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Submission Materials

If you are a querying author who is not quite ready to put your submission materials in front of agents or editors, then one of my query assessment services might be for you. Let's refine your query letter, synopsis, first three chapters so you can get out of the slush pile.

Query Letter Assessment

Professional Query Letter editing

A great query letter will give your editor or agent all the essential information without them having to ask you for the missing bits. My query letter assessment will help you format and edit your query letter to include all the pertinent information, truly capture the tone of your book, and neatly wrap it up with an incredible hook that’s hard to forget.

$30

Synopsis Review

SynopsisMost editors read the synopsis before they even get to your manuscript chapters (and after acquisitions the synopsis is used for so much more). My synopsis review will make sure that you capture the reader experience, without turning your summary into a blurb or deviating from the essential and pertinent facts. Don’t get sidelined with a synopsis that doesn’t hit all the emotional turning points in your story.

$60

Opening Chapters Assessment

opening chapters

The opening chapters of your book are the most vital. They hook the reader, introduce the main plot, and showcase the world and characters you’ve created. Most importantly, they set up your story and the reader’s expectations for the rest of the book. They need to dazzle.

This service gives you a developmental edit of the first 20,000 words of your book (with in-manuscript comments via Track Changes), and an editorial letter that assesses: what you’ve done well, what could be strengthened, the questions I hope the rest of the manuscript will (should) answer, the overall attractiveness and marketability of your story.

$350

Submission Package Review

If you’ve been on query awhile with little to no feedback, or just really want all your submission materials critiqued, then the Submission Package review is the service for you.

I’ll take a look at your query letter, synopsis, and opening chapters (≤ 20,000 words) and assess the total package like an acquisition editor would. You’ll get a report (≥ 4 pages) that details what does and doesn’t work (and why), suggestions to strengthen your submission, as well as any key selling points you can use to attract interest.

This is your chance to pilot test your submission material and revise them before you officially go “On Query”.

$420

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About Me

My name is Kate Marope, and I am a developmental and line editor with eight years’ experience working with traditional and self-published authors, both as a freelancer and as an editor at various publishers →

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