Let’s talk about query letters for a moment. If you’re a writer, you will deal with query letters at one point in time. Mastering the query letter can make or break a writer’s career, so don’t skip it. Here I present some general rules that will help with your query letter process.

Finding a good literary agent is a challenge this days. Agencies are busy, the slush piles are getting larger and larger, and writers are becoming more and more inpatient. This article addresses a few of the issues that come along while searching for a new literary agent, providing a few practical techniques to use. It’s definitely not a complete guide, but it gives you the basic information you need to start looking for your literary agent.

Getting published is hard work. Sometimes authors seek the help of an agent to take on some of the more difficult tasks in the process of publishing. But finding a good agent is itself a challenging task. WritersMarket.com shows us the concentration of agents using this nice infographic.