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If you are constantly thinking to yourself, "I want to write a book," and you can't get the thought out of your head, you may just need to write a novel and get it over with! Either that or take an aspirin and see if the feeling goes away sometime soon. Writing is hard work, no doubt about that. But there are novel-writing programs on the market these days that, while they do not write the book for you, can make things a whole lot easier. There are different types of programs and each has its own list of positives and negatives. Most of the programs out today will make your life easier though. You'll be able to organize your notes and research, plot out your story, and keep up with all the little...

If you are constantly thinking to yourself, "I want to write a book," then perhaps you should write one! It can be a daunting task when considering all those blank pages in front of you, but it's certainly doable. After all, look at all the published books in your local library or book store. Someone had to write them, and that someone may have had a hard time getting started as well. But first things first, you need a plot. Even before you start naming characters and figuring out locations, you must have a plot. Or, you must decide what happens first and then what happens next (and next, etc.). So you start with a story idea first. It sounds basic, but that's all there is to getting going. Jot your...

Hmm, interesting question isn't it? The answer will obviously depend on how much time you have available. But if you are writing web content for clients they will have their own ideas of how much you should be able to write and when it should be done by. This is why it pays to get to know your own limitations. If you take on too much work it will lead to undue stress and anxiety as you struggle to meet your deadlines. And if you miss those deadlines you will find that clients will very soon go elsewhere. Only the most urgent of reasons should prohibit you from meeting a deadline agreed previously. You'll notice too that the most important word in that title is the word 'good'. No matter how many...

When writers set out to produce work, they are -- in some sense -- entering a minefield. Each word, phrase and piece of punctuation offers the opportunity for misstep. And while writing errors won't kill you, the real possibility exists that they will kill your credibility. Perhaps one of the most treacherous areas for writers is in word choice. The difficulty comes in the transition from speaking to writing. Words that sound alike or somewhat alike but are spelled differently can cause significant confusion when it's time to write them down. The following is a list of the top ten most commonly confused words. 1) To, Too, Two: "To" is either a preposition or part of an infinitive (a verb before it...

I may be putting my neck in my own noose with this one, but I've always believed that honesty is the best policy. As somebody who has written his own books on article writing and marketing, what follows may sound like I am dissing my own work. Well, in a way, maybe I am. Okay, confused? Good! Keep reading and hopefully, I'll be able to clear up your confusion. Let's get to the question that I put forth in the title of this article. Are there any real absolutes? Well, that really depends on what it is you're trying to accomplish with the article itself. Since I don't know what your objectives are, I can't really speak for you personally. So I will speak in generalities and hope that what I am about...

This article is going to tick off a lot of people...and that's fine. But let me tell you something, there is more to being a good article writer than just being a good writer. No matter how good you are, if you don't know your target market...how they think and feel...you're dead in the water. This article is going to get into this subject in some detail so that you understand what I'm talking about. Probably the best way to explain what I mean is with examples. So let's say you were going to write an article for the music production niche. I'm talking about people who are into producing music videos or maybe even doing local club gigs as DJs. What kind of people do you think you're going to be...

This may be the most honest and hard hitting article on article writing that you have ever read. If you have a difficult time handling cold hard truth, you might not want to read this. I am not going to sugarcoat anything for you but give it to you straight from the hip. Let's begin. I make no secret that I sell books on how to write articles. However, let me be perfectly honest with you. I can't turn you into a great writer. Sure, I can show you techniques for coming up with titles, content, closings and resource boxes, but I can't put the words into your mouth for the particular niche that you're writing about. See, for an article writing book to be effective, it has to be generic. In other words...

What you presume they want is rarely true and what you want is not the same as theirs. That is the lesson I learned after years of doing business both online and offline. Making an assumption that you know it is the biggest mistake. For instance, even if people say that they want to know about specific thing, you could still go wrong with the format of the information. Authors may deliver their content in an e-book while the audience really want it in audio CDs or digital audio like MP3s. The same lessons can be used for article writing too. If you have a site or a blog with some traffic, you can setup a poll or ask an open-ended question so they could answer the topic they want to hear from you...

