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Posted on Dec 11, 2022
Additional Reviews: Query Critique December 2025
Written by the Reedsy Editorial Team
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More about the Reedsy Editorial Team →In our query critique session of Reedsy Live in December 2025, we ran out of time before all our prepared queries could be featured. As bonus content, here are the remaining marked-up submissions.
Children's Chapter Book
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Picture Book
Romantic Fiction (Novella)
Contemporary Fiction
Fantasy
Fantasy (YA)
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
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Literary Fiction (YA?)
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Memoir (Music)
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Mystery
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For more query critiques, check out our previous session with agent Jon Darga.
