John Wood sees it with numbing regularity: the query letter that comes close to making a sale - until the writer makes some fatal, but avoidable mistake. So the Modern Maturity senior editor wrote this letter-writer's guidebook. Read it, learn from it, use its secrets to write queries that get accepted. Discover: why boldness beats blandness every time how to rocket your query right past the slush pile how to make a big impression with a little cover letter the 10 basics you must have in your article query the 10 ...
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John Wood sees it with numbing regularity: the query letter that comes close to making a sale - until the writer makes some fatal, but avoidable mistake. So the Modern Maturity senior editor wrote this letter-writer's guidebook. Read it, learn from it, use its secrets to write queries that get accepted. Discover: why boldness beats blandness every time how to rocket your query right past the slush pile how to make a big impression with a little cover letter the 10 basics you must have in your article query the 10 query blunders that can ruin your chances how to dramatize your novel with a query/synopsis package what a book proposal is, why you need it, and how to write it As you publish more, your professional correspondence will increase. Whether the correspondence is a complaint to your editor, a celebrity interview request or anything else connected with your career, you'll make it ring with style and professionalism with this book. Wood includes chapter-ending Question & Answer sections that clarify issues concerning the type of letter at hand. He's also packed the book with illustrative samples. You'll see many that are pure dynamite - and one real bomb. Read this book and immediately begin to write energetic, masterly, persuasive letters. Keep editors hanging on your words. Make them eager to buy your work.
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This book contains insightful and thorough coverage of creating a query letter complete with excellent examples of both what to do and what not to do. The examples used are diverse and creative instead of the same old list of no-nos. That's not to say that the cautions are not included, they are just done intelligently.
