Query Your Novel or Memior

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Query Your Novel or Memior

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Schedule Type Title: Every Day of the Week

Schedule Description: One two-hour session

Presenter: Betsy Thorpe

Zoom Link: https://www.charlottelit.org/zoom1

Virtual via Zoom
Charlotte, NC 28204

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In this class, the essential five paragraphs that make up a query letter, including the elevator pitch, author bio, and the dreaded comparison books, in order to find agents and write the best possible query letter.

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So often, writers focus their energy on creating compelling finished books, then throw up their hands in frustration when it comes to producing query letters and finding agents. But a good query letter can make the difference between your letter getting deleted and your pages actually getting read. In this class, we’ll discuss who these mysterious literary agents are, and the essential five paragraphs that make up a query letter, including the elevator pitch, author bio, and the dreaded comparison books. We’ll take a look at some query letters that won the notice of agents, and those that were so awful they got posted online. We’ll review your elevator pitches and author bios, and discuss whether a good title makes a difference, why rhetorical questions are a no-no, and how you can do a little test marketing.

Betsy Thorpe started in book publishing as an assistant at Atheneum, eventually becoming an acquiring and developmental editor while working at HarperCollins, Broadway Books (Random House), Macmillan, and John Wiley & Sons. She then started Betsy Thorpe Literary Services, which helps authors deliver their best work to the public, either through publishers or self-publishing. She is the co-author of numerous nonfiction books, including three featured in The New York Times, and is releasing three novels under the pseudonym of Hope Carolle with Dragonblade Publishing in 2023.

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