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Posts Tagged ‘query letters’

The Complete Nobody’s Guide to Query Letters

Lynn Flewelling writes on the basics of query letters.

January 04, 2005

Advice for New Writers, Building a Career, How to Sell Your Novel, Information Center, The Craft of Writing

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Simon Moody and Clara Barley, a pair of amateur paranormal investigators, discover that Clara’s freshman dorm room at Harvard is haunted by the ghost of a student murdered in 1841. So the two friends set out to solve the mysterious murder.

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Pat Murphy is an acclaimed author of science fiction, fantasy, and science books for adults, teens, and children. She was the Activity Guru for the ed-tech startup Mystery Science and the Marketing Director for the Crucible, a school of fire arts.

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