Making the perfect pitch : how to catch a literary agent's eye / edited by Katharine Sands

Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-279) and index.

. Introduction / Katharine Sands -- Chapter 1 . A morning in the life of a literary agent / James C. Vines -- Chapter 2 . Five questions to ask before sending your query letter / Kristen Auclair -- Chapter 3 . Notes to the new writer / Anna Ghosh -- Chapter 4 . I am willing to be seduced, amazed, charmed, or moved / Sarah Jane Freymann -- Chapter 5 . Practicing pitchcraft / Katharine Sands -- Chapter 6 . Setting, protagonist, problem : an interview with Donald Maass / Katharine Sands -- Chapter 7 . Talent always jumps off the page / Ethan Ellenbert -- Chapter 8 . The providential diamond / Joseph Regal -- Chapter 9 . Getting ahead of the curve : an interview with Robert Gottlieb / Katharine Sands -- Chapter 10 . Niche your pitch : from first proposal to profitable career / Michael Larsen -- Chapter 11 . It's the quirks that make it interesting : an interview with Barbara Lowenstein / Katharine Sands -- Chapter 12 . Making your book into a movie / Laurie Horowitz -- Chapter 13 . Pitches that worked / Rita Rosenkranz -- . Chapter 14 . In the singles bar of the literary persuasion / Esmond Harmsworth -- Chapter 15 . The secret is reduction / Andrew Stuart -- Chapter 16 . The serendipity of slush : an interview of Jane Dystel / Katharine Sands -- Chapter 17 . I want to hear a diva do opera : an interview with Sheree Bykofsky / Katharine Sands -- Chapter 18 . I love to tell a publisher: "Have I got a virgin for you!" : an interview with Harvey Klinger / Katharine Sands -- Chapter 19 . 15 minutes to fame : pitching at a conference / Jason Cangialosi and Andrew Welchel -- Chapter 20 . A nation of many tribes : an interview with Jim Fitzgerald / Katharine Sands -- Chapter 21 . How much is a black dress? : an interview with Meredith Bernstein / Katharine Sands -- Chapter 22 . Adventures in copywriting / Debbie Babitt -- Chapter 23 . Don't be buffeted by whims : interview with David Vigliano / Katharine Sands -- Chapter 24 . Booking in L.A. / Erin Reel -- Chapter 25 . The art of the poetry pitch / Amy Holman -- Chapter 26 . Pitching your children's book / Andrea Brown -- Chapter 27 . Confessions of an acquisitions editor / Phoebe Collins -- Chapter 28 . Crafting the nonfiction proposal / Elizabeth Zack -- Chapter 29 . The nearly perfect proposal / Robert Shepard -- Chapter 31 . The telling detail : an interview with John Ware / Katharine Sands -- Chapter 31 . It has to be cutting-edge work / Peter Rubie -- Chapter 32 . How I learned to sell sex, death, & rock 'n' roll / Lori Perkins -- Chapter 33 . Pitchcraft, the Zen of, and the secrets of the galaxy / Patrick Lobrutto -- Chapter 34 . The perfect pitch : low and inside / Andrew Zack -- Chapter 35 . Intelligence and imagination : an interview with Ellen Levine / Katharine Sands -- Chapter 36 . Publishing as a circus / Elizabeth Pomada -- Chapter 37 . This pen for hire : pitching collaborative projects / Tonianne Robino -- Chapter 38 . Pitch perfect : in three or four easy steps / Jandy Nelson -- Chapter 39 . Pitch and catch : building a relationship / Jeff Herman -- Chapter 40 . Selected resources : how to find and contact an agent / Katharine Sands.