I’m happy to announce that I’ll be hosting a monthly query and first pages critique giveaway to help aspiring authors hone their submissions. The giveaway will be held on the first of every month starting in February 2020, and the details are as follows. What? The first 10 queries I […]
About My Query
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Recently, at the SCBWI Summer Conference, I did a three-hour workshop on queries: what they should include, how to structure them, how to write them, and how to improve them. We’ve been posting About My Query critiques for years now on the blog, and while it’s not a regular feature, […]
[Note from Kate: Sara is out of the office today, dealing with a personal matter, but asked me to post her latest About My Query critique.] Thank you so much for sending this query in for a critique – let’s dive in… Dear KT Lit, A failed assassination attempt is […]
Today’s About My Query brought to you by Hilary Harwell! Dear [Agent]: I found your interview on […] and think you’ll enjoy my 63,000 word YA novel, Invisible Me. I did a developmental edit with agent Elizabeth Kracht from Kimberley Cameron and Associates to be sure it’s up to snuff. […]
It’s time for another About My Query! Dear Agent, Given your interest in romance and erotic literature, I wanted to contact you about my novel, Sex, Money and the Price of Truth, for which I’m currently seeking representation. This erotic novel blends romance, suspense and a fascinating exploration of the power […]
It’s time for another round of About My Query! Dear Ms. Megibow, Like most twenty-somethings, Camilla Tordis thinks she has her life figured out. She is on the cusp of her graduation from college and finally being free of her domineering aunt when a sudden rainstorm and a broken shoe […]
If it’s Friday, it must be time for another About My Query post! Let’s get to it. Dear Agent, Captain Damien Ardeo struggles to earn respect as the only common born officer in the Volucian military. His people rule the skies with their wings and the land through their huge […]
Thanks so much for dropping by for this week’s About My Query! Hilary will be reviewing and making suggestions this time around. Dear Lovely Ladies at KT Literary, ONE THOUSAND STARS THAT BIND is a gender-bent YA alt-history retelling of ALADDIN, set in communist, steampunk’d Romania during an era where the […]
Thanks for dropping in to read today’s About My Query! Without further ado, here it is: Dear ktliterary, Eighteen-year-old Caparina didn’t ask to be Captain; but three years ago the crew elected her and now it’s her duty to protect them from starvation, infection, and enslavement by the vindictive President […]