Query Letter Webinar & Critique
This Query Letter Webinar was held on December 1, 2016
The query letter is an author’s first arrow in their assault on the castle surrounding the Kingdom of Bestsellers. The Book Doctors are constantly shocked by how many great writers write terrible query letters. Agents and publishers are overwhelmed and inundated; if they don’t fall in love with your query letter, you’re going to get one of those horrible generic responses which, no matter how much sugar they put on it, basically tells the author to drop dead.
This webinar will break down everything you need to know about the query letter, and we will deconstruct and critique (in our kind and gentle way) participants’ randomly selected query letters.
This webinar is FREE to view. To submit your query letter for possible critique, please send it to david@thebookdoctors.com. Include “query webinar submission” in the subject line.
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Nicole Kelley
October 16, 2016 @ 10:20 pm
I’m looking forward to the webinar. I just submitted my query letter too. I hope it’s selected!
Julia O'Shaughnessy
November 10, 2016 @ 1:59 pm
This looks like a great webinar! Does the content of it apply to author/illustrators of picture books as well? Thanks!
Arielle Eckstut
November 10, 2016 @ 9:45 pm
Absolutely!
Humbler Acts
November 10, 2016 @ 6:27 pm
I’m looking forward to your webinar as well. I’ve sent you my query letter. I’ll be listening if and when you mention it. Thanks either way for your service. Humbler Acts
Jennifer Mannering
November 30, 2016 @ 1:31 pm
Very excited!
Claudia Lynch
November 30, 2016 @ 4:21 pm
Thursday is an action-packed day. Will I be able to watch another time or catch up on what I miss if I’m late? Thanks!
Arielle Eckstut
November 30, 2016 @ 7:47 pm
Yes! You can watch it any time.
Darryl Henriques
November 30, 2016 @ 5:19 pm
Dear Book Doctors, I was saddened by your suggestion that I remove my catering experience from my bio. As you know in today’s economy to have a job (any job) is to be viewed as a productive member of what has to be seen as a failing and soon to be extinct empire. For over 13 years I served the rich and sometimes famous and once I was even asked to be a server at a dinner for none other than the husband of a recent almost President.
I was asked if I agreed to be screened by the FBI, the CIA, the NSA, the Secret Service, the Boy Scouts and the Brownies (“Heck of a job.”) I thought for sure I would be rejected because of my experiences in the sixties but much to my surprise and disappointment I was told that I passed inspection. To say that I was heartbroken is an understatement of major proportions. What was the point of being on the forefront of the revolution if I ended up in the next century as having no radical credentials? Then to add insult to injury Bill cancelled the dinner and I was without a job for that evening.
But I digress, the real reason that I am taking time from my schedule-less schedule to bother you during your time of rest and relaxation (My God, the picture of the two of you left me breathless. If I wasn’t married I would immediately propose to the two of you or at the very least beg you to adopt me.) is because I want to ask the Doctors if I should try to get a publisher to reissue an updated version of 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Pave the Earth. So much of the book is still relevant because for some unknown and perhaps unknowable reason human beings are dead set on destroying the earth as fast as humanly possible.
With Infinite Love and Endless Admiration, D. Henriques (I sent this before but received no reply so I am persevering which is what all good writers have to do, n’est-ce pas?
Arielle Eckstut
November 30, 2016 @ 7:47 pm
Are you kidding? They’ll go nuts over the catering experience! You could make your entire query letter about it! Pls send us an email about the reissue. I don’t recall seeing an email from you at all. Arielle@thebookdoctors.com and david@thebookdoctors.com
Melissa Lawson
November 30, 2016 @ 5:48 pm
As a faithful Book Dr follower, I’m disappointed to miss this live but life in the real world persists. Will it remain available on U-tube to view later? I’m almost ready to write my query letter
Arielle Eckstut
November 30, 2016 @ 7:45 pm
Yes! You can watch it any time.
Sharon Wagner
December 5, 2016 @ 11:28 am
Thanks for another great webinar! It was loaded with great tips. You guys are great.