3 Ways to Improve Your Query/Cover Letter – Part I

3 Ways to Improve Your Query/Cover Letter – Part I You've completed and polished your manuscript. Now all you need is the right publisher to take your work. But that requires a query/cover letter and any given publisher gets hundreds of queries a day. So how do you make your approach connect,and delight,the right publisher? The three key elements are covered in this two-part tutorial series. In the fewest words possible, a query letter must immediately engage the attention of a busy literary agent or publisher. To do that, you must distill the essence of a 65,000+ word manuscript in three paragraphs that will hook the reader, impel them to ask for more, and leave them with a great impression of you,the writer and why they need to be in business with you. Impossible, right? Not if you adhere to these three ways to present yourself and your writing in today's demanding and competitive literary marketplace. This tutorial is presented by Charlotte Robin Cook, an experienced publisher