Writing a Book? How to Create a Query Agents Love.
Is your query letter working, or do you just have to work harder to get it in the hands of the right people? Join Mindy Uhrlaub, author of Unnatural Resources (Permanent Press 2020). Mindy’s book about a girl fleeing militia violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo was a hard sell. Nevertheless, 30% of the agents she queried requested to read her manuscript. It was ultimately picked up by a small publisher after Mindy spent five years of researching and writing and another five years querying agents.
What does it mean to be rejected by an agent? It’s probably not what you think. Uhrlaub will tell the story of the two hundred rejections she got before publishing her book. She will share tips on grit, determination, and making damn sure that your book gets out there!
Anyone joining will have the opportunity to purchase a signed copy of Unnatural Resources at a discounted rate.
You will learn:
How to write a bulletproof query that can be pitched live
How to create a query tracker and stay on schedule with it
Where to find receptive agents and publishers
How to get statistically closer to being published
Join us if you are:
A novelist
An essayist
Writing Memoir
A non-fiction writer
Mindy Uhrlaub’s Bio:
Mindy has traveled twice with Human Rights Watch and Eve En- sler’s V-Day to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and has taken testimony of rape survivors and child soldiers. Her inter- est in preventing the pillage of resources in Congo has also led her to visit Virunga National Park and to sit on the committee for Human Rights Watch’s Voices for Justice Dinner.
Prior to writing her book Unnatural Resources, Uhrlaub wrote and produced STALLED, a feature-length film (distributed by Concorde New Horizons). She was also a music reviewer and copy editor for Denver’s PULP magazine. In addition, Mindy plays keyboards in 40th Day, a band that has toured with Kansas and performed with groups like The Smashing Pumpkins. She is a contributing author in the anthologies Mamas Write and She’s Got This (named 2019 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Finalist, Kindle Book Awards Reader’s Choice, and Best Book Awards Finalist). She has spoken several times at San Francisco’s Litquake and lives in the Bay Area with her husband and sons.
Details: Thursday, March 25, 2021. 1:00 PM 2:30 PM PST
RSVP below.
Free for Hivery Members
$25 for Non-Members (Zoom link provided in receipt).
Not a member yet? No better reason to join than to finally learn to create a query agents love.
Join us and then email [email protected] and we’ll get you right into this exciting workshop!
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