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79-04 How to Find the Right Literary Agent

Eva Langston

and Survive the Literary Trenches

What I Learned from 90 Queries

         Keep Short and Sweet

My Book Summary went from 9 Paragraphs to 2 Sentences

Also Tried a Mood Pitch on Twitter

 

Check the Agents Websites

         What are They Looking For? – Whatever It Is, Give That to Them, and Nothing Else

         Look for Articles They have Published

 

Use Beta and Sensitivity Readers

 

Google “Successful Query Letters”

         Query Shark

 

All “Comparable Titles” need to be From the Last Five Years

 

Podcast “Queries, Qualms and Quirks”

         Sarah Nichols (Host) Interviews Authors

 

 

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