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Creative Writer’s Secret to Writing a Professional Query Letter By Deborah Owen

By Alice ⋅ February 3, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Editors know what they are looking for in a query letter. This guide follows the teaching of Noah Lukeman, editor, novelist, literary agent and teacher at Writer’s University. Ten thousand queries cross his desk every year.
The query letter has but one function – to make the editor want to read more.
Do not address your letter [...]

What Makes People Want to Read a Book? By Thomas Kaye

By Alice ⋅ January 30, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Have you ever wondered how people choose books? We have come to a time where readers are exposed to thousand new book releases each year not counting the books, which are released through electronic publishing. With more than 175,000 titles published every year, the competition for the readers’ attention is fierce.
The interest that readers will [...]

Two-page Synopsis Example

By Alice ⋅ January 14, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Please remeber that this work is copyrighted by the author and she has put a lot of hard work into it. It’s listed here for example purposes only.
An Honest Day’s Work
by Dale Ketcham
Drew Mannaker is a commercial real estate shark with questionable scruples. For years he’s been after land between two larger parcels he’d managed [...]

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