by MK England | Jul 25, 2018 | Pitch Wars, Publishing, Queries & Synopses, Querying, The Disasters
Pitch Wars mentors and past mentees are sharing the successful queries that got them into Pitch Wars/got them their agent today, so here’s mine! This query letter got me an R&R from my amazing agent, Barbara Poelle of Irene Goodman Literary, back in 2015. I...
by MK England | Mar 9, 2016 | News, Querying
I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve signed with the incomparable Barbara Poelle of the Irene Goodman Literary Agency! I seriously have the world’s most intense and badass agent. She’s like being strapped to the front of a bullet train, but in the best way. One of these...
by MK England | Apr 15, 2015 | Querying, Questions Answered
There seems to be a lot of confusion out there about what literary agents actually DO. To some people, it just doesn’t seem worth it to give away 15% of their earnings to some random person–and I suppose that’s a valid point of view. I think for many people,...
by MK England | Apr 9, 2015 | Querying, Writing Process
Sometimes terrible metaphors help me understand things. Today, I’ll tell you why querying is like the dinner on your plate. (Wait, what?) Yeah, I know. Just…go with it. When I first started working on my query for Firestarter, my first novel, the process went...
