Query Letter Writing Fact and Fiction

Fact: Query Letter Writing is an Art Form.
Make no mistake about it, writing queries that produce results is a craft.
Fact: A Query Should Not be Written Like a Synopsis.
I devoted an entire article to this, yet writers who have read the article continue to send me sample queries [...]

Make Sure Your Book Has Potential Before Writing It!

“Crazy” Lives
We’ve all known people who talk about their “crazy” lives, which, 99 out of 100, is just a life like most other lives, or, at the very least, certainly not some Oprah-worthy existence. They exclaim, “I should write a book; no one would believe it.”
Yeah, and no offense, but I’d wager no one would [...]

Book Proposals That Sell

The subtitle of W. Terry Whalin’s Book Proposals That Sell promises 21 Secrets to Speed Your Success. In fact, those 21 secrets are just a portion of the valuable information in this book.
Whalin has been on both sides of the editor’s desk. He not only has experience as an editor at a publishing house, he [...]