How Do You Query A Literary Agent?
You’ve written your novel or nonfiction book with hopes of having it published. However, before you can start thinking about publishing contracts, you need a literary agent. The agent works for you, pitching your book to publishers and ensuring that you get a fair contract when the time comes. In order to find potential agents who might represent you, you’ve already searched online and networked your friends and colleagues. Now you have to interest one of the agents on your list in your manuscript. You do that with a query letter, sent by email or by the postal service. It’s your introduction to the person who might help you become a published author, so do your best to keep it interesting and professional. Visit the Web sites of all your potential agents to find out how they want manuscript submissions handled. They will usually be quite specific, and you should follow their instructions. Address the query using the specific agent’s name that you are approaching. This applies whether
