Hook ’em With Your Cover

Whether you call it the pitch, the hook, or simply your query, the blurb you write in your cover letter that tells an agent or editor what you’re trying to sell them, is one of the single most important things you’ll ever write. When trying your hand at it, think...

Writing the hook

I suppose this is old news to any of the members of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, but I get my bulletin very late, so I’ve just seen it. I have a new article published in the Jan/Feb bulletin about writing your manuscript hook...