While writing your query letter, you will naturally want include each and every one of your writing credits. However, you should be careful that you don’t include those writing credits that aren’t meaningful to an agent.
Unless you’ve had books published through a publishing house before, or have had work appear in something prestigious, like The New Yorker, it’s best to not say anything. Just stick to selling your story and your concept. It isn’t necessary to list any writing credits in a query letter – especially those that the agent won’t care about.
Don’t waste valuable space in your query listing minor writing credits.
That being said – if you have other non-writing credentials that are valuable—such as you’re writing a nonfiction book on financial planning and you’ve spent 15 years working as a financial planner at a major financial firm—you want to mention that. Anything that makes you an authority on your topic is worth noting.
What do you think? Are all writing credits valuable – or should you only list those meaningful ones?
