Query letters and slush piles

After reading this article, "A Good Author Is Hard to Find," in this week's Stranger, I realized it's been a while since I posted anything on query letters — and while I don't want to be redundant, writing queries can be almost more challenging than the book you've just finished — and in many ways, more important: If you don't have a great query, agents won't be asking to see your great novel. So let's chat about query letters.

The best thing I can do is point you to the experts. The