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Cathie Hedrick-Armstrong Profile picture
Cathie Hedrick-Armstrong
@C_H_Armstrong
Sr. Lit agent at @TPurcellAgency AUTHORS: Please *DO NOT* submit a query through my email! Use https://t.co/NjSUQG45Tr
Nov 12, 2022 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
THREAD:
1/ #AmQuerying Authors: I'm going through queries now, and I can't tell you the number of passes I've sent because I don't know what the story is about. PLEASE don't give agents a reason to pass before reading your opening pages. PLEASE make sure your queries include... 2/...all necessary information. MOST IMPORTANTLY, please make sure it reads like the back of a novel you might buy in a store, COMPLETE WITH STAKES! Without the stakes, there really is no story at all. And, surely, your story has stakes but we don't know what they are unless...