Query Quotes

The next step is being able to query your refrigerator about whether you need skim or chocolate milk while you`re on the way to the store.

Above all, a query letter is a sales pitch and it is the single most important page an unpublished writer will ever write. It`s the first impression and will either open the door or close it. It`s that important, so don`t mess it up. Mine took 17 drafts and two weeks to write.

A typical agent in New York gets 400 query letters a month. Of those, they might ask to read 3-4 manuscripts, and of those, they might ask to represent 1.