Shannon Snow
Literary Agent
Creative Media Agency
Literary Agent & Audio Subrights Manager at CMA. Mom of adult kids, owned by 4 chihuahuas, wife to a homemade soapmaker hubby, lover of books & their creators!
Literary Agent
3/3 #querytip Agency websites typically list what each agent there wants. It will only help you if you target an agent who wants what you write. If you then want to send it to another at that agency & are unsure you should, just ask if it鈥檚 ok. #amquerying good luck! 馃憤馃徎
Literary Agent
2/3 #querytip first, it won鈥檛 help in any way and may, probably will, come across as lazy鈥ike you couldn鈥檛 take the time to research what that agency鈥檚 people read and therefore which agent you should target. #amquerying
Literary Agent
1/3 #querytip Please don鈥檛 query every agent at a particular agency in one email. First, we have multiple agents because we don鈥檛 all read the same book types. Why would you want to query someone who reads predominantly non-fiction when you write sci-fi, for example? #amquerying
Literary Agent
Query tip: Economy of words in a small space. Remove unnecessary passive voice from your query summary so that every word contributes to relaying your story & your sentences have a nice, tight flow. #WritingCommnunity #writingadvice #writers #amquerying #amediting #querytip
Literary Agent
#querytip #amquerying #writerscommunity #writers
When you鈥檙e querying an agent, use their name. Otherwise it鈥檚:
