Definition of query letters according to Agentquery.com: “A query letter is a single page cover letter, introducing you and your book.” Query letters might be the bane of my existence, at least within my world of writing and publishing. Look at the above definition. Notice anything? Let me point it out- “single page”. Have you noticed I tend to write a lot? Ask just about anyone who’s met me for even a second, I can’t shut up! This tendency toward verbus vomitus (I’m 99% cert

Over Valentine’s weekend I journeyed to snowy Utah for my first writing conference: Life, The Universe, & Everything. Here were the good things: I stayed with my friend of 20 years and fellow writer, Sarah, got to play with her baby and meet some new friends. I met with an editor of a publishing house for a critique! I learned a lot from the panels I attended. Here was the not-so-fun part: I was sick, in some form or another, almost the entire weekend and the following week.