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Professional Critiques

Want a real literary agent to evaluate your query letter and give feedback?

qtCritique's pro services allow you to hire an industry professional to critique your query letter, entire book, or anything in between.

How it works.

You can perform a search for participating agents based on criteria such as price, years of experience, and book genre.
After you find an agent you'd like to hire, use that agent's submission form to send your writing and make the payment.
The agent will get back to you soon with your critique.

Why are the agents anonymous?

You may have noticed that most agents using this service are not posting their real names. There are a few reasons for this:
  1. Many agents are hesitant to be too critical when critiquing because they can often face backlash. By remaining anonymous, agents are free to give honest opinions without worrying about being attacked or called out online. This means you'll receive the uncensored feedback you need in order to take your writing to the next level.
  2. Some authors think that by paying for a critique from an agent, they are skipping ahead in the query queue. They don't really want the critique, they just want to get their work in front of the agent, no matter what. But that's not the goal here. The goal is to receive a real and honest critique. So to discourage line jumpers, the name of the agent is not disclosed.
All agents are vetted by Querytracker and guaranteed to be real industry professionals, so you can hire with confidence. And since these are real agents who read thousands of query letters and submissions every year, they know what agents are looking for.

Get started.

To begin the process, create a free qtCritique account at qtcritique.com/join then go to the "Pro Critiquers" section to find the right agent to evaluate your work.
Select the critique type you are seeking (e.g. query letter, chapter, synopsis, etc.) then browse the list of agents to find one right for you.