gotten 3 full requests…

Friendsgiving Critique #2

Query #2 was one I picked out because I love UF and I haven’t seen Norse mythology done well recently (maybe I missed a book?). The original query is in black, my notes are in red, and my rewrite is at the bottom. – L MARK OF THE VALKYRIE…

Friendsgiving Critique #1

The query is one of the hardest parts of writing a book. Even if you aren’t looking for an agent or a publisher you will write something similar. The query is, essentially, the back-of-book blurb with an additional paragraph containing personal details (previous publications, relevant platform, word count, ect). I…