Please remember this: when you publish a badly written, badly proofed,
badly edited book, you don’t just make yourself look bad,
you make all self-published authors look bad.
Readers are becoming increasingly sensitive to self-publishing and have no
reticence to give very bad reviews to badly constructed books.
As a self-publisher commit to the highest standards possible.
(provided by Kathleen at Parlez-Moi Press via Dan Poynter’s eNewsletter)
by Jeff Rivera, founder of http://www.HowtoWriteaQueryLetter.com
1) Start with a question that makes them ponder?
2) Talk about a dramatic moment in your personal life that connects
with the book you’ve written
3) Tell them immediately about your platform
4) Compliment them on a specific recent sale
5) Tell them who referred you
Use one of the 5 suggestions above and you’ll be one step closer to landing an agent.
If you would like to see an example of query letters that worked, visit:
http://www.HowtoWriteaQueryLetter.com
Jeff Rivera is the founder of http://www.HowtoWriteaQueryLetter.com. He and his works
have been featured or mentioned in Publishers Weekly, GalleyCat, Mediabistro, Los
Angeles Times, New York Observer, NPR and many other media outlets.
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