Jessica Sinsheimer, Agent at Context Literary

Generous & helpful

Jessica was incredibly generous and helpful with her comments and industry knowledge. She truly listened to my query trenches-related issues, gave valuable feedback and offered up some actionable items. I am so very grateful I scheduled with her!

My 10-min consultation with Jessica was so helpful! She was super easy to talk to and asked right off the bat how I wanted to use our time together. She answered questions about my query letter, pitching and where the story was going. She brainstormed with me and helped me figure out how to best get my intended message across. I canít recommend it enough!!!

LOVE Jessica. She is so helpful, and her vision for my manuscript helped me get my first chapter back on-point. I am so grateful for her time and expertise. I learned so much!

I just finished my 10min consult with Jessica as part of my gold membership and it was amazing! She was able to help me get through a plot issue that I had been struggling with and even gave me some new inspiration. I canít wait to put all the pieces together and share this story.

Gives Smart and Actionable Feedback

Jessica was incredibly kind and warm, but above all, super savvy and smart! She gave actionable feedback on my query letter that I could implement right away. I’m excited to update my query based on her suggestions and see what happens on my querying journey.

Refines Query with Clear Focus

My 10-minute query consultation with Jessica was invaluable. She was well prepared with detailed advice that gave my query a lot more punch and focus. She talked through each paragraph, culling ineffective details and centering the heart of the story. Jessica was direct and honest, but also extremely encouraging and motivating!

Thank you to Manuscript Academy

Jessica and Julie, I owe you both so much. This whole experience with the Manuscript Academy in the last three months has transformed my career. I’m surprised at how much this has affected my writing as well. Instead of facing and adressing a stiff, forbidding wall, I am writing with hope, learning to trust my reader again rather than defend myself against rejection.
Hugs to you both.

Query Tune Up

Wow-a fabulous, informative, motivating session with Jessica for my Query letter. I learned “rules” (three character names) I would not have known without her expertise and we had such fruitful conversation to flesh out how to cultivate a quirky, fun-filled, voice to reflect the voice in my Rom-Com. I can’t wait to receive her notes and have already begun rewriting my query. Thank you so much!

I would like to thank Jessica and Julie for everything that they are doing to help authors improve their craft. I had been stuck in the query trenches for a year and a half, and was completely lost on why I was getting rejected. Then I found the Manuscript Academy.

At first, I cried a little when I saw their prices. Then I decided to save up and book a consultation with Fiona Kenshole. And let me tell you this, the feedback that I got from a REAL Literary Agent truly opened my eyes to why I was getting rejected.

Sometimes, when you stare too long at your manuscript, you do not pick up on the flaws and areas that need improvement. This is where a fresh pair of eyes, especially those from a professional in the industry, can really come in handy.

I highly recommend you try it out. Think of it as an investment.

She is simply a gift to us all

Jessica was wise and generous with her advice. I was able to ask some questions that were very specific to my manuscript, and her answers were deeply considered while being just so supportive and encouraging about the whole process, from plotting to theme to character development. I can’t begin to say enough about how much our meeting impacted me on both a professional (soon, I hope!) and personal level. It’s taken me a few weeks to be able to put together the words to explain what a truly terrific meeting it was and the energy is still with me. She is simply a gift to us all.

She went out of her way

Jessica Sinsheimer was fantastic! She was kind, personable and helpful. She gave positive feedback and helpful editing suggestions. She even went out of her way to show me how to look for agents using key words on twitter and using the manuscript wish list website. I left my session with her feeling more confident than ever.

So much positive feedback

I’m pretty thin-skinned, but found Jessica to be generous with praise, and gentle and constructive with criticism.

Offers Direction and Encouraging Insights

Jessica is warm and friendly. She gave me fabulous advice and went above and beyond what I expected. I know the direction I need to take with my writing now, in large part because of this conversation. Thank you!

Guidance for Speaking to Agents

Jessica was fabulous. She told me exactly what I needed to hear about my query, asked me enough questions, and ultimately I ended up answering my own questions with her line of thought. It felt like a thorough first meeting, personal, and a great way to learn to speak to agents if youíve never done it.

Jessica the Query Queen

Jessica made the very daunting experience of having my work reviewed not only a positive experience, but a rewarding one. Her thoughtful advice offered warmth and encouragement, and she gave me such helpful advice, I was immediately inspired after talking with her. Most of all, she not only told me how to improve my novel, but what she liked about it, which felt so good. In the writing world, we receive so much rejection, that it feels wonderful, and is such a relief, to hear that our work matters, especially coming from with an agent like Jessica with expertise and knowledge of the current market.

Empowers Writers with Marketable Revisions

I am so grateful for my session with Jessica! Not only were her notes on my query letter extremely helpful, but she offered incredible expertise in answering my questions. But the best part was, Jessica truly “got” my story, with all its strange intricacies and twists. Her support in figuring out the best way to present/sell it was incredibly helpful. I walked away feeling re-inspired and hopeful–and, perhaps more importantly, HEARD! Thank you, Jessica!

New inspiration

I just finished my 10min consult with Jessica as part of my gold membership and it was amazing! She was able to help me get through a plot issue that I had been struggling with and even gave me some new inspiration. I can’t wait to put all the pieces together and share this story.

I left my session with her feeling more confident than ever.

Jessica Sinsheimer was fantastic! She was kind, personable and helpful. She gave positive feedback and helpful editing suggestions. She even went out of her way to show me how to look for agents using key words on twitter and using the manuscript wish list website. I left my session with her feeling more confident than ever.

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I left my session with her feeling more confident than ever.

Jessica Sinsheimer was fantastic! She was kind, personable and helpful. She gave positive feedback and helpful editing suggestions. She even went out of her way to show me how to look for agents using key words on twitter and using the manuscript wish list website. I left my session with her feeling more confident than ever.

She didn’t rush through the meeting

Jessica was so generous with her time and her suggestions. My link got lost in my spam folder and I was late for the meeting and already a bit embarrassed. No big deal. She didn’t rush through the meeting and even asked once or twice if I had more questions. I’ve since used her advice to polish up my query letter, which I think is a great improvement.

Brilliant Query Letter Insights

I had a ten minute consult with Jessia Sinsheimer on my query letter. It was obvious she read it ahead of time and gave it some thought, sending me her preliminary notes.
I cannot overstate how helpful this consultation was! Ms. Sinsheimer is so knowledageable about the industry, books, and all things related to pitching a manauscript. She pointed out that I might have put my book in a genre that wasn’t the best fit for it. She was absolutely correct. She also gave me suggestions on how to make the query stronger. She was cheerful, pleasant, personable, wise, and so generous with her effort and knowledge.
I feel so fortunate that I got to have that talk with her–she’s brilliant, and very very skilled at helping authors.

This was the best MA session I’ve ever had, and I’ve had many. Jessica answered all my questions and provided amazing insights into my story and characters and how I can increase tension from page 1. I was ready to shelve the book prior to this meeting, but she helped me see its good points and encouraged me to keep going. Perhaps the best testimonial of all comes from a friend of mine who didn’t know I was meeting with Jessica: “You seem totally different today, like way more confident!!” That’s shortly after I met with Jessica. I’m so grateful for this opportunity.

Jessica was incredibly helpful during our call. She went above and beyond with comments on my query and manuscript’s first thirty pages, highlighting areas where I am doing well in addition to where I can improve. I want to make my book the best it can be before sending it to agents, and Jessica’s guidance has given me a jumping-off point that will help me do just that. Whether I land an agent with this book or not, I would recommend working with Jessica either way, as her feedback will help me in future manuscripts as well as my work-in-progress.

Fantastic consultation. Advice clear, insightful, and helpful. Highly recommend.

Jessica was incredibly generous and helpful with her comments and industry knowledge. She truly listened to my query trenches-related issues, gave valuable feedback and offered up some actionable items. I am so very grateful I scheduled with her!

Tremendous Experience with Great Insights

I recently had a query critique with Jessica. She was incredibly kind and helpful. She answered all of my questions and gave a lot of great suggestions, while simultaneously being encouraging. I feel more motivated then ever to start querying after my meeting with her!

She went out of her way

Jessica Sinsheimer was fantastic! She was kind, personable and helpful. She gave positive feedback and helpful editing suggestions. She even went out of her way to show me how to look for agents using key words on twitter and using the manuscript wish list website. I left my session with her feeling more confident than ever.

I met Jessica Sinsheimer and the experience was definitely worth it! She took the time to run through all the problem areas of my query, was patient and spot on! This is the only service I know of out there that allows aspiring authors the opportunity to pick various pieces of their work to have analyzed by professionals in the industry in such a streamlined and effective manner. And as many times as needed until we get it right!

Jessica shared all of her notes and suggestions; problems I could not see, as I was just too close to my story to have an eye of an outsider reading my query letter. I am so appreciative of this invaluable opportunity to help get my work out to the world!

Unsurprisingly, she was awesome!

I won a Ten Minutes with an Expert chat from a Facebook live first pages event and was thrilled to find a coveted meeting with Jessica available in July. Unsurprisingly, she was awesome! She didn’t mind working through technical issues with me to ensure I had her comments in front of me as we chatted (even though she was running behind schedule and had already had a long day running a Manuscript Academy event), and provided excellent feedback that helped me understand the strengths and weaknesses in my query letter. Now as I rework my blurb, I have high hopes that the finished product will be a lot better thanks to her notes.

Uplifting and Helpful Consultation

My 10 minutes with Jessica was great! She is fun and easy to talk to, and her detailed feedback helped strengthen my query letter. Also, her words of encouragement gave me hope at a time of doubt. I love these consultations!

Excellent consultation with Jessica Sinsheimer

Jessica was awesome. She was very thorough with my query letter, giving me feedback on each paragraph. She was spot on with what the query needed. I highly recommend her. Thank you, Jessica and Manuscript Academy! I’ve done a few consultations with you guys and will definitely come back.

Provides Insightful First Page Feedback

Hi Jessica and Julie,
Jessica, I want to thank you for your thoughtful comments on Catch a Falling Star. I know you went above and beyond in the time you gave me and I really appreciate it. I couldn’t believe how insightful you were, just from looking at the first page. Many of your ideas about where the story should go were close to what is in the manuscript, and gave me further thoughts and ideas about how to improve it. I will certainly continue to use Manuscript Academy and recommend it to my writing friends–you guys are great! (I’m also wondering if you have any time to critique more pages in the future. It doesn’t seem like you have time available on the calendar and I do understand that, but thought I’d ask 🙂
Again, thank you so much,
Meg

Wonderful, Jessica

Every comment was brilliant. Her insight is humbling. I love learning things and I learned a lot from her. I believe she helped me so much. What is there to say but thank you, thank you, and thank you.

The day after I took her precise and useful notes and revised my query, I got a full request for my manuscript.

Jessica was extremely thorough, professional and compassionate in helping me to improve my query letter.  The day after I took her precise and useful notes and revised my query, I got a full request for my manuscript as well as a note from an agent that my query letter was SOLID.  The proof is in the pudding, and Jessica is a gem.