As you finish up your manuscript, the next step is often shopping it around to potential publishers. While this can be a ...

There are countless ineffective ways to pitch a manuscript, ranging from the slightly boneheaded (addressing a female literary agent as “Mr.” in a query letter) to the more extravagantly awkward ...

Recently, funny things have been happening in my slush pile. I find myself receiving well-written, correctly formatted, professional-looking query letters from bad writers. Imagine my chagrin: one ...