Asked to Send a Query

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Asked to Send a Query

Post by GingerWrite » October 19th, 2011, 7:04 pm

Nathan, I was recently a finalist in a blog competition to pitch your novel in two sentences. The winner would receive a full ms request from a literary agent. The agent encouraged the finalists to send her a standard query with the requisite 5 pages. How should I mention in my letter that I am that person who was asked to do so?

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Post by CharleeVale » October 19th, 2011, 11:50 pm

I would say just slip it into the bio section of the query. Something simple should do the trick!

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Post by MattLarkin » October 22nd, 2011, 11:30 am

I might actually put that in the beginning instead of the bio. If the agent knows before reading the query that they requested it, they may read it more favorably.
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Re: Asked to Send a Query

Post by Nathan Bransford » October 30th, 2011, 12:25 pm

GingerWrite wrote:Nathan, I was recently a finalist in a blog competition to pitch your novel in two sentences. The winner would receive a full ms request from a literary agent. The agent encouraged the finalists to send her a standard query with the requisite 5 pages. How should I mention in my letter that I am that person who was asked to do so?

Thanks for the advice and all the helpful blog posts!
Sorry it took me so long to get to this, I've been out of town. Best to mention it right up front!
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