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Posted on Dec 11, 2022

Additional Reviews: Query Critique December 2024

In our query critique session of Reedsy Live in December 2024, 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.

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