![]() Have you included an easy how-to-make-your-own purse template or an easy how to stack and store your purses chart? Mention this here. Tell specifics, but not too specific to make your market too small.īriefly state any special ideas in your book that will make yours stand out. Say for example, it’s a book for children having surgery, or a bed time story for preschool children, or for young girls 4-6 who love purses. Tell which age group and if there’s a specific market, highlight it here. Elementary age children is a bit general. State the audience for whom you wrote it and get as specific as possible. What’s not to love about purses? What if you had one in every shape and size to match every pair of shoes you owned but didn’t have room enough to put them all? What would you do? I’ve written a story about a girl who can’t get enough purses… If your book is about a girl who loves purses and can’t get enough, you might start with something like this: Then start with a bang, a hook, a question, something to tap an editor’s interest and touch on the main idea of your book. I have a manuscript I thought you might be interested in reading.” I enjoyed dining with you that evening and discussing possible book titles with you, (or whatever you discussed to bring who you are to their mind). “It was a pleasure meeting you at the XXX conference on (state the date). If you have met the editor at a conference, make that the first item mentioned. If you can find the name of the editor, by all means, use it. It’s nice to start with a name of an editor as opposed to Dear Editor. Both letters serve the same purposes of highlighting your book and making it something an editor will want to pursue. It should reflect your great writing skills and make them want to keep reading and ask for more. This letter should do more than pique an editor’s interest. Both may be the only item an editor reads, unless it’s good. A cover letter accompanies your proposal and briefly describes your proposal. Don’t stuff your whole proposal into an envelope if the publisher prefers queries initially.Ī query letter is a single letter asking for permission to submit your full proposal. The Market Guides relay which method the publishers prefer. If a publisher requests query letters first, before full submission of the manuscript, then this will be your query letter. Today we’ll talk about the killer, knock the socks of an editor cover letter. The three items I submit are a cover letter, proposal and formatted manuscript. ![]() I’d especially love to hear from you if you’re an editor and like to receive submissions in a different manner. I’d love to hear what the rest of you submit, but I’m going to share with you what I learned at one of my first conferences and therefore, what I submit. ![]() This may be debatable, and many of you may submit items differently. You might be asking what you actually submit to a publisher when you submit a picture book manuscript.
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