So it's still important to get that query right, because you could still lose the agent's interest with one that's written poorly. Because when you do these Twitter contests, you still have to send a traditional query letter.
When you're playing along in those kind of pitch contests, try to pack as much as you can in. We know there's romance, we know the character's background, we know her family struggles. The emotional turmoil and the very real danger on the outside. Somehow, in that tiny tweet, Samira was able to convey not just the internal stakes for the main character, but the external ones. Will a terrorist & Islamophobia shatter her dreams? #pitmatch #YA #CON" "She wants to make films & kiss boys-her Muslim parents forbid both. Here's the tweet that caught me immediately. And it's hard, trying to master just how to sum up your entire novel in 140 characters (though Twitter does have more now).
I spent a lot of time scouring through Beth Phelan's #DVPit and Brenda Drake's #PitMad. Signed copies with limited edition art are available from Anderson's too. And if you find all this helpful, please pre-order Samira's debut on Amazon, B&N, and IndieBound, and add it on Goodreads. Let's check out that query, as well as that tweet. She's gearing up for her book launch and her book tour.Īnd fun fact, all this started with a tweet. Samira Ahmed's LOVE HATE & OTHER FILTERS hits bookstores everywhere on January 16th with Soho Teen and January 18th with Hot Key Books in the U.K. The queries that hooked me, and the books that sold afterwards. Welcome to my little "Perfect Pitch" series here on the ol' blog, where I'll post query letters from my clients. than to start sharing a couple outstanding examples? So, what better way to help querying writers. One question I get asked all the time, is how to craft a good query letter.
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