One of my favorite aspects of novel writing is experiencing those moments when my characters come into their own - assuming lives seemingly independent of me - and begin doing and saying all manner of unexpected things. At times like these I get the feeling that I'm dabbling in something deeper than what I can understand, and all I can do is play referee on the sidelines and watch as the drama unfolds. Obviously the problem here lies in trying to maintain some kind of order and structure. I took a writing class a couple years ago in which the teacher described a phenomenon that happens towards the end of many a (hopeful) novel. Suddenly hitherto-minor characters start taking a much more active role...

Writing articles should be an integral part of your marketing. You may write a few articles per day based on your ideas, but if you don't have any of them, how could you keep writing? Here is a powerful way to generate idea that almost guarantees your articles will get read. While there is nothing wrong with writing articles based on your ideas, there is one other method that allows you to have a lot of ideas without requiring you to think about them. These ideas are guaranteed to be read too because of the way they are found. What was I talking about? The simple method is to read or listen to your target market. Know where they hang out and find them. People with similar interest like to hang out...

1. Use an Outline We've been over this and over this, but if you don't use an outline for your writing projects, you're wasting time. I remember one of my sixth grade research papers. I thought I had done a really good job on it, until I read it when I was in college. In those days, I didn't use an outline. It was very obvious. Many times thoughts were repeated in different places throughout the manuscript. At that point, I recalled thinking I had already written something about that topic, but I didn't take the time to figure it out. For a sixth grade paper, it was fine, but I've seen writing projects written by adults that were no better. Once they learned the benefits of using an outline their...

Creating your world when writing a fantasy novel is one of the most important steps when establishing a firm, believable, foundation for your fantasy novel. If your world doesn't work, or does not make sense, you are fighting an uphill battle in inviting in your reader. Your world should be fully developed before you put your pen to paper. Certainly you will need to consider the thoughts and ideas you are toying with for your novels scenes, plots or quests, but much of the stories action and events will have to have some relationship with the atmosphere and terrain of your world. Certainly make detailed notes when designing your world and lands, but you could also bring your world alive for yourself...

Great fiction depends on great characters. That epic fantasy you're writing might have the world's most brilliant plot, setting, and writing... but if your characters are dull, your story won't soar. The reason is simple. Readers need to care about the story. They want to invest their emotions in your work. Readers will care about a story if they care about the characters. You might think your story is the most exciting story in the world. "My epic fantasy has chases, battles, wars, torture, and action that never stops," you say. Shouldn't that be enough to keep readers turning the pages? Well then. Why did we care about the battles in Lord of the Rings? (I know you're surprised I chose such an...

Some language learners find learning hard because of a tendency to try and do things perfectly. Fact is, trying to do so just complicates things, making it all that much harder on yourself to progress. If you find yourself in a similar boat, such as: - Taking forever to decide on a primary learning material (e.g. language software, night classes, etc.) to use or a learning approach to take. - Trying to get to a certain level of proficiency before using the language in public (guess what, you'll always feel insufficient). - Trying to master advanced concepts, well before you've gained the confidence to use basic aspects of the language in public. Perfectionism, in many ways, is just another form of...

KISS...or Keep It Simple Shirley...is the number one thing that all article writers should strive for. There are a variety of reasons. This article is going to give you the number one reason and a few ways to keep it simple. I hope after reading this, you'll understand that writing an article doesn't have to be rocket science. Okay, the number one reason why you should keep your writing simple is this. The average reading level of people in the United States (the bulk of your audience) is about eighth grade. If you start to write like Hemingway, you're going to lose them...period. There is no point in trying to impress a population whose idea of great literature is Mickey Spillane. By keeping things...

It would be nice if everything we wrote about was all sugar and spice and everything nice. Unfortunately, some issues are quite volatile. I've read articles on some blogs that attracted hundreds, if not thousands of comments. I'm talking about some pretty racy stuff here. So how do we go about writing on such topics? Do we come out with all guns blazing or do we have to use a little bit of tact? Well, the answer to that question really depends on the desired end result. This article explains. Let's say we want to write about the outrage of war. For starters, what do we want to accomplish? Do we want to get people all fired up about it so that they write to their congressmen to get our troops out of...

Truth...what happened to it? If you're an article writer, this article is going to touch on a lot of raw nerves. That's going to make a lot of people VERY uncomfortable. Well, so be it. It's time for the BS to stop and for article writers to start being responsible again. If you don't know what I'm talking about, keep reading. I promise you're going to get an earful. Let's start off with the painfully obvious. Nobody is going to read your article if it's boring. I understand that. I, better than anyone, understand the importance of putting together an article that isn't going to put my reader to sleep. But that DOESN'T mean that I lie or even stretch the truth. Oh come on, you know what I'm talking...

