Tuesday, December 14, 2010

You HAVE to read this

I followed my nose yesterday afternoon and found this guy, J.M. Tohline, and he wrote this unbelievable post on the BIGGEST MISTAKES WRITERS MAKE WHEN THEY QUERY.

You need to read this whether you've queried before or not. He polled 100 agents and got their responses to what makes and breaks a query letter.

Go here now.

And then, when you're done there, go to his follow up post at the end. It's definitely worth the read.

That is all.

29 comments:

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

I'll read it!

Elliot Grace said...

Anne, just left JM's post. Loved it! Informative, and a bit funny. (can't believe the miscues some of us have attempted:)

Thanks Anne, you're the best!
EL

DL Hammons said...

WOW! That's some great stuff there! Thank you Anne. :)

Matthew MacNish said...

Wow, this is awesome. Off to check it out right now ...

Anne Gallagher said...

Gentlemen -- Thank you one and all.

I thought it was an incredible read myself and I really think everyone should read it.

Christine said...

Excellent post! Thanks for sharing.

Tracy said...

On my way! Need all the help I can get.

Lola Sharp said...

I'll go check it out. :)

I scrolled through your posts, to catch up on you since my last visit last week...I'm so sorry about the full rejection. *hugs* But I have faith in you and your writing. NEVER GIVE UP!!

And, you write an awesome query letter...dude, that's not something to sneeze at.

Before I check out your link...you never stop by anymore. I see you everywhere, I still come here, but you never stop by. I hope I haven't done anything to offend you.

And last, Happy belated birthday to Monster Baby! :)

Love,
Lola

Linda G. said...

Good stuff. Thanks for sharing the link.

Karen Jones Gowen said...

Excellent, thanks for the link. Will read.

Unknown said...

Thanks for the link, will go there immediately.
CD

Karen Baldwin said...

Oh, this is GOOD! I'll be spending time with that link for sure. Thanks.

Shannon said...

I'm headed over there now. Thanks for the link- love. <3

Bossy Betty said...

Went there. Read it. Learned a lot!

Davin Malasarn said...

I'll check it out!

Unknown said...

Will Do

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the suggestion. I'm on it!

Jayne said...

Hi Anne. I've popped over there already and have bookmarked it to read later. It is a fantastic post though - will definitely check it out and hope I haven't made any of those errors!

Roland D. Yeomans said...

Thanks, Anne. Groan. Without even reading it, I know I've probably made of those mistakes. Have a great day, Roland

Melody said...

Now that is awesome. Thanks for posting, Anne!

Rula Sinara said...

Hey Anne, awesome info isn't it? I had linked to it as well. Great minds....;)It's pretty incredible that he got so many responses to his poll.

Talli Roland said...

Headed over to check it out! Thanks, Anne.

Melissa Gill said...

Thanks a million for pointing this out Anne. What a great post.

Unknown said...

On my way!

Paul C said...

I read the post and am most impressed with the extensive insights JM has provided. Thank you for the link.

Hanny said...

Thanks for the link!

February Grace said...

Wow, that gave me a headache *laugh* and reminded me why I know I'm not cut out for the machinery of the 'business'.

My hat is off to anybody who can do all those conflicting things to submit to agent after agent and still maintain some sanity. Thanks Anne for posting this- I will keep it in mind to pass on to friends who are still in the fray!

I wonder, and I find myself wondering why I wonder this...why this author didn't seem to post anywhere on his blog that the title of it is a line of Beatles lyrics?!? Seems to me that might be kind of an important thing to acknowledge. But then, you know me, I'm weird...

hugs!
bru

Creepy Query Girl said...

Ooooh, you don't have to tell me twice! i'm on my way!

Eric W. Trant said...

That is definitely worth the read!

- Eric