Querying Your Memoir in 2024

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By Allison K Williams

Querying can feel like jumping through a million hoops. A million invisible hoops that are also covered with spikes and on fire. You’re right—querying is indeed harder than it was, even five years ago. Now that most agents accept queries emailed or through online portals, the mild speedbump of photocopying our pages and visiting the post office with $3 and a SASE is gone. The field is open to people who are truly broke, have ...