Freelance editor Erin Brown gives tips on improving your chances of landing an agent to represent you and your book. Finding an agent can be an impossible-sounding, daunting task. Doing your research before you send out query letters is one of the...

"Writers are notorious for not being able to describe their own work." Literary agent Charlotte Gusay points this out in a telling interview where she reveals what she and her team look for when they're reading query letters from prospective authors...

Even in an industry about books, it can be hard to find someone to read your work. WGA Screenwriter, author, and MFA educator Michael Tabb says the three key elements to get your work noticed are perseverance, positivity, and focusing on your goals....

Everything about the publishing process was a surprise to author, speaker, and president of The Work Life Company Carl Prude Jr. Even as a first-time author, he didn’t have much trouble finding an agent and securing a publishing deal. When he began sharing...

Finishing a book manuscript is not the end of the writing work required if wanting to get traditionally published. Besides query letters, marketing content, and other materials, a book synopsis is often a necessary part of an author’s submission package...

As an agent, I receive a lot of query letters, and the simple truth is that most of them are awful. I feel bad for the writers, because their work may be very good, but I’ll never know because I’ve deleted their cover letters. When you sit down to...

I have a dedicated e-mail account for queries. There are probably a thousand in there right now. Two interns work with me in my office, and they’re the ones who initially go through the queries. The first thing I tell them is that writers are notorious...

CF Yetmen, author of "The Roses Underneath," discusses how she marketed her self-published book. She started pitching her plan in her query letters, and once she self-published her book, she had total control of the marketing message.

CF Yetmen, author of "The Roses Underneath," discusses how she marketed her self-published book. She started pitching her plan in her query letters, and once she self-published her book, she had total control of the marketing message. Click here...

Once you have written a book and you have made it as strong as you can, you are ready to submit the manuscript to agents. You may know you book is fabulous. Every agent out there wants it. Right? You find literary agents on the Internet and send - a...