One of the biggest problems that article writers have is diving into a topic and writing more than just a few articles on it. After a while, they run out of ideas. It happens to the best of us...even me. Well, in this article, I'm going to give you some ideas for writing more articles than you can share a stick at by writing on sub topics of the main one. I think you will find this article most informative and helpful. To best understand how to do this, the best way is through example. Nothing is better than example. So let's start out with a very broad topic...TV. Let's say you have a site about TV shows or things related to TV. Well, for starters, you could write about every current show on the...

Whenever I speak publicly about tips for fiction writing, the question of whether it's worth joining a writers' group inevitably arises. In this article, we'll cover whether this is an avenue worth considering, and if so, some key things to look for in such a group. First, a confession: I have never been a long-time member of a writers' club, yet I've managed to reach a respectable level of success in this profession. Does this mean that I think they have no value? Not at all. One of the things I've learned about giving tips for fiction writing is that there are few iron-clad rules. Every person is different. What works for you might not work for me, and vice versa. That is simply a fact of the...

Many people feel that Article Writing is difficult because they don't know what to write about. And that's a shame because writing articles can be as easy as talking to your best friend. Here are 4 incredible ideas for writing successful articles: 1) Stick to the title. Most folks decide to read articles based on the title. They may skim the article to see if its content matches the title. If it doesn't, they will leave the article --and there goes a chance to build your list as well as sell your product to this potential reader. 2) Keep the article short and concise. You only have 300-400 words so it's best to write the body of your article using bullets or numbers. In each bullet you should...

The night Jesus was arrested, his disciples scattered. They feared for their lives. John was the only disciple at the crucifixion. His closest followers were trembling behind closed doors. The third day after Jesus' death Mary Magdalene and some other women went to Jesus' tomb. The tomb was empty except for an angel. I cannot imagine the thoughts that went through their minds. Fear, confusion, and anger must have run through every fiber of their being. These thoughts and feelings cleared when the angel stated he is not here; he has risen! Then they recalled Jesus' words. During his ministry, Jesus spoke of his resurrection. In the Old Testament, Isaiah 26:19, Psalm 17:15 and Daniel 12:2 tell of the...

These are the days of professional web content writing. In fact, everyone is busy in his or her business marketing over the World Wide Web. From professional search engine optimization companies to website designing and development industry, from advertising industry to media hypes, from fashion companies to music industry, from cell phone industry to online banks, and from affiliate marketing groups to online consultancy agencies, all the other groups and industries are adopting custom writing services in order to competitively advertise their businesses over the World Wide Web. Generally custom writing service can be of any type such as academic research paper writing, argumentative research...

Does an email to a potential landlord make a favorable impression? Do you really want your potential landlord to have your email forever? Will they even have an email? Would you want to send them an email? Would they read it? They might think it's spam, since they don't know you that well, yet. So, they might delete it, defeating your purpose. What if you don't get the apartment in one of their buildings, would you want them to have your email forever? The operative word here is 'potential'; once they become actual perhaps it's okay. Remember everything sent via the web is on the web somewhere, forever. Okay enough of that. You really like three apartments you've seen. You're unsure as to which one...

Want to spin gold from straw? Discover the secrets of Web writing with keywords to become an in-demand writer. Let's get a definition out of the way if you're completely new to Web writing. What are "keywords?" Everything You Need to Know About Keywords in a Nutshell In essence, keywords are words and phrases for which people search online. I just looked up "diet" in my favorite keyword tool - "diet" is of course a keyword. However, "how long should you stay on the atkins diet" is a keyword too. So remember that a keyword may actually be a long phrase; keywords often aren't single words, they're search terms. Keywords are big business online. As a Web writer, the more you know about keywords, the...

d="body"> Whether you're just starting to search the net for freelance writing jobs or you've been doing it for years--if you want to score jobs, this article is for you. After searching high and low, every corner, every avenue, every gray area--every freelance writing jobs site on the net--I've come up with a top 5 list of the greatest freelance writing jobs listing sites. The following sites you need to visit daily if you want to bring in steady work. Jobs are being posted around the clock, and the best part is that these top five sites are free to use. is a massive database of classified ads and job listings. CraigsList.org will lead you to CraigsList San Francisco; whereas, all other major...

