You Won’t Believe These Unbelievably Awful Query Letters and Book Proposals from April 2025!
Every so often, you have to wonder: if misguided query letters and book proposals were a sport, wouldn’t these plucky misfires be gold-medal contenders? The flood of oddly off-topic pitches, garbled questions, and sentences that seem to have wandered into the void continues to amuse and, yes, educate. In this latest roundup from the world’s finest—ahem—collection of truly awful writing submissions, we dive headfirst into the chaos of emails that left editors scratching their heads and, occasionally, chuckling out loud. It’s a strange mix of hurt feelings and hard lessons disguised as hilarious failures … but don’t be too smug; every writer can learn from these missteps (and maybe double-check their punctuation before hitting send). Ready to cringe, laugh, and learn all at once? Strap in — the best is always saved for last!
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Check out the WritersWeekly Podcast Episode 4, which is on this same hilarious topic! And, find out how to get free copies of two of Angela’s books, Query Letters That Worked and Book Proposals That Worked!
