In this book, successful literary agent Lisa Collier Cool shares professional, practical advice on how to craft powerfully persuasive letters that connect with an editor's imagination. Readers will learn how to develop their ideas, select the strongest slant for their article or book, hook an editor with a tantalizing lead, and more.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Old Subjects Given A New Twist:
I received my copy today and I tell you once I began to read the first 20 pages I have an article that I'm considering and from the one article I now have four. I am soooo glad I purchased the book and plan to pass it on to my granddaughter who is considering writing a romance novel. What an added plus to my library.
Great introduction, but really needs to be updated.:
This step-by-step guide is an easy read, a wonderful resource for writers. Mainly focused on magazine queries, the text explains much more than how to make a quality first impression with editors. It also teaches how to find and clarify ideas; how to slant them into something fresh and "irrisistible", then how to format them into something a publisher will want to read. Other chapters focus on selling yourself as the author, securing a solid hook and polishing your pieces to perfection. Several sample... more info
Never Too Much:
Education, continuing education, and refreshers are never too much. This book should become quotidian for any writer that prepares query letters. The percentage of information for magazine article writers slightly outweigh the information for book writers. The tips to aid an author in personalizing the sales pitch were good. The chapters have been colligated under the following topics: Ideas, Writing the Query, Facts and Quotes, Editing and Submitting. There are numerous sample letters that have been proven... more info
a thesaurus of good examples:
This literary agent's guide for wannabe' writers is meant to help mostly novice authors persuade people just like her. The book's success is due largely to the plentiful examples of successful letters written by her and other authors. Templates abound, a happy state for any craftsman, not least beginning or intermediate writers. Its second contribution is to humanize the mythic person of `the editor'. He or she is a busy professional--like many others, one might add--who needs to find good work. Few... more info
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