SAMPLE WRITING QUERY
by Janine Mick Wills
Do you need an example of a writing query to follow? Look no further.
The following is an email query I sent to several children’s book publishers (Explanation of each section is CAPPED). Feel free to modify it to fit your needs. And remember to CAREFULLY follow each publisher’s submissions guidelines. You don’t want your work to get booted because you missed something!
Eerah’s eyes opened to the size of walnuts. “Oh, dreaded three-leaf clover. I forgot Florina’s present. What shall I do? How can I find the perfect gift by tomorrow?”
(excerpt from Eerah and Saphirah’s Holiday Perfect Gift) AN EXCERPT TO DRAW INTEREST
And so begins the adventure of Eerah and Saphirah, sibling fairies who live on the outskirts of the Black Forest. In Eerah and Saphirah’s Perfect Holiday Gift, a 1,300-word picture book, early readers will delight in following the fairy duo as they search for the perfect holiday gift. SHORT SYNOPSIS STATING GENRE AND WORD COUNT
Eerah and Saphirah’s Perfect Holiday Gift stands alone, but it is also the first in a series that shares the young fairies’ lives. ADDITIONAL INFO
Works in progress include: OTHER WIP IN THIS LINE THAT SHOW I’M NOT A ONE-TRICK PONY.
-Eerah and Saphirah Meet Cordon the Ogre
-Eerah and Saphirah in the Black Forest
-Eerah and Saphirah at the Great Circle of Fire
-Eerah and Saphirah and Their Fairy Friends
I am the author of the three book, inspirational series, Texas Treasures. I am also a wife, mother, and grandmother living in beautiful northeast Tennessee. I am active on Facebook, Writing Tips by Author Janine Mick Wills (https://www.facebook.com/AuthorTexasTreasures), and am a founding member of a writer’s guild in Johnson City, TN that mentors and promotes new writers. AUTHOR BIO, INCLUDING CREDENTIALS AND WHERE TO FIND ME ONLINE
Eerah and Saphirah’s Perfect Holiday Gift is comparable to the following picture books, which have been published within the past five years. COMPARABLE BOOKS WITH AUTHOR’S NAMES AND PUBLISHING DATES. THIS IS OFTEN ASKED FOR, SO BE PREPARED.
-Through the Fairy Door by Gabby Dawnay (April 18, 2023)
-The Lily Fairy and the Falling Stars by Kate Lucas (February 3, 2024)
-The Secret Fairy Tea Party by Carolynne Chandler (November 12, 2023)
But Eerah and Saphirah’s Perfect Holiday Gift is also unique in that two sibling fairies are the protagonists as compared to an individual fairy or one with a human counterpart. WHY MY BOOK IS DIFFERENT THAN THE ABOVE LISTED ONES
This is a simultaneous submission. LETS PUBLISHER KNOW I AM SUBMITTING TO OTHER.
Best wishes, CLOSING
Janine Mick Wills NAME
155 xxx xxxx Road ADDRESS
Jonesborough, TN 37659
803-554-xxxx PHONE NUMBER
Email: janinemickwills@gmail.com EMAIL ADDRESS
Author website: janinemickwills.com AUTHOR WEBSITE
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