We celebrated Keila Dawson's good news in our 2014 Year of Success post. Today Keila is sharing her query letter that she sent to Pelican Publishing. It brought her an offer for her book THE KING CAKE BABY which has come out this month just in time for Mardi Gras! Keila sent in the manuscript in... Continue Reading →
Learning to query is a process. Author Rebecca Colby has been through it all, from struggling through learning the intricacies of querying to selling a book and acquiring an agent. Lucky for us, she's sharing her experience here at Sub It Club! Rebecca tells us her story and breaks down the letter she queried her agent with.... Continue Reading →
It may come as a shock to you, but I get a lot of queries. It certainly comes as a shock to me! I’m not an agent or an editor and I think that is pretty clear on my blogs and all of the social media I do. I like to think that people work... Continue Reading →
You may have heard the news…I recently signed with an agent! I am beyond pleased to have partnered with agent Sean McCarthy. There couldn't have been a better way for me to wrap up the first year of Sub It Club! (We have a celebration coming up on the 22nd!) Dana Carey encouraged me to... Continue Reading →
Yes, this didn't get posted until the afternoon. C'mon, gimmee a break. It's Christmas! But you didn't come here to look at silly Christmas memes and gifs. (Or you won't admit that's the reason you came here, anyway.) Let's talk queries. Writing your first query can seem like a daunting task. In one or two... Continue Reading →
Here's a buzzword you may grow wearily familiar with, when you're querying: COMP TITLES Short for "comparable titles." These are books that you think your manuscript resembles in some way. Full disclosure, I am not a fan of comp titles, especially in queries. When I query an agent/editor about my book, I don't want his/her... Continue Reading →
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