In my research to find out how to write a query letter that agents/publishers will actually want to read, one blog simply must be mentioned.
Query Shark is written by an actual agent (Janet Reid). What she does is post queries submitted by the braver portion of her readers who agree to have the Query Shark sink her teeth in their query. The result is gold to the potential query writer. Her insightful, often funny and sometimes brash remarks keep you entertained all while you're learning what a good query letter looks like.
If you're brave enough, I suggest sending your query. I'm working on reading through the archives of the blog. When I'm done I plan to write and submit my query into her chum bucket. Even if you feel like you've already got the query writing thing down this blog is worth a look. A warning though, read the archives. There are sooooooooooo many submitted queries that make the same mistakes over and over again. It provides some entertainment for those of us reading the blog, but you can avoid the need to get some use out of that tough skin of yours if you just read the archives. Don't worry, you'll enjoy it too.
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