What I'm Listening To: My Life Would Suck Without You-Kelly Clarkson
So while I was in NYC, another author from Kentucky who had a stellar query letter told me that she had gotten all of her tips from this book. And it was free. I turned to her in disbelief. I had never heard of this book before and I had been searching he internet high and low for some pointers on a good query letter. She told me that it was by Noah Lukeman and immediately when I got home, I looked it up. Sure enough, there was a FREE downloadable e-book called How to Write a Great Query Letter by Noah Lukeman. He has also written How to Land (and keep) a Literary Agent which I also bought. He also has a couple more books that are pretty good. And why, you ask, are they good?
Noah Lukeman has had over 13 years of experience as an agent. So when he points out some of the key mistakes and what not to do, I definitely am going to follow it. He has represented many bestsellers and prize winners as well. The same is true about Donald Mass, the author of the next book I'm going to talk about. It's called Writing the Breakout Novel. This book has all of the key ingredients of a good book, and I was really happy to see that I already had many of them. However, it doesn't hurt to enhance or go over your book to see that it definitely is top notch. Another thing to note, is that in both book titles, the authors both put INSIDER advice or INSIDER tips. They both are really successful agents, they both know what agents are looking for, and that gives them the credibility over any other to write these types of books because they will help to get aspiring authors published. I know that I'm going not going to regret the money I invested in buying these books and definitely listen to their advice, how about you?
