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Andrea Bartz: Get It Write
When my debut came out in 2019, I wrote a little guide to finding an agent and included my exact query letter — before and after, in fact, showing its too-long first draft and then the edited version I sent out. Years later, querying authors still reach out to thank me for it. Which got me thinking…why not create a whole compendium of successful book pitches? Elevator pitches are hard, whether you’re crystallizing a new book idea, pitching your manuscript, or trying to convince readers to buy your book. These diamonds in the slush pile show you what works.
Here, I’m sharing the winning queries that helped published authors get their agents. (More are coming in every month!) I’ve shared their titles in my Bookshop storefront and linked further resources at the end. Enjoy, and subscribe to my newsletter for tons of writing and publishing tips!
Jump to an author’s query:
Liz Alterman
Chandler Baker
Kathleen Barber
Andrea Bartz
Julia Bartz
Laur
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After the huge success of the 2015 release of 'Bridge of Spies' 2CD/1DVD Remastered Expanded Edition Box Set, and what with it being a limited edition, it sold out very quickly. Universal Music have been working on a follow-up release titled 'T'Pau-The Virgin Anthology,' to coincide with the 30 year Anniversary of the grupp blasting on to the music scen making their mark overseas as well as at home in the United Kingdom.
The success, reception and comments on the 'Bridge of Spies' Box Set was unprecedented; well, it did give us everything relating to the album in 37 tracks which included the remastered album, B-Sides, mixes, Live tracks & demos not to forget the 1st ever tjänsteman T'pau DVD!! So to drum up any similar kind of excitement bygd the fans, the Anthology really needs to impress and Universal Music needs to
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A Celebration of
Great Opening Lines
in World Literature
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld
Becoming Kareem:Growing Up On and Off the Court (2017)
I didn’t realize I was black until third grade.
Memoirs from sports figures rarely begin with memorable openings, but this first sentence from one of the sports world’s most interesting and articulate figures is a refreshing exception. It begins the book’s first chapter, titled “How I Discovered I was Black.“
Abdul-Jabaar continued: “Although I was born in the predominantly black community of Harlem in 1947, I was raised in a multiethnic housing project in the Inwood section of Manhattan. Our project consisted of seven buildings, each fourteen stories tall, with twelve apartments on each floor. That totaled 1,176 apartments. Basically, a small, crowded city.“
Jane Addams
Twenty Years at Hull House(1910)
On the theory that our genuine impulses may be connected with our childish experiences, that one’s ben