A query letter and proposal built the way agents actually read them — sharp hook, real comp titles, and a platform section that shows you can sell the book you wrote.
Agents reject most submissions from the first paragraph. Every document here is built to survive that first ten seconds — and hold up through the rest of the read.
A one-page letter built around a hook, a one-line pitch, and a bio paragraph that positions you as the right person to write this book.
For non-fiction: overview, competitive title analysis, marketing and platform sections, chapter outline, and sample chapters — the complete package agents ask for.
A one- to two-page synopsis that gives away the ending on purpose, because that's exactly what agents need to evaluate a novel's structure.
Real, recent comparable titles with sales context — not three bestsellers from a decade ago that tell an agent nothing about your book's market.
A researched list of agents actively representing your genre, with submission guidelines tracked so nothing gets sent to the wrong inbox.
Four stages, usually two to three weeks depending on whether you need a query letter alone or a full proposal.
We read your manuscript or concept and identify the hook an agent will respond to.
Your query letter or proposal is drafted around that hook, with real comp titles and platform data.
Rounds of feedback until every section reads the way an agent expects it to.
A finished package plus a researched agent list, ready to go out the same week.
Averages across query letters and proposals we've written in the last year.
Average full or partial manuscript request rate, against a 5–10% industry norm.
Query letters and proposals written across fiction and non-fiction.
Genres actively covered, from literary fiction to prescriptive non-fiction.
Weeks, on average, from first draft to a submission-ready package.
A novel is sold on the finished manuscript. A non-fiction book is usually sold on a proposal before it's fully written. So we build each package differently.
For completed novels, memoir-style fiction and series openers going out to literary agents.
For memoir, self-help, business, faith, health and narrative non-fiction sold on proposal.
"Four full manuscript requests in the first two weeks of querying. My old query letter had gotten exactly zero in six months."Matthew Drake — Unending Annals
"The comp titles alone were worth it. I'd been comparing my book to novels from the 90s and had no idea how wrong that read to an agent."Jim Battles — The Battles Model
The short answers to what most writers want to know before sending their book out.
For fiction, yes. Agents expect a complete, revised novel before they'll request it. For most non-fiction, no. The proposal and sample chapters are what sell the book, and the rest is written after the deal.
A query letter is a one-page pitch sent to an agent to get them interested. A proposal is the full business case for a non-fiction book, covering the market, the author's platform, the outline and sample writing. Fiction writers usually only need a query and synopsis.
It should. We work from your manuscript, your notes and a discovery conversation, then revise with you until the voice feels right. Agents can tell when a pitch doesn't match the pages behind it.
No one honestly can. Representation depends on the book, the market and each agent's list. What we can do is make sure your submission is clear, professional and aimed at the right agents, so it gets a fair read.
You send them yourself, from your own email, which is what agents expect. We give you the finished package, a researched agent list and a tracking sheet so you know who has what.
Send your manuscript or concept and genre — we'll tell you honestly what it needs before you spend a cent.
