Query Letters and The Business of Being an Author

Jessica Faust wrote Getting Reviews and about Making Comparisons in your query letter.

Rachelle Gardner wrote