Freelance writers often struggle with finding freelance writing jobs. They are out there to be sure, but where do you find them and how do you boost your chances of getting them if it's between you and other freelance writers? Below, we'll discuss how to find freelance writing opportunities. Freelancing Sites One of the most popular and most lucrative ways freelance writers can find writing opportunities is through online marketplaces like Individuals who need projects completed will post them on freelancing sites and then freelance writers can submit proposals on them. By submitting proposals often and creating specific proposals for different jobs, you can really find a lot of great job...

Your Save-the-Dates have been mailed out ages ago. Your friends are waiting with anxiously for your wedding day, or at least you imagine they are. The invitations have been sent out. The menus have been gone over more than once. The limousines are all lined up. The date is fast approaching, is there anything else you may have forgotten? Ah, yes your wedding vows. You could of course leave it up to the official who will marry you and your potential spouse or you could write or gather them yourselves. There are several things or ways in which you can come up with your wedding vows. You can of course confer with your spouse-to-be about what type of vows you'd like to use. The response of course, could...

Whilst there are many reasons why people choose to have a family, there are also just as many reasons why an individual person or a couple may choose to be child-free. In a society where it is deemed normal to have children, deciding not to start a family of your own is a big decision that can be seen as a little strange, and in some cases unnatural. Some people will even have the audacity to go as far as to suggest that if there isn't a medical reason behind your choice not to procreate, then there must be something seriously wrong with you. So with such a high public opinion and strong social stigma surrounding families and child free women, why do people, women in particular, choose to be...

Looking down from a plane over the Midwest is a renewal of a geography lesson. Okay, now I am going to sound like Andy Rooney, but I have to say it. Have you ever noticed ("don't forget the lilt in the voice, to enjoy the full flavor") when you're up in the wide blue yonder, albeit not too high, but high enough that the ground looks like a map from grade school? I have noticed it but never commented to anyone about. It gets me every time I see it. Do you remember those little squares that you either used to color in while in grade school or you might have even had a map puzzle of the vegetation vs. the dirt or even the water masses for your state, region or the entire United States? When I travel...

After a solid month and a half past the Christmas season are you completely rested up from almost a solid month of writing all those thank you notes for all those Christmas presents and then there was Valentine's gifts? Did you get a lot of gifts for Valentine's Day? How is your hand, your arm, your wrist? Maybe for Valentine's that is not the type of thanks you give, well la-di-da. Anyway, while you're on the computer what do you do when your hand or hands get tired? Do you just stop doing what you were doing for a while or do you continue on in the pain? I'm not talking about carpal tunnel syndrome, because that's a medical condition and I am not a doctor to be able to prescribe anything to you...

Libraries are the best place to go for everything including sight-seeing. You get off in the wrong spot in your new city, so rather than keep on keeping on or pulling out all your maps in the middle of the street and thereby telegraphing your newness in town, find a quiet spot to re-group. Go to the nearest library. Sit down for a spell or even go to the computer librarian and get a temporary ID to use both the Internet and word processing. The Internet nowadays is the great unifier. By checking out the Internet, you're both exploring your surroundings and getting acclimated to at least one place for the day. On my most recent trip to Chicago, when I decided to get off the "L" without any idea as to...

I'm graduating on Mother's Day, next week. Graduating as an adult rather than a young adult is a blast. Everyone thinks it is phenomenal and I guess, with all the stuff, we as adults now know and have to do while going to school, it is phenomenal. I'll take that. As opposed to the young adult, it is just a given, if the parents are paying for all four years, and the grades are kept up, then graduation is imminent. Being an established adult puts you into a whole other category. After all we have to juggle work, some people have kids, house or apartment payments, utility payments and still others to pay for school, and they might even have a second job. Doing all of that and still going to school...

If you're like most writers, you enjoyed writing when you were in school. Your teacher asked for a page, you wrote two or three. Writing was probably your favorite subject, or at least very high on the list of things you liked about school. And, since you like to write so much, writing a book manuscript probably comes naturally to you. But, you might want to rethink that lengthy manuscript and create a booklet instead. Let's take a look at why you should even desire to write a booklet in the first place, as opposed to writing a full length book. The Purpose Of A Booklet A booklet is a not meant to give every detail of information available about a particular subject. The purpose of a booklet is...

> Send in a sloppy, grubby manuscript and your chances of rejection are greatly increased. Send in a smart, clean, tidy manuscript and the publishers offices will ring with the cry - "Hey, here's someone who knows how to do it properly! Break out the Champaign! Bring on the dancing girls!' But maybe not the latter if it's a Monday. Publishers are inundated with manuscripts. In most cases they are unsolicited. They didn't ask for them, they just arrived in a flurry of dust laden wings like angels of doom. Problem: which to read first. Ah, here's one that's half decent. It's clean and tidy and looks pleasant enough to read. Let's give this a try. The point is this: if you please the editor with a...

> In large publishing houses, many manuscripts penned by first-time authors, never make it past the "first reader" who for all practical purposes is a gatekeeper of sorts. This person's job is to weed out manuscripts that do not fit certain established submission criteria. However, many never make it to the editor's desk, simply because they are badly disorganized and downright incoherent. But even if you are self-publishing, you owe it to yourself as well as your readers to develop a theme. Not only will a theme tell what your book is about, it also serves to hold your book together. Every other element — your chapters, for example — should support your theme. It is what keeps you from rambling...

When you submit your manuscript an editor has very little time to appraise your work so writing an excellent synopsis is crucial to your chances of success - here are some tips that can help you succeed in getting your manuscript Congratulations! The mere fact that you are reading this article suggests that you have finished writing the manuscript for your fiction / non-fiction, children’s book or short story. Or that you have almost finished writing it. Or, maybe that you are thinking about writing it1 Regardless, you deserve to be congratulated! Entering into the literary world can be a very daunting, challenging and frustrating experience — but well worth the journey. And you should...

As a teacher, do you ever have the feeling that you can't possibly squeeze one more item into your cram-packed day? Or, have you ever spent time (that you didn't have) looking for a file or a piece of paper or a pile of handouts or an agenda that you needed to take to a meeting (or heaven forbid, even some report cards that needed to be handed out!)? At the end of a long day, have you ever felt frustrated by what you didn't get done? It's possible that you are experiencing what Ralph Keyes calls 'timelock,' which is "the condition that occurs when claims on our time have grown so demanding that we feel it's impossible to wring one more second out of a crowded calendar" (Timelock, p. 5). If you...

Throw out your table of contents from your dissertation and start over. You are going to write a new table of contents that reflects what will be in your book manuscript. Writing a new table of contents will make you think about what will go into your book. REVIEW YOUR DISSERTATIONS TABLE OF CONTENTS What needs to be taken out? A book editor is not interested in a review of the literature that is in your dissertation. Go through your dissertation's table of contents. What makes sense? What does not make sense? Right now you are only interested in the titles of each chapter. Are there any chapter titles that will be viewed as puzzles when read by a book editor? Are there any titles that...

Choosing your business name is critical. Read through our article for 9 tips to help you make the right decision. It is just so important that you get it right, and there are many reasons why you need to give it so much thought. Copyright (c) 2009 Kaye Dennan When you first meet a person usually their face is the first thing you see, and so too it is with a business name. Especially in our technological world today, and with a work at home business, your business name more often than not will be the first introduction of your business to a new client. A habit most of us have is to form pre-conceived ideas about a person, a business, a sport and other things. This will also happen with your...

The fastest way to write a novel produces a wonderful side-effect: better writing. This is difficult for many writers to grasp at first, particularly those writers who have a tendency to edit as they write. However, as you'll discover in this article, writing quickly benefits not only the quantity of your output, but also the quality. Let's consider how you might commonly approach the blank page. You write the first sentence. It looks okay, so you write a second sentence. That one looks okay as well, so you write a third sentence, but this one doesn't look okay. In fact, it's a poorly written sentence that jumps off the page. You slam on your writing brakes and read the sentence again. Everything...

When I first started writing, I would spend at least a half hour writing a query letter. Maybe even 2 or 3 hours. Then I'd spend another half hour proofing and editing it. Finally, I would print it out and make sure everything lined up correctly, before folding it into an envelope and sending it to a publisher. Times have changed, as more and more publishers and agents are accepting electronic submissions. Honestly, I don't even spend half as much time creating a query letter. Not only that, but submitting queries is now super cheap. No more paper, no more envelopes, no more stamps, no more SASE's. And now I miss that one extra step of printing my query out and reading it over one last time...

Whenever you correct or make changes in a book manuscript, what you're doing is editing that manuscript. I've been in the business of helping people write their books for over the past twenty-five years, and I've helped many a first-time author put a manuscript together in a way that made it more readable, enjoyable, saleable and finally -- marketable. You can do this too, with proper training, some experience and a solid working knowledge of written language and its capabilities. There are three basic methods of helping an author write or edit a manuscript: ghost writing, rewriting, and copy editing. There is also a lesser style of editing called proof reading. The first method I will discuss is...

I run about twenty websites, formerly spread over two shared hosting accounts. Last month my hosts, both independently shut me down for over utilizing CPU. Fair enough, I didn't think that I was abusing the accounts, but I don't make the rules. I immediately started looking for alternatives and decided on Go Daddy dedicated hosting. The price was right and for just over $100 a month I got a nice server with 2 GB of memory, 500GB of monthly bandwidth, a speedy CPU all to my self, to abuse as I see fit. Fast forward to UFC 77. You see I run a web site which does UFC predictions and UFC results. On fight night, the site can get pretty busy, my previous high was 18,000 visitors in the 3 or so hours...

Most people I know have a favourite children's book memory like I do. I am referring to a special, beloved and treasured children's book of my early childhood. Some of us have several of these treasured books which have always been there when we needed to be comforted, encouraged and captured into a wonderful world of adventures. They are like a good and loyal friend who is always there for you when you need him. Maybe it was a an exceptional book you were read to as a young child or you read yourself once you learned the  basic but very exciting skill of reading. I do believe that reading is an art. We have to learn it and treasure it as it is not only a very helpful talent but will always enrich...

During your presentation your audience will often want to ask you questions. You must expect and encourage questions. This can be the tipping point in your presentation that moves them to think or do what you are proposing. If this is so important to your success then you need to be well prepared for the questions and know how to handle the questions. It's not only about knowing the answers. It's more important how you handle the questions with authority. Use these ten tips to handle the questions more effectively during your next presentation. 1. State the Rules Tell your audience when you will take questions and how individuals will be recognized to speak. Point out the microphones they should use...

During the Middle Ages, Hebrew manuscripts adopted the illuminated format, popular in the Christian world of the time. Contrary to popular belief, art was not prohibited to medieval Jewry. Unfortunately, no examples of early Middle Ages decorated manuscripts have survived. The earliest dated decorated Hebrew manuscript is a book of Prophets written in Tiberias, circa 895 CE.  However, illuminated Hebrew books and manuscripts did not become widespread in Europe until the thirteenth century. Parchment was the writing material used at this time. The preparation of parchment is a complex and expensive procedure.  The most commonly used skins are from sheep, calves and goats.  The skins are first...

Because of their devotion to the Torah, also known as the Five Books of Moses, the Jewish people have been called the People of the Book, with a reputation for lovers of scholarship and learning. The oldest surviving Hebrew manuscripts that we know of today are the Qumran scrolls also known as the Dead Sea Scrolls, dated as early as circa 250 -150 BCE.  These ancient scrolls, written on papyrus and parchment, included biblical manuscripts, commentaries on biblical, apocryphal, juridical, liturgical and hymnal works and even fantasy.  These ancient manuscripts are witness to the presence of the ancient Hebrews in the land of Israel. There is a gap of nearly a millennium between the Dead Sea Scrolls...

The most important thing you can do with you articles is to submit your articles to publishers. This is a key way to get back links to your site for your articles. It is by now a well known fact that by writing and publishing your articles you can get your site indexed and ranked on many well known search engines. One of the main things is to find software that will aid you in submitting all of your articles. Click Here You will get more links if you submit your article to not just one but many publishers. I usually submit mine to over 200 publishers. However this can be very time consuming and take many hours. I use software to help me to almost auto submit my articles. You can find a link for the...

The query letter is simply a business letter that serves a dualpurpose. It is an introduction of you to an agent, and an inquiryas to whether the agent would be interested in seeing a particularpiece of your work. The query letter is the first "picture" an agentwill have of you and your work; and is perhaps your strongestselling tool. Why the query letter? Basically it serves to save time. Agents andpublishers simply do not have the time to read unsolicited manuscripts,and it is certainly a waste of your time (and money) to make copies andsend manuscripts out to numerous agents knowing that most, if not all,will be sent back, left unread or perhaps discarded. So how do theseopposing forces finally...