Publishing 101 with BJ Muntain, part two: Querying

Back on January 23rd I re-blogged Part One of this 101 of Traditional Publishing :-)

Kelsey J. Mills

So what is querying?

Querying is trying to sell an agent (or publisher) on your book. You do this by sending a query letter. Some agents only want the query letter, some want a synopsis, some want to see the first 5, 10, 50 pages. Send them what their guidelines say they want to see.

A query letter is a creative business letter. It’s a business letter because you want to do business with the...