Fake Query Letters by Dead Authors
Fake Query Letters by Dead Authors imagines what would happen if classic authors had to query their novels in today’s publishing market.
What if Jane Austen was querying Pride and Prejudice right now? Would Emily Brontë survive the slush pile? Would Nathaniel Hawthorne get rejected for an unlikeable protagonist, slow pacing, or excessive backstory?
Fake Query Letters by Dead Authors offers new strategies to ditch the heartache, headaches, and frustration of querying. We step into an agent’s shoes to review five fake query letters and synopses of classic novels, along with their (not fake) opening pages, and then discuss strategies for finding an agent and/or publisher.