As more agents close to queries this time of year, more querying authors are blindly submitting to anyone, and wasting…
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The question about whether or not to query in December is the probably most-asked in all of publishing. Quick answer–no.…
Making the choice to request a submission is very similar to readers making a choice to buy a book. The…
When I look at a query letter the first thing I look at is the idea. I want something that…
As our social media grows so do the number of comments and DMs asking to query, pre-querying, or just plain…
You might have noticed that a number of BookEnds agents closed to queries in August. While others posted about catching…
Like every other agent, I have standard responses to queries–both when I’m rejecting and when I’m requesting material. When you’re…
You’ve written two books and for some reason, you’re querying them both at the same time. First, congratulations on the…
Great news for Black authors and creators right now. Many publishers, including some Big Five, are opening their doors to…
Welcome to another blog that came out of a YouTube video. This one answers the question we so often get…