Fiction writers have it easy – all they have to do is type up a one-page query letter, a one-page synopsis and perhaps and four- or five-paragraph author biography and ship it off to the literary agent of their choice. Non-fiction writers, on the other hand, must compile a professional book proposal if they want ...
These days, more and more literary agents are accepting e-mail query letters, which means that you will need to incorporate a different format than with a query letter sent through the postal mail. You should also know that all literary agents do not accept e-mail queries; make sure they are specified in the submission guidelines ...
I was first published when I was eleven years old, a poem that to this day I look at and think … wow, yeah, I really did that. Since that first published piece, I’ve been hooked on seeing my words and thoughts in printed form. As addictions go, I suppose that there could be worse ...
If you’re an aspiring author, then you’ve probably read plenty of articles about finding, enticing and keeping a literary agent, but do you know the primary job of a literary agent? For some reason, the role of literary agents has become an obscurity that even some published authors don’t understand. The Role of Your Literary ...
