The Winning Query Letter feature showcases
queries from published authors. My hope is that sharing these great queries
will help and inspire writers out there who are struggling with query writing.
Today’s winning query letter is from Anna Simpson!
Anna Simpson participated in #WritePit on Twitter and
gained the interest of an editor at a small press who requested the complete
manuscript from Anna. Below is her winning tweet and query letter that helped
her to land a contract for her book, WHITE LIGHT.
Tweet: Anna Simpson @emaginette When a psychic warns
two busybodies where danger lies, she doesn't let her death stop her from
joining the fun #WritePit #A Myst
Query Letter:
Dear [editor],
I’d like to thank you for asking me to submit. It made an
exciting day perfect.
Emma learns that keeping a secret in a small town is near
impossible. As the town folk beg for psychic readings from Alice, Emma's alter
personality, Mrs. Perkins, a nosy neighbour and super sleuth wannabe, drags the
young woman to an anniversary party.
Their presence triggers an attack and the further random
accidents threaten their benevolent host's safety. All Emma and Mrs. Perkins
have to do is convince their bull-headed host that his life is in danger before
he pays the ultimate price and a killer gets away with murder.
Even if it means going back to the psyche ward, Emma will
protect her friend and this innocent man. What good is freedom if it's haunted
with guilt?
White Light is a quirky mystery that is finished at 65k.
Although I followed most of the cozy mystery guidelines, I did stray, adding
some humour, paranormal and psychological elements.
My online persona is emaginette. I have three short
fictions and one non-fiction published. My latest fiction is Mexmur, The
Huntress published in Portals: A Fantasy Anthology (June 2014) with Roane
Publishing. The non-fiction piece, A Complete Thought, was published in the
Insecure Writer's Support Group Guide to Publishing and Beyond (Dec 2014). I
have also earned an honourable mention from the Writer's of the Future contest
in 2014 for a science fiction submission
Sincerely,
Anna Simpson
Thank you for sharing your query letter with us, Anna!
7 comments:
Nice query letter! Sounds like a fun book :)
I think so too. :)
Interesting about including the "online persona" in the query. I'd never heard of doing that before. Oh, and the tweet is brilliant.
I'd like to read that book . . .which is apparently also what the publisher thought :-) Cool.
Okay, everyone. Now I'm blushing.
Good luck with your submission adventures. :-)
Anna from elements of emaginette
Great tweet and query Anna! :-D
@Liz, I thought including the online persona was clever too.
@Samantha, I haven't read it yet but it's easy to see why the editor and publisher wanted it.
@Lidy, her tweet was the cherry on top.
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