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WELCOME TO THE RESOURCE CENTER
Querying Agents
WHAT YOU'LL FIND HERE
Is Your Manuscript Ready to Query?
Typing “The End” finishes a draft. A query-ready manuscript meets a different standard. For agents and acquiring editors, a finished manuscript reads like a book ready to move into layout after copyedits. The opening, middle, and ending follow a coherent plan, and the chapters appear in a deliberate order. The category and word count match the ranges agents expect for that shelf. Point of view and tense remain consistent from scene to scene, and they read as meaningful choice
Nov 3, 20259 min read
RESOURCES
Why Writers Lack Standard Guidelines for Querying
Every writer pursuing traditional publishing ends up asking for a single book that explains agents, manuscript readiness, querying, response management, and how to accept an offer without compromising the next decade. No such book exists.
Dec 14, 20256 min read
How Literary Agents Work
Literary agents function as independent business partners who screen manuscripts for market viability, help clear structural obstacles before submission, select and approach specific editors, and negotiate contracts and rights under a commission system that pays them only when books sell. Writers can evaluate agents in return by examining recent, relevant sales, concrete submission plans, and rights handling that support a long-term career.
Dec 14, 20257 min read
Research Agents Without Wasting Submission Opportunities
Agents routinely close to unsolicited queries after being overwhelmed with poorly targeted submissions, and many will permanently stop reading work from writers who demonstrate no understanding of where their book fits in the market.
Dec 10, 20255 min read
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