Publishing Credentials: Many authors agonize over this. If you don’t have publishing credits, simply omit this portion of the query. Many agents advise the same thing.
If you do have publishing creds, make sure you list the title, the magazine and issue date, or the publisher and date it was published (see bio section, where I have an example of this). Agents want to know. They’ll check.
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From the Query to The Call
Non-FictionFROM THE QUERY TO THE CALL outlines what a query letter -- or cover copy -- is, why every author needs to master the art of describing their book in just a few words, and how to successfully navigate the querying process. Authors looking to query pu...
