Query Resources for Querying Authors
Query Blog Posts (More to come!)
When to nudge literary agents on queries, full requests, and when you have an offer of rep.
Query Letter Drafts
Seventeen-year-old Prince Zander strives to create peace in a broken world through a marital alliance that will send him far from home. But when his betrothed, Princess Alessia, runs away days before their wedding, the union between their kingdoms will shatter unless he can find her.
Inspired by Angkor Wat Temple, OF SERPENTS AND CURSES is an #ownvoice YA fantasy retelling of Medusa with a feminist twist and a fusion of Greek, Hindi and Khmer mythologies I grew up with in Cambodia.
CASSIE & THE LOST GHOST BOY a middle grade #ownvoices fantasy featuring a City of Ghosts best friend story meets the non-western folklore and family relationships of Ghost Squad.
ALISHA IN ROSHANBAN is a 66,000 middle grade fantasy retelling inspired by Alice in Wonderland and The Jungle Book.
When the Timeless Witches bestowed a death curse upon the Grimsbane men and their male descendants, the Grimsbane women decided to hunt the witches and break the curse…
With a smile she can bring any man to his knees, with a song she can guide him to his grave. To slake her siren bloodlust, seventeen-year-old Saoirse lives a double life; soldier by day, assassin for an unknown employer by night.
When seventeen-year-old Aisha begins to feel increasingly numb and isolated at a racially exclusionary ballet boarding school, her mental health suffers leading to her first episode of dissociation.
SABOTAGE & SERENADES, complete at 84,000-words, is THE HATING GAME meets LA LA LAND; a slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers workplace romance set against the bustling Los Angeles record label industry.
My Favorite Querying Resources
Query Shark
Check out the Query Shark archives where agent Janet Reid reads and critiques queries. She marks up queries and shows you where she, a literary agent, would stop reading and why. Super useful tool for querying authors to know the most common mistakes querying authors make!
BookEnds Blog
I might be a little biased, but BookEnds creates tons of blog posts for querying authors written by literary agents. Everything from word counts to how to nudge agents. Also, be sure to check out their YouTube channel!
First Five Frenzy
An invaluable resource for authors trying to perfect their opening pages. Interviews with literary agents on what they look for and what they dislike in the first five pages of a submission.
J. Elle’s Website
Author J. Elle has a ton of resources on her website for authors including sample query critiques, querying prep questions, and how to craft the perfect Twitter pitch.

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