Query Letter Review with Jessica Berg
$349
Your query has one job: get an agent to open your pages. Most queries never get that far — not because the book isn't good, but because the letter buries the hook, softens the stakes, or comp-titles itself onto the wrong shelf. This review shows you yours the way an agent actually sees it — and then hands you a workbook built from your book to fix it.
What you get:
- A full read of your query by a working literary agent
- Notes in the margins showing where I'd stop reading, what's unclear, and what's missing
- A letter on the big stuff: your hook, your stakes, your voice, and whether your comps and word count are helping or hurting you
- Your Personal Query Workbook, built from your query and my review: your hook rewritten three ways, a stakes map of your book, your comps graded (keep, swap, or kill — with reasons), a nine-second check showing what an agent actually registers on the first skim, and your revision checklist in fix-first order
- A follow-up read of your revised query — revise with the workbook, send it back within 90 days, and I'll re-read it and tell you if it worked
This is for you if:
- You're about to query and want an agent's gut check first
- You've sent queries and heard nothing back
- You've rewritten your query so many times you can't tell what's working anymore
What to send: Your query letter, plus your genre and word count.
Turnaround: 20 working days from purchase. In a hurry? Add the 7-day rush at checkout (+$150) — querying on a deadline (an offer nudge, a contest window, a conference) shouldn't mean querying unready.
Why writers book this: I receive 150+ queries a week. About 90% get rejected on page one. Around 2% get requested. This isn't a friend reading your letter — it's a working agent showing you exactly where your materials land inside that math, and how to move them.
I take on 6 reviews a month — total, across all review services. When the month's spots are gone, they're gone, and the listing closes until the 1st. If this page is live, there's a spot. If it's not, there isn't.
November spots: 6 of 6 left.
This is a paid review from me, Jessica Berg. It's separate from Rosecliff Literary, and it isn't an offer of or a path to representation.