Customize your query letter. ... Tell me that you can send a full book proposal and a sample chapter, for instance. End with a particular ‘ask’ so I know how to follow up. ...

I have no clue what to say in these things. "Hello, my book is very good. You should really represent me." I keep reading the ways I describe the book and gagging. Did I really just use the word ...

Cover of Query Craft and the logo of the Castle Talk Podcast, used by permission. The query letter is a single page—usually closer to half a page—whose purpose is to explain who the writer is ...

Time was, bad writers wrote bad query letters. Like the Washington Generals of exhibition basketball, these writers hammed up—telegraphed, shall we say—their lack of talent and know-how.

In his Fashionable Gentleman’s Valentine Writer for 1828, British publisher Thomas Richardson gave readers text of sample valentines to use in conducting affairs of the heart.

Listen to The Gist via Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Play.. On The Gist, we should be willing to accept that the Barr letter and Mueller report won’t lead to any ...