34 min
Season 3, Episode 11: Good Attitudes and Personalizing (More) Queries Mom Writes Podcast
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Today Jennie and I talk about the toxic “Pick Me!” attitude that many writers have towards querying. We look at the different types of energy we as writers bring to the pitching process, and how feelings of desperation hurt more than help.
As I look to continue to query, I know I need to personalize each one for the agent it’s being sent to. Seems easy, right? You just take out Dear Mrs. X and replace it with Dear Mr. Y. Then you erase the sentence about why you chose X and replace it with one about how much you like Y.
Not. So. Fast.
Jennie and I take a look at my base query and we talk about how you tweak a personalization in order to speak to each agent directly.
Today Jennie and I talk about the toxic “Pick Me!” attitude that many writers have towards querying. We look at the different types of energy we as writers bring to the pitching process, and how feelings of desperation hurt more than help.
As I look to continue to query, I know I need to personalize each one for the agent it’s being sent to. Seems easy, right? You just take out Dear Mrs. X and replace it with Dear Mr. Y. Then you erase the sentence about why you chose X and replace it with one about how much you like Y.
Not. So. Fast.
Jennie and I take a look at my base query and we talk about how you tweak a personalization in order to speak to each agent directly.
34 min