• COVER/QUERY LETTERS by Christine Harrell - The recipe for creating the perfect cover/query letter is simple: give editors and agents what they want, no more and no less. ^pop Go to Article |

• FREELANCE WRITERS: ARE YOU MISSING THE MARK WITH YOUR QUERIES, COVER LETTERS, AND SUCH? by Suzanne Lieurance - If you want to be a busy "working" freelance writer, you can't continually miss the mark with your queries, cover letters, and such. Here are some tips for hitting the target with these materials and landing plenty of well-paying and interesting writing assignments. ^pop Go to Article |

• 10 STEPS TO A MAGAZINE QUERY by Mui Tsun - A query letter is a sales pitch: your goal is to convince the editor that your article idea is of interest to her readers and that you are the best person to write it. Go to Article |

• A QUICK GUIDE TO MANUSCRIPT FORMAT by Moira Allen - Manuscript format should be a fairly simple issue. Yet from some of the questions I've received, it would seem that people like to make it complicated -- from editors who prefer a particular style and therefore declare that all editors want the same style, to writers' groups who insist that one must use this font and that layout and so forth. Go to Article |

• Agent Query Letter - It is All in the Proof by Melody Jackson - Your literary Agent Query Letter is all about the proof. Literary agents want to know, are you a screenwriter with merit? Do you have what it takes to sell a film script in Hollywood? As a screenwriter, you can get your foot in the door of a literary agency. You can show them that you do have what it takes. It is all in the proof. Proofreading, that is. Go to Article |

• ARE YOU SURE YOUR QUERY IS READY? by Gary McLaren - One magazine. Hundreds of writers. Thousands of queries. One editor. One desktop ... and a trashcan that appears to be incredibly, almost unimaginably deep. Where exactly will your submission go? Go to Article |

• ARTICLE QUERIES THAT SELL by Barb Clews - Queries are not written like business letters or emails; they are specifically designed to sell your articles. Go to Article |

• BUILDING A ROCK SOLID QUERY LETTER by Sophfronia Scott - I used to think query letters were relatively easy, but now I realize that a query has to do so many things that it's easy to forget essential elements. Since the letter is your first step in putting your book's best foot forward, you don't want that to happen. So here's a simple rundown on what goes into a solid query letter. Go to Article |

• Children's Book Publishers - How to Wow Them With a Perfect Query Letter by Laura Backes - In a perfect world, you'd be able to pitch your manuscript to an editor over a leisurely cup of coffee. But we're forced to inhabit the real world, where you've got about 10 seconds to hook an editor before she decides to continue reading or reach for her form rejection slip. And more and more, this "hook" must come in the form of a query letter. Go to Article |

• Compose a Query Email That Actually Gets a Response - Isn't it strange how we writers sometimes get completely lost for words when it comes to querying potential clients? After all, many of us write thousands of words each and every day, yet the fountain of inspiration dries up like a raisin in the Sahara when it comes to the task of trying to convince other people to hire us. Go to Article |

• Cover Letters for Short Stories by C. M. Clifton - In regards to short story submissions, cover letters are usually brief letters containing one to three short paragraphs, and is most often paper-clipped in front of your manuscript's first page when you snail mail your submission. Go to Article |

• COVER LETTERS: WHEN, WHY, AND HOW TO USE THEM by Moira Allen - When you submit a manuscript to an editor, should you include a cover letter? The answer isn't always obvious. On the one hand, a manuscript stuffed into an envelope all by itself seems so -- well, naked! Go to Article |

• CREATIVE QUERY LETTERS by Andrea Di Salvo - Query letters are your first impression on the editor, your customer. That’s why you need to use all your creativity to write an effective query letter. Telling an editor you have an idea isn’t enough. Writer’s Digest editor Thomas Clark has identified five essential aspects that should be in every query you write. Go to Article |

• Creative Writer's Secret to Writing a Professional Query Letter by Deborah Owen - Editors know what they are looking for in a query letter. This guide follows the teaching of Noah Lukeman, editor, novelist, literary agent and teacher at Writer's University. Go to Article |

• Dazzling Queries - How to Draw Attention to Your Manuscript by Teresa Slack - You put too much work into your novel to slap a poorly constructed query letter on the front of it and expect agents and publishers to line up to buy it. Many publishing houses receive over twenty thousand submissions a year yet only release a hundred new titles. How can you make yours stand out among all those submissions? Go to Article |

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