# What Agents Wish Authors Knew BEFORE They Query

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Podcast: [Story Nerd](https://stenobird.com/podcast/story-nerd-5321719)
Published: 2026-07-05T21:35:00+00:00
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## Resource

Querying agents can be a daunting task but there’s a way to do it effectively! Agents want to love your book but you have to know how to present it to them. Query letters aren’t simply cover letters. They’re sales letters and their job is to convince an agent to ask for more. Putting a query package together is a skill, and if you want to get an agent, it’s a skill you must master! The Query Starter Kit available at learn.storynerd.ca now. -V.

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