Almost ALWAYS! Query letters are standard in the industry. That being said, what is most imperative is that you do your homework when approaching any agent. They each have a preferred method of ...

Even the greenest of graduate students have heard “publish or perish,” but rarely are they instructed on exactly how to accomplish that or even where to start. The world of publishing can feel ...

This episode Jason talks to Angie Hodapp about her new book Query Craft, the Writer-in-the-Know Guide to Getting Your Manuscript Requested. The author is the Director of Literary Development at Nelson ...

At the end of November, if you've won the NaNoWriMo challenge, you'll be left with a first draft of a full-blown novel. And at that point, any writer can't help but ask: now what? The first thing a ...

If you want a business to carry your product, publish your writing or consider your proposal, you'll need to write a submission letter -- often called a query letter. These business letters should ...

MetalSucks will receive approximately 2,856,937 query e-mails in the time it takes me to type this sentence. I’m sure it’s the same for every major metal media outlet and every metal record label with ...