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By Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen, June 15, 2009 2:34 pm

If you want an agent, editor, or publisher to request your book proposal or manuscript, you have to write a compelling query letter! Here’s a query letter for my latest book idea, See Jane Soar: 200 Women Who Weren’t Well-Behaved. This query letter led to contract offers from two different agents (I happily signed with the Irene Goodman Literary Agency; for more info, read 12 Steps to Finding a Literary Agent on Quips & Tips for Successful Writers).

My query letter for See Jane Soar:

“Well-behaved women rarely make history,” said Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. 

That’s because well-behaved women don’t rescue men in the Wild West, discover Radium, or achieve Hollywood stardom after being fired from countless chorus-line jobs. Well-behaved women don’t speed 300 miles/hour around a race track, trek in the Egyptian desert in full Victorian garb – and they certainly don’t soar into the mysterious unknown. Continue reading 'See Jane Soar – Query Letter'»