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A well-written query letter is your key to open many publishers' doors. This page provides links to advice on how to structure a query letter that grabs favorable attention and generates positive responses.

Advice on how to write query letters, with some samples provided:

Do's and Dont's: How to Write the Perfect Query Letter Gail Eastwood presents her tips for getting your query letter perfected.
Writing a Query Letter that Sells Alex Keegan offers sound advice plus an example of his own query letter to a publisher.
Fiction Writer's Connection: Query Letters This helpful page answers questions about writing query letters and provides a description of how to format your query letter.
How to Write a Successful Query On this site, Moira Allen, editor of Writing-World.com, shares her advice about writing the query letter, provides a link to a sample query letter, and also links to her other related articles, Preparing E-mail Queries, What to Do if You Don't Have Clips, and Queries vs. Articles: Which Is Best?

Kennesaw State University is in no way promoting or advertising these sites nor does KSU attest to the validity or claims set forth in the various Web sites.

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