Literary Agent Research

There’s clearly something wrong with me, I’m enjoying querying (some) literary agents! It’s the challenge of researching a literary agent to try to determine what they might like to see in a query/pitch and it’s so easy to get it wrong. So, I’m happily checking Facebook (been posting some funny agent query tips) and Twitter […]

Got a rewrite/update of our first picture book query/pitch letter for That Greedy Goat Just Cannot Stay, or Where Has All Our Stuff Gone? The first version can still be found at Literary Agent Picture Book Query Letter (didn’t send the other version to any agents). Update: All five literary agent query letters. Query for […]

My fifth practice picture book agent query/pitch letter, this one is for our PB manuscript Mia Saves the Circus. Update: All five literary agent query letters. Query for That Greedy Goat Just Cannot Stay! Query for Let Me Keep My Monster Spud Query for I Am An Old Monster Hid Under Your Bed Query for […]

My fourth practice picture book agent query/pitch letter, this one for The Toy That Destroyed Christmas picture book manuscript. Update: All five literary agent query letters. Query for That Greedy Goat Just Cannot Stay! Query for Let Me Keep My Monster Spud Query for I Am An Old Monster Hid Under Your Bed Query for […]

I Am An Old Monster Hid Under Your Bed is our third picture book manuscript I’ve wrote a literary agent query/pitch for. Started with the agent query for That Greedy Goat Just Cannot Stay! followed by the pitch for Let Me Keep My Monster Spud. Still enjoying writing picture book query letters :-) Update: All […]

After finishing the article about picture book query letters for literary agents I decided it would be good practice to create query letters for all our picture book manuscripts: we currently have five finished rhyming stories and three wordless picture books that are works in progress. I’m still surprised I’m enjoying the process of writing […]

I think I’m finally getting the hang of writing picture book queries for literary agents, I’m even beginning to enjoy the challenge :-) I’m dealing with the agent queries for the most part, Marie is busy with illustrations (real work). Update: All five literary agent query letters. Query for That Greedy Goat Just Cannot Stay! […]

My wife and I are an unpublished author/illustrator couple: I write and my wife writes and illustrates (yes, she’s the real talent :-)). We are currently in literary agent querying mode, the goal is long term representation with an agent/agency who will put our picture book manuscripts in the hands of publishing houses that are […]

We are seeking the services of the mythical creature that dwells in the shadows, the beast that is summoned forth with the magical incantation known as the dreaded literary agent query. Yes, we are looking for a literary agent to represent our children’s picture books, but unlike creating picture books, querying agents ain’t a fun […]

Our first literary agent query was to Steven Malk of Writers House by email on June 13th 2016. We received a no within 24hrs (about 10 hours later), so a failed query. Also see How to Find a Literary Agent for Children’s Picture Books for a list of literary agents interested in children’s picture books […]