HI, I’M JESSICA BERG.
LITERARY AGENT.
FOUNDER OF ROSECLIFF LITERARY.
Your literary agent bestie.
I read queries for a living. I’ll tell you what I’d tell my best friend: what’s working, what to fix, and what to do next.
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query letters • first pages • synopses • comp titles • full requests • query season
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query letters • first pages • synopses • comp titles • full requests • query season •
WORK WITH ME
Send me your pages. I’ll be honest.
I read yours the same way I read the queries in my inbox. Then I tell you, kindly and plainly, what I’d change.
MOST COMPLETE
Before You Hit Send
$1,425
Your query, synopsis, and first ten pages. Then we sit down for 45 minutes and talk it all through, like we’re at my kitchen table.
Notes back within 30 working days.
YOUR QUERY
Query Letter Review
$250
Written notes on what’s working, what’s getting in the way, and how to fix it before an agent sees it.
Notes back within 20 working days.
YOUR SYNOPSIS
Synopsis Review
$375
Written notes so your synopsis reads clearly from start to finish and shows me the whole story.
TEXTS FROM YOUR AGENT BESTIE
The stuff writers ask me every single day.
Straight answers, no jargon. This is the kind of thing that lands in your inbox every week.
Do I really need comp titles?
Yes. Two recent books that sit near yours on the shelf. It tells me where your book belongs.
Can I query before the book is done?
For fiction, no. Finish it, revise it, then send it. You only get one first read.
Be honest. Is my opening working?
Send me your first ten pages and I’ll tell you. That’s what I’m here for.
2027 WORKSHOPS
One Thursday a month. Bring your pages.
One hour, live on Zoom. $20 live or $15 for the replay. Ten hot seats every time, where I work on real pages with you in the room.
The Bestie Pass: early signup three days before everyone else, first pick of the hot seats, and 10% off live seats.
Jan 14
Your Query Season Plan
Your agent list, your rounds, and what to do while you wait.
Mar 11
Read Your Manuscript the Way I Read It
What I look for when I open a full request.
Feb 11
Comp Titles That Help You
How to find comps that tell an agent where your book sits.
Where you’ll find me: conferences, classrooms, a ship crossing the Atlantic, teaching in Morocco and Italy, and everywhere in between.
HI, I’M JESSICA
I’m building the door I wish someone had held open for me.
I was the first in my family to go to college. Years later I earned my MFA, and then I started Rosecliff Literary, where I represent adult fiction and select nonfiction.
Here, I’m on your side. Think of me as the friend who happens to read slush for a living.
Want to query me? See what I’m looking for →
PLANNER
The 2027 Writer’s Planner
$45
Plan your writing year and your query season. The Query Tracker comes with it.
CRAFT
The Weak Verb Reference Guide
Swap flat verbs for ones that show what’s happening on the page.
YOUR PITCH
Comp Sentence Templates
Fill in the blanks and write a comp line that lands.
SECRETS & SLUSH
Let’s be pen pals.
One email a week from inside the agent inbox. Honest notes, first word on new workshops, and guides only subscribers get.
