Updated November 10, 2009
| Northern Lights Literary Services LLC, a literary agency representing fiction and nonfiction authors. Our goal is to provide personalized service to clients and create a bond that will endure throughout your career. We seriously consider each query we receive and will accept hardworking new authors who are willing to develop their talents and skills.
We’re looking for…. Nonfiction books in the business or how-to category – books that offer real benefit to readers by addressing specific business or consumer interests and problems. Publishers are hungry for these books, yet most writers forget to consider what publishers want. Publishers aren’t looking for good books – they’re looking for good books that will sell. They want to publish titles the general reading public (mostly female) will relate to and buy. They rarely consider a new author who can’t come up with a marketing plan to aggressively promote the book through the Internet, radio and TV interviews, articles in related periodicals, and public appearances (seminars, trade shows, state fairs, conferences, etc
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| We represent: As a founding partner of Northern Lights Literary Services LLC, I represent the following fiction areas:women’s fiction
romance mystery suspense historical Nonfiction categories include, but are not limited to: health biography psychology self-help how-to parenting new age medical business/technical |
We do not represent: I do not accept: books for children poetry Erotica Fantasy Horror
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Submission Guidelines |
| Email queries: We do accept email queries — in fact, I encourage writers to use this form of communication. However, I receive hundreds of email queries a week and simply can’t respond to all of them. I promise to read and consider your query. If I’m interested, I’ll reply and ask for a sample of your work. If you don’t hear from me within 5 working days, that means we determined our agency isn’t right for you. queries@northernlightsls.com Clicking above will create an email on your local system that you must complete and send from your computerMailed Queries: If you’ve completed and polished a novel, send a query letter, a one-or-two page synopsis of the plot, and the first chapter. Also include your biography as it relates to your writing experience, along with a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Do not send an entire manuscript unless requested. If you’d like to submit a nonfiction book, send a query letter, along with the book proposal. Include a bio showing the background that will enable you to write the book. Don’t forget to include the SASE. Be patient! Remember, we receive many queries and it takes time to read and answer each one. We will get back to you, so please don’t call us. Mail queries to: Submission guidelines: Use Times New Roman font, size 12 Double space the pages and use 1 inch margins Do not justify text (flush with the right side of your pages) Print only on one side of standard, 8.5 X 11 inch white paper Let us know if this is a multiple submission (we do accept them) Don’t try to make the pages look fancy – let your writing speak for itself To write a query letter: Limit your letter to one page Eliminate all errors — typing, spelling, punctuation, and grammar Don’t ramble; get to the point by opening with a brief, tantalizing description of the manuscript. Then describe your target audience and your background or qualifications for writing the book. Nonfiction submissions, except for narrative nonfiction, should follow Jeff Herman’s format as shown in his book…
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