Welcome to Query 101!
This blog is dedicated to helping writers through the query trenches. Querying can be a confusing—not to mention anxiety-provoking—experience.
I’m here to demystify it for you, collecting resources to help you through the process, as well as explaining Querying 101 in a series of easy-to-understand blog posts.
You did the hard part—you wrote a book. Now let’s make the next step in your publishing journey just a little bit easier. Query 101 is here to be your friend in the querying process.
About Me
I’m Laura R. Samotin, an author represented by Hannah VanVels Ausbury at the Belcastro Agency. I write fantasy grounded in Jewish myth, mysticism, and my Eastern European Jewish heritage. When I’m not writing, I’m using my PhD in political science to do research, as well as a full-time cat servant.
My debut adult fantasy novel, THE SINS ON THEIR BONES, will be published by Penguin Random House CA in summer 2024. You can add it on Goodreads here!
Help me to help you.
Do you have a querying topic that you’d like to see addressed? A question about querying agents? Use the “contact me” form to submit your question so that we can get it answered together.
You can also contact me via DM on twitter at @LauraRSamotin. Give me a follow, as I frequently give out querying tips as well!