Choose this option if you’re in need of another set of keen eyes.

Queries/Blurbs: $65 for Query/Blurb Critique (includes one pass)

Synopses: $80 for Synopsis Critique (includes one pass)

Combo: $130 for both (includes one pass)

 

• Traditional publishing

  • If you’re going the traditional route with publishing or planning to enter any writing contests, this option will help strengthen your query and tighten your synopsis (1-2 pages) without overselling either one or trying way too hard.

• Self-publishing

  • If you're planning to self-publish, this option will help you sharpen your story blurb or description.

 

 

• Query (Fiction)

  • One page, about 300 words

  • Address the agent or publisher properly

    • Dear Ms. Felix:

    • Dear Isabelle Felix:

  • Be mindful of the structure your targeted agent or publisher would prefer for a query.

    • Check their website, blog, AAR page, and online interviews.

  • Entice agents or publishers with a compelling blurb of your manuscript. Think of the back covers or the dust jackets of your favorite books.

    • Include main characters, what happens, and what choice needs to be made—or else. Aim to leave them wanting to “flip the page.”

  • Share the title, word count, target audience, and genre

    • TITLE, a Fantasy MG, is complete at 55,000 words.

    • TITLE is a NA supernatural XXX complete at 86,000 words.

    • TITLE is a 79,000-word YA Contemporary.

  • Mention two or three recent comp titles that can give the agent or publisher an idea of where your book would be shelved

  • Include bio with writing credentials and/or experiences that focus on why you’re the writer of this story.

  • Briefly express any relevant connection with the agent or publisher so they have an idea as to why you’re specifically querying them.

  • Again, these elements are not listed in a strict order. It all depends on the preference of the agent or publisher. For example, you might open or close the query with a few sentences expressing how you met the agent at a writing conference and would be thrilled for them to consider your work.

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• Query (Narrative Nonfiction and Memoirs)

  • It depends on what type of non-fiction you’ve written, but generally speaking, include…

    • Aim to answer what, why, who, and how.

    • Credentials

    • Bio, significant platform, market breakdown, and comp titles

    • The stats of your work, such as the anticipated or completed word count, target readership, genre

    • A compelling description to hook an agent or publisher

    • Personalization

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• Synopsis (Fiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction)

  • A one- or two-page summary of your manuscript (includes the beginning, middle, and end)

    • About 500 - 600 words

    • 12pt font, single-spaced

    • Don’t just list A happens, then B happens, then C. Include character development and emotions as you show the advancement of your plot.

    • Resist the urge to mention every character, detail, and subplot.

    • Focus on the main plot to show the flow and outcome of your work.

    • For memoirs, consider using first or third-person POV

    • Third-person, present tense no matter which POV or tense is used in the manuscript

  • An effective synopsis…

    • Reveals that readers won’t have to suspend their disbelief in any major way.

    • Reveals that the plot is compelling and surprising, not predictable.

    • Reveals that the main plot doesn’t lack structure or have any major flaws, holes, gaps, or contrivances.

    • Reveals major conflicts, antagonists, and resolutions.

    • Reveals how the protagonist(s) has changed internally and externally throughout the work.

    • Reveals who we should care about, why we should care, and what happens to keep us caring to the end.

    • Reveals the coherence of your characters’ motivations and actions from one major plot point to the next.