Poets & Writers

Publishing Myths

It’s not hard to find an agent’s e-mail address on the internet. In fact, most agents intentionally make this easy so you can send them a query for your next great book. But what happens after you hit Send? Is an agent actually going to read that e-mail, or will it rot away in a forgotten slush inbox? I’m here to assuage your fears. Contrary to what you may have heard, agents really do read your e-mails.

Agents take queries in a variety of ways.

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