Today's chapter of The Word Weaver Podcast is all about the querying
process: how to write a query letter and a book proposal (for non-fiction
writers). A query letter (which really should be called a query e-mail
since everything is electronic these days) has one very important purpose:
to hook a literary agent into requesting your full manuscript (and
eventually an offer of representation). Literary agents are the gatekeepers
to the publishers so you want (and need) them to love your book as much as
you do.