Query Shark

How To Write Query Letters ... or, really, how to revise query letters so they actually work

Saturday, February 1, 2014

#254

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Questions: (1) Please advise me on my bio; I lack publishing credits and writing awards. My academic degrees, travel and research immersed...
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Sunday, December 29, 2013

#253--revised twice

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Second revision Dear Query Shark, Ariana has a PhD in medieval military history and works at a Manhattan dating agency. Her boss claim...
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Sunday, December 8, 2013

#252-the first post under the new system-revised 3x

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Revision #3   --> Dear Query Shark, Dee Dee Welles wants to remember the worst day of her life. As it is, with no memory of ...
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New strategy at QueryShark

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I had a blinding moment of inspiration this week, prompted by the query letter posted at #252. Here's how it happened and what it means ...
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Monday, October 14, 2013

#251-Revised once

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  --> Dear Query Shark, Dr. Richard Hamilton, head of Physics at Livermore National Lab, is faced with the most difficult deci...
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Saturday, October 5, 2013

#250-a reminder on closing your queries

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 This entry plucks examples from five queries, each of which needs work on the closing. (1) If the concept of the novel appeals to you,...
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Monday, September 2, 2013

#249--revised 4x

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Fourth revision Dear Query Shark, The words were written on a sign posted just outside Aura Jefferson’s hometown of Langston, in rural O...
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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

#248-revised twice

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Dear QueryShark, The tiniest spark can send Afghanistan and Pakistan to war. Steven Frisk’s job is to make sure that doesn’t happen. Ali ...
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