Properly Querying Agents

So the Best Damn Creative Writing Blog conveniently did a post about how to properly query an agent. I say conveniently because we recently talked about this in my publishing class. Doing your homework is important before querying an agent.You want to make sure that you've selected the right person to send your work to, and it's good to know what an agent likes/dislikes in a query letter.  Still, it's more important to please the agent professionally than it is to please them personally. They will care more about your "pizzaz and personality", your marketable product than about how much you know about their personal life.

Just be careful about what you put in your query letter.  Do your homework on the agent, but be professional, and SELL YOURSELF. Good luck!

BK