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Losses and Wins

January's Creative Something

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Zach Edson
Jan 31, 2023
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Hi, you’re receiving this as a thank you for continuing to be a paid subscriber. This month, I spent a huge chunk of time querying agents. I thought that taking you through that process would be interesting.


What is querying?

I really don’t like that word; it creates awkward musculature in my mouth. But anyway, at it’s heart, querying is a way to pitch or sell agents on your nonfiction idea or your completed fiction manuscript.

Querying, Querying

The project I’m querying right now is a literary speculative fiction novel called This Phone Can Call the Wind. It tells the story of a man trying to ask his dead son if he caused the end of the world on purpose.

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