Here you’ll find a round up on my posts which focus on querying and pitching. See also “Getting Published” and “Revising” for more posts.

Contents:

1. Formatting Your Manuscript
2. Query Tips
3. Pitching Tips
4. Query Critiques

Formatting Your Manuscript

• How to Format & Submit Graphic Novels
• Formatting Your Novel Manuscript

Query Tips

• The Kinds of Queries that Work, from Query Shark
• Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Sub-Genres
• Literary? Mainstream? Commercial? What Genre Is This Anyway?
• Maria Vicente’s 10 Common Querying Mistakes
• Carlisle Webber’s list of 99 problems in her slush pile
• Carly Watters’ 8 Query Tips No One Tells Writers
• Max Wirestone’s Slushproofing Your Query

Pitching Tips

• Tips and Tricks for Writing Successful Twitter Pitches
• Telling and Selling Stories the Video Game Way (Character + Conflict)

Query Critiques

• Query #1—YA Contemporary
• Query #2—YA Contemporary
• Query #3—YA Fantasy
• Query #4—Urban Fantasy
• Query #5
• Query #6—Dark YA Fantasy
• Query #7
• Query #8—Revised
• Query #9
• Query #10
• Query #11
• Query #12