Query Letters

Not a pen, not a keyboard, but effective querying is a freelancer's most important writing instrument. It doesn't matter how well you write, if you can't sell an agent or an editor, you won't sell your work. Here are some online advice sources if you don't have a handy book to guide you:

Bookdoc
PoeWar
Freelance Writers
Writers Digest
The Writer

Then, to ease the sense of frustration and despair, have some laughs with Query Letters I Love (thanks to John at Lake Neuron).

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