Crafting Irresistible Query Letters that Get You Published
About this ebook
Everyone can master the art of writing effective query letters given the tools. Designed for writers of magazine articles and books, this guide provides all the facts and no-nonsense assistance you need to ensure your queries generate excitement and result in an editor's or agent's invitation to submit more material. Using a unique questionnaire, exercises, and a variety of annotated examples, Crafting Irresistible Query Letters delivers the tools every writer needs to get published.
Learn how to:
- develop all the essential ingredients of an irresistible article or book query
- discover and capitalize on the "marketing slants" for all your works-in-progress
- grab and hold an editor's attention
- add value to your articles
- format and manage traditional and e-queries
- avoid common mistakes
- follow-up without being a pest.
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About the author
Julie H. Ferguson believes that writers need practical assistance, current information, and support from published authors throughout their journeys to publication. So far, she has guided hundreds of aspiring authors towards commercial and self-publishing success through her workshops, presentations and individual coaching, which has a 74% success rate. Houses like Penguin Canada, Whitecap and HarperCollins have published her clients’ books.
A working nonfiction writer for forty years, Julie is the author of six books for writers, including this one, Crafting Irresistible Query Letters that Result in Publication, and Writing with Power!!, as well as four nonfiction books on Canadian history. Her latest is James Douglas: Father of British Columbia (Dundurn 2006), a young adult biography. Her articles have appeared in national and international, print and electronic publications on topics as varied as Canadian submarines and llama trekking, safaris and writing.
Not only is Julie a successful author, she is also an accomplished professional speaker who presents at writers’ conferences and groups. She has also instructed for Vancouver Community College’s Creative Writing program for five years. Julie’s many presentations for aspiring authors and freelancers include All Aboard the Electronic Express, Pitching Your Articles in the 21st Century and Build Your Tribe Online. Her honest, one-on-one coaching practice guides writers towards successful commercial or self-publication for their books and articles.
Julie’s company, Beacon Literary Services, provides an array of services that include keynotes and breakout sessions for writers, promotional and freelance writing for individuals and organizations, coaching, and a quarterly e-newsletter and blogs with news, tips and discussions to keep writers current. Her publishing imprint is Beacon Publishing.
