Rebecca Pratt Literary Group--Getting to yes

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Getting to yes

We want to say yes to you! Our success depends on how astute we are at finding new talent and representing you to an industry that is notoriously difficult to break into.

You can help us make the right decision by sending us a complete, well written query. We are different in that we prefer to accept email queries, but we are the same as other agencies and publishers in that there are certain things that we look for in unsolicited queries.

SPECIAL NOTE: Due to a death in Rebecca's immediate family we will not be able to accept new queries until Sept. 1 at the earliest. Please check here after that to see if we are again accepting queries. Please DO NOT QUERY at this time. Thank you for your consideration.

To help you submit a complete query we recommend the following articles to your attention:
"Secrets to a Great Book Query Letter" by Sheryl Fullerton and Naomi Lucks
"DOS and DON'TS: How To Write The Perfect Query Letter" by Gail Eastwood

Understand that we get a lot of queries, but we take the time to consider each of them. Your query is your first, and possibly the only, chance to impress us with your skills and with the quality of your submission.

You should spend as much time crafting your query as you do your manuscript. Misspellings, gross misuse of the language or sloppy presentation will doom your effort to obtain representation. We also will not go to a website for additional information--that is what your query is for.

At this time we will NOT consider:

Previously published work—no e-books, self published or print on demand. (If it has an ISBN it is a published work)
Juvenile, Young Adult or children’s stories.
Plays or scripts
Poetry

Nothing longer than 80,000 - 120,000 words---Use the word count obtained by this method.
Nothing shorter than 70,000 words. Go to how to count.

In fiction we will consider: Thrillers, mysteries, action, adventure, historical fiction, science fiction, fantasy, horror, literary, mainstream.

Nonfiction is always welcome—preference given to books whose authors have credentials.
You will need a proposal for nonfiction,

In nonfiction, we are always looking for: good how-to and Do It Yourself books, memoirs, self-help, creative nonfiction, prescriptive nonfiction and narrative nonfiction.

These are current hard and fast rules for consideration within our agency. It changes from time-to-time when the market changes so check back frequently.

We know how hard it is to get started in this business, and we know you want to send your query to multiple agencies, simulataneuosly. And that is fine with us. But if we ask to see your manuscript, we would like that to be an exclusive look.

When will you hear from us? In general, an answer to your query should come within two weeks. If we ask to see a partial, that should also take 2 - 4 weeks, and a full manuscript 4 to 6 weeks. We all work very hard and we're all doing the best we can, so we ask for your patience with this process.

When your query is completed and you are satisfied that it is the best presentation you can make, send your query to Query@AgentR.com. Send it within your email, not as an attachment to an email--we DO NOT open unsolicited email attachments.

We look forward to hearing from you.

The Client Development Team
Rebecca Pratt Literary Group

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