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Q&A Multiple Books in a Single Query

I recently decided to make a long delayed return to a genre where I had early publishing success, upper-level picture books. Given that I now have school-aged children, I have a number of stories ...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Chris Sunami‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T10:43:48Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/41708
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Chris Sunami‭ · 2019-12-08T10:43:48Z (almost 5 years ago)
I recently decided to make a long delayed return to a genre where I had [early publishing success](https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-689-83399-1), upper-level picture books. Given that I now have school-aged children, I have a number of stories that I made up for bedtimes that are ripe for being turned into books. In particular, I have three that I am particularly happy with, and that I've made progress at turning into manuscripts.

I know that you would never try to sell more than one novel at once, but what about picture books? When I'm ready for queries again, should I query just one, or all three at once? If I'm only querying one, is it an advantage to mention the others? (Given how long it's been since I published in the field, I want to make it clear it's not going to be another fifteen year gap between books.)

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-01-28T16:49:28Z (almost 6 years ago)
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