Guest Post by Jeff Rivera
As someone who scouts for a number of great literary agents, editors, producers and publishers in the book, film and television industries, my greatest advice to aspiring writers who want to be discovered is the following:
The BEST query letter an aspiring writer could ever have nowadays is to sell a SH*TLOAD of ebooks.
Period.
(Meaning, selling at least 10,000-25,000 copies. That’s sales, not downloads.)
And if your book is actually any good, that helps too (but not a necessity once you start selling at mega levels).
If you have a platform, that can land an agent but won’t necessarily get you a book deal.
You don’t need to chase agents or editors anymore.
Believe me, they’re looking for you. They’ll find you, if you’ve sold that many ebook copies.
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Jeff Rivera, Facebook post
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