Cover Sheet

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Address                                                                                                Agent's Address
City/State Zip                                                                                       Agent's City/State/Zip
Phone                                                                                                   Agent's Phone
Fax                                                                                                        Agent's Fax

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Type of Book (i.e.:  Contemporary Inspirational)
Word Count (75,000 words etc)

Member of:                                                                                          Contest Winner:
Rwa                                                                                                      Finalist Holt
ACRW                                                                                                 Finalist Rita
FHL
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THIS SHOULD ONLY BE ONE PAGE AND NOTE--DO NOT PUT TOO MUCH INFO TO CLUTTER IT!

Your name
Address
City/State/Zip
Phone
Email (if you prefer email)

Date

Name of company submitting
Name of Editor (yes, find out who to send it to)
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Dear  NAME (not Dear Sir or Ma'am)  Dear Cheryl Wolverton:  or Dear Cheryl is acceptable for example)

    Thank you for your interest in BOOK NAME.  (you've already queried, remember!)

    To remind you, this book is (ONE OR TWO LINES ONLY!) the humorous piece entitled Duty, dealing with how we each define ourselves.

   This book finagled in X contest or was a winner in X contest (leave this out if it didn't!)>

   I've sold X number of books, or have been writing X number of years.

    Enclosed is the Cover page, the synopsis and Partial/Completed Ms along with a return envelope.

    Thank you for your interest in reading my manuscript.  I look forward to hearing from you.  If you prefer you can phone me or email me etc...

Sincerely

Name

Enclosures.

Duty - A Short Story                                                                                                                                                  Page 1
Cheryl Wolverton
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(note the header.  Name of book and my name on left side, page number upper right.  FOUR Return carriages in the HEADER underneath. do not put the marks!..that's so the rest of the story won't run into the header when you type it)

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(Five double spaced returns to leave enough room for the Chapter Number i.e.:  Chapter One)

 Chapter One
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(Three return just to separate it good from the beginning of the story) 

     (indent first line five spaces)  If there was one thing he believed, it was do it to the best of his ability, do it with a smile on his face, and do it with all of the joy in his heart.  That was his motto for Tuesday.

     That’s why he was here now, excitement vibrating through him.  Or maybe it was the fact he could feel them drawing near.  Twice a week he was here, waiting, watching, anticipating what was to come.

       His very being, his existence depended on what was about to happen.

     He rocked back slightly.

     The wind was rough today, but it wouldn’t stop him.  He followed his motto and believed in it with every fiber of his being.  It was up to him to see the job done.  People depended on him. 

     The sun poked its head up over the horizon, the first rays of dawn striking him as he waited for his mission to be accomplished.

     It wouldn’t be long now.

     The road vibrated, sending small ripples through him as the truck approached. But what was that?  Something else was determined to intervene first. 

     A cat.

    Frowning, he watched the feline amble his way.

     A cat could ruin it for him.  He watched the stealthy approach as the cat sniffed the air, glanced around for anyone else who might be watching for it and then, to his relief, watched as the feline settled on the yard next to him.

    Poor Larry.

     Larry was the target this week.

    He detested cats.  They made his job so much harder.  It was a matter of pride to be here, as he was, waiting, doing  his job to the best of his ability.

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The End

Be sure to put THE END as this let's the editor know she isn't missing pages!