JUNE 19, 2025 – Seven Steps to a Successful Query Letter: Mad Libs Edition with Saritza Hernandez
Querying agents with your work is an ongoing part of being a novelist. At first, the query is your way to hook an agent, but once you’ve embarked on your working relationship, your agent may ask that you provide ideas for future projects that can best be pitched to them or publishing house editors via a query. It might also be a useful tool for encapsulating your novel for yourself. While crafting a query may not be as easy as 1, 2, or 3, with the help of Saritza’s Seven-Step Process and some fun Mad Libs, it could be much more fun than you think.
Querying agents with your work is an ongoing part of being a novelist. At first, the query is your way to hook an agent, but once you’ve embarked on your working relationship, your agent may ask that you provide ideas for future projects that can best be pitched to them or publishing house editors via a query. It might also be a useful tool for encapsulating your novel for yourself. While crafting a query may not be as easy as 1, 2, or 3, with the help of Saritza’s Seven-Step Process and some fun Mad Libs, it could be much more fun than you think.
Querying agents with your work is an ongoing part of being a novelist. At first, the query is your way to hook an agent, but once you’ve embarked on your working relationship, your agent may ask that you provide ideas for future projects that can best be pitched to them or publishing house editors via a query. It might also be a useful tool for encapsulating your novel for yourself. While crafting a query may not be as easy as 1, 2, or 3, with the help of Saritza’s Seven-Step Process and some fun Mad Libs, it could be much more fun than you think.