Ghost Writing
Query Letter Writing Service
A strong manuscript can still get passed over by a weak query letter. This service builds the hook, pitch, and comp titles that give your submission a real shot at an agent's attention.
Ghost Writing
A strong manuscript can still get passed over by a weak query letter. This service builds the hook, pitch, and comp titles that give your submission a real shot at an agent's attention.
A query letter has to do a lot in a few hundred words: hook an agent, summarize the book without flattening it, place it against comparable titles, and signal that you know the market you're submitting into. Getting all four right at once is harder than it looks, and most rejections happen before an agent ever reads a page of the manuscript.
This service pairs you with a writer who reads your manuscript, identifies the actual hook buried in it, and drafts a letter built around comp titles and positioning that fit your genre — then revises it with you until it's ready to send.
Manuscript-Informed Hook
The pitch is built from an actual read of your manuscript, not a generic template filled in with your title.
Genre-Accurate Comp Titles
Comparable titles chosen to signal market fit, not just recent bestsellers in the same category.
Agent-Ready Formatting
Structured to match what literary agents expect to see in a query, cutting rejections for formatting alone.
Revision Rounds Included
The letter is refined with your feedback until you're confident sending it out.
Often paired with Query Letter Writing Service.
The full submission package this query letter fits into, including synopsis and sample pages.
For non-fiction authors, the fuller proposal document agents and publishers ask for instead of a query alone.
Manuscript editing to make sure the pages behind your query hold up once an agent asks to see more.
Common questions about query letter writing service.
A read of your manuscript or sample pages, a drafted hook and pitch paragraph, genre-appropriate comp titles, an author bio paragraph, and formatting that matches what literary agents expect — plus revision rounds until the letter is ready to send.
Yes, though the two work differently. Fiction queries lead with hook and comp titles; non-fiction queries lean more on platform and market angle, and often pair with a full book proposal rather than standing alone.
Often, yes. A pattern of rejections without requests for more pages is frequently a query problem rather than a manuscript problem, and it's usually fixable — we can review what you've been sending and rebuild the letter before you query further down your list.
From the Pen & Laurel blog.
Send us your manuscript or sample pages and we'll tell you honestly what's working in your current query and what isn't.