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On Querying Agents: What’s a Personalized Rejection?

Lyn Hawks · March 4, 2019 · 5 Comments

How do you know that a rejection is a sign to keep going? The personalized rejection can give you some hope. With 113 rejections in this last round of querying, I've developed some theories about what constitutes an authentic and individualized response versus a template … [Read more...] about On Querying Agents: What’s a Personalized Rejection?

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: agents, agents, literary agent, query, query letter, query letters, querying, rejection, rejection

Don’t Despair When Your Agent Leaves the Business

Lyn Hawks · August 30, 2018 · 4 Comments

When your agent leaves the business, what do you do? In June I wrote my friend and YA author Gordon Jack when I was in the bluest, most Anne Shirley depths of despair. “My agent is leaving the business,” I said, feeling as if I were delivering the worst and most shameful of … [Read more...] about Don’t Despair When Your Agent Leaves the Business

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: agents, literary agent, persistence, persistence, query, querying, the writing life

What’s Behind Your Query Letter?

Lyn Hawks · January 28, 2018 · 2 Comments

“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!” Remember that famous line from Professor Marvel while he scrambles in his hidden cubby to yank levers and work a mic that make the big and scary Wizard of Oz bellow?   In the world of Authors Ready to Query, Professor … [Read more...] about What’s Behind Your Query Letter?

Filed Under: Publishing, Writing Tips Tagged With: agents, agents, query, query letter, query letters, query right, querying

How a Query Can Help You Write Your Novel

Lyn Hawks · January 21, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Query Right Workshop with Lyn Fairchild Hawks and Tara Lynne Groth

When I headed to the Chicago Writing Workshop to pitch agents, you can bet I brought my best boots, a big smile, and a query letter--polished to a high shine. Better than that, I had a complete manuscript. The complete manuscript came courtesy of years of hard work and several … [Read more...] about How a Query Can Help You Write Your Novel

Filed Under: Publishing, Writing Tips Tagged With: agents, novel, query, query letter, query letters, query right, Tara Lynne Groth, YA, young adult

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