One thing that sets About Words Agency apart from other literary agencies is our dedication to nurturing our authors throughout their career and even lending assistance to those writers whose novels are not yet ready to be signed to an agency. With this in mind, About Words writes free and personalized query evaluation letters to the authors of manuscripts that show definite promise but are not yet ready for publication. These letters are intended to assist the author in their editing process, pointing out places where their manuscript could use work and a few suggestions for how to go about doing so. We have gotten numerous positive responses to this endeavor, which only serves to strengthen our belief that such assistance really can be a help to new authors. Here are a few of our most recent letters:

Thank you so much for the review of the first chapters. I have actually been spending quite a bit of time re-writing and looking at those very things. I appreciate the amount of effort put into the query review and I really want to thank you. I know the market usually doesn't allow for such a close critique and I found it very helpful. I will take you words to heart and continue editing…

Thank you,

Linda Foster
March 7, 2011

Felice Gums:
Thank you very much for responding to my query. However, I am even more grateful for your edits and suggestions. I am going to get on it right away. Your suggestions are excellent…So, although you passed on my project, your help to me is invaluable. Thank you again for reviewing my work.

Truly Grateful,

Sherry Gentle
Feb 3, 2011

Idaliz Seymour,

I just returned from a trip and received your evaluation. Please know that I sincerely appreciate the time you took to read and evaluate the first chapters of my novel. I've reviewed the evaluation and find your comments and recommendations insightful and extremely helpful. It's said that in the publishing industry you find few friends. Your efforts give me encouragement that there are literary industry
professionals with a genuine interest in helping aspiring authors.

Thank you,

Michael J. Chavez
Jan 26, 2011

Idaliz,
Thank you very much for your criticism and advice. I will definitely take it as constructive and begin editing my plot, flow and grammatical errors. Again, thank you and I hope your agency meets with nothing but success!

Sincerely,

Ernest Clark
Jan 21, 2011

Hello Ms. Seymour,

Thank you for the very helpful feedback, and I will consider all of your suggestions during my revision process...

Regards,

Pierre Sylvestre
Jan 12, 2011

Thank you for your creative critique. I know my novel wasn't what I would like it to be and I really appreciated your professional opinion on it. I appreciate all the tips you have given me and I'll start on
my revision immediately...Once again thanks and I'll work on making it more appealing.

From,

Jihan Ali
Jan 7, 2011

Thank you so much for all of your suggestions. I will definitely make all the appropriate changes and resubmit it to you. I will also keep your advice in mind on other projects that I’m finishing. Thank you so
much for your time; it really has encouraged me and I will fix everything ASAP.

Sincerely,

Tammy Seidel
12/8/2010