The Chopping Blog

Book Broker – an interview with Hannah Schofield

July 24, 2021

Authors who write concise, punchy query letters with clearly outlined stakes for their protagonists are more likely to make me flick to their pages the moment I get their email.

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Book Broker – an interview with Rachel Beck

July 23, 2021

I’ll follow a lively, bold, and saucy voice anywhere.

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Book Broker – an interview with Ronald Gerber

July 22, 2021

There’s nothing more satisfying than helping a client realize their dreams and being involved every step of the way.

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Book Broker – an interview with Lauren Scovel

June 21, 2021

If an author can’t summarize the premise/objective for a book, or insists that it gets better after a certain number of pages, I’d suggest they revise a bit more before querying agents.

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Book Broker – an interview with Lisa Hagan

June 03, 2021

Do your homework; there are submission guidelines available on the internet and on the agents' websites. Everything is formulaic and easy to follow.

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Book Broker – an interview with Laura Gross

May 13, 2021

With a fiction submission, it is imperative that I am taken in by the tone, a simple and intelligent self-presentation.

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Book Broker – an interview with Elizabeth K. Kracht

May 12, 2021

Most manuscripts that come across my desk are about four revisions from being ready for representation.

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Book Broker – an interview with Jeff Ourvan

April 29, 2021

I look for page-turning narratives in which the dynamic between the protagonist and the plot pumps like a piston: events cause the protagonist to change; the changed protagonist alters the trajectory of the story.

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Book Broker – an interview with Kate Garrick

April 06, 2021

Everyone’s going to start on page one, so why not make sure page one is as great as possible?

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Book Broker – an interview with Mary C. Moore

March 30, 2021

Know that if you take querying seriously, agents will take your query seriously in return.

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Book Broker – an interview with Soumeya Bendimerad Roberts

March 11, 2021

I'm always looking to champion writers that don't have access to the usual avenues of success, so a note about passion and commitment to the craft catches my eye.

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Book Broker – an interview with Kathryn Green

February 05, 2021

I like to help authors get their work ready for submission, but anything that is sent to an agent should be far beyond the first draft stage.

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