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Jordan Hamessley

@thejordache

Literary agent at @NewLeafLiterary representing PB, MG, YA, and adult genre fiction. Horror & SF geek who loves books. Musical theater nerd. - she/her/hers -

Berkeley, CA

New Leaf Literary

Jordan Hamessley @thejordache · 2 Nov 2018

Jessica Wade @Jess_Wade

If you think you need an exciting prologue because nothing exciting happens in your book for 5 chapters...what you need is 5 new chapters.

Adding to this, if you insist on including the five pages from the middle of the book in your query instead of the first five pages (as requested), you need a new beginning. If you can't win a reader over in the beginning, it doesn't matter how great pages 110-115 are. #querytip

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Jordan Hamessley @thejordache · 13 Oct 2018

Jordan Hamessley @thejordache

I often get PB queries with the author either apologizing for not including art OR including art that isn’t up to the level of the text because they think illustrations must be a part of the submission. Let the text speak for itself and trust the publisher to pair the art. twitter.com/literaticat/st…

I’ve also experienced the flip side, where a fantastic illustrator has a friend or family member write the text and the text isn’t at the same level of the art. If you are a brilliant illustrator, let your portfolio sell your work to the agent/editor. #querytip

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