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How to Publish Your Own Fantasy Novel

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« on: January 07, 2013, 10:50:28 pm »

Query Letters

The query letter is your admission ticket. This gets you through the gate, so it's important to do it right. The best way to do that is to keep it short and to the point. The agent or editor who reads your letter wants to know in the fewest words possible what your book is about. Period. My advice is this:

    address the agent or editor by name
    deliver a short sentence or two that tells them who the main character is and explains the crux of the plot
    offer any relevant details about yourself (this should be short and only be included if it seems like something that might be helpful in selling the book)
    and finally ask them to contact you if they are interested in seeing a submission package


For short fiction you can ignore this last point since for most short stories you'll be submitting the piece itself along with a cover letter. (All of the above info works just as well for a cover letter as it does a query.)
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