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Refine your query letter, strategize your querying approach, and learn to sell yourself, and your book, to literary agents with the power to get you published.
Querying can be just as frustrating as it is exciting. You’ve dreamed of the moment that your manuscript is polished and you’re finally to finally pursue a literary agent in hopes of a book deal. There’s a chance you’ve sent out dozens of queries in exchange for silence and thoughts of where you went wrong.
An effective query letter balances your personality as a writer, a strategic approach tailored to the litagent you hope to engage, and the ability to sell yourself as an author with longstanding potential.
1-on-1 Query Letter Reviews are designed to give you the querying insight, critique, and targeted approach you need to write a memorable query.
Alyssa Eisner Henkin
Literary Agent
Alyssa Henkin is the owner and Lead Agent at Birch Path Literary. She has a BA in American Literature from the University of Pennsylvania and a background in editing at Simon & Schuster, where she worked for seven years in the Books for Young Readers department.
Afterward, she took a literary agent position at Trident Media Group. Over the next fourteen years at TMG, she championed a list of award-winning and bestselling children’s book creators, including R.J. Palacio, the author of WONDER. and rose to the role of Executive Vice President.
In early 2021, Alyssa Henkin launched Birch Path Literary, where she provides a compass in helping authors and illustrator navigate the intricate, ever-changing, and ultimately verdant publishing landscape.
How It Works
Your coach will meet you 1-on-1 via Zoom to give detailed feedback about your query letter. This includes:
45 minutes 1-on-1 with an established literary agent
Insight into what’s working and not working in your letter
Editing suggestions for how to write winning copy about your book
Tips and techniques on how to personalize your query to earn an agent’s attention
Suggestions on how to write a more dynamic bio that will leave an impression
A review and critique of your synopsis
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