Writing a Kick-Ass Query Letter

The all-important basics to avoid dying on the slush pile

Alison McBain
The Writing Cooperative
6 min readSep 30, 2023

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As a writing coach and award-winning editor, I’ve worked with some really great agents over the years, as well as advising clients on the do’s and don’ts of query letters. Overall, there are some basic pieces of advice that hold true when writing your query letter to make sure your project doesn’t get lost in the…

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Alison McBain is the writer behind Author Versus AI. She writes fiction, nonfiction & poetry, ghostwrites & edits books. http://www.alisonmcbain.com/