query letters

The query letter has one purpose, and one purpose only: to seduce the agent or editor into reading or requesting your work. The query letter is so much of a sales piece that it's quite possible to write one without having written a word of the manuscript. All it requires is a firm grasp of your story premise.

Writer Nancy Jorgenson tells her story of surprise success in landing just the right publisher for her book—one she had never heard of.

Learn how to pitch your nonfiction book to agents and publishers—whether you're writing memoir, narrative nonfiction, or prescriptive nonfiction.

Debut author Nadine Darling discusses her revision and query process, blogging, writing with children in the house, and more.