


I’ve reached the tipping point on tolerance for this after five years and it’s now on the list of reasons I will stop reading your query and say no.įine Print Literary Management handles a range of fiction, both literary and commercial, including thrillers, mysteries, fantasy, women’s, romance, chick lit, YA and middle grade readers. The query letter includes a diatribe about the quality of books published today. I don’t mean women’s fiction novel, or science fiction novel, only “fiction novel.” All novels are fiction.Ĥ. “fiction novel” used to describe a novel.

I mean misused: allay for ally accept for except cash for cache bate/bait (as in baited breath, something that always makes me laugh) flout/flaunt past/passed reign/rein sight/site/cite slough/slew.ģ. You have to write and send your own query letter.Ģ. That includes query writing services, cover letters from your assistant, free-lance editor, etc. Here are a few things that makes agent Janet Reid from Fine Print Literary Management stop reading:ġ.
