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Magnolia McReed | Author's avatar

I love when author’s share their successful and unsuccessful query letters. Appreciate you sharing yours!

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ACP's avatar

I love reading about people's experiences querying, so thank you for sharing!

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bhoomi's avatar

Thank you for sharing this Isa! This is such a detailed letter, and you took so much time to explain, especially the section about writing a query for multiple POVs. I'll definitely be referring to this in the future.

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Alexa's avatar

Thank you so so much for sharing this! I love learning about others' query letters.

If you don't mind me asking (and of course if you're able to share), did you write this first book as a standalone while hoping to get at least a sequel, or did you feel that this querying manuscript needed to have another story in order to feel complete? I'm writing a story right now that I hope to make into a duology, but I've heard it really should be designed as a standalone first!

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I.V. Marie's avatar

Hi Alexa! Thank you so much. And the book very much ended on a cliffhanger and required a second book when I queried. I suppose ultimately it could have been edited into a standalone, but it definitely felt like it needed another book in order to be fully complete IMO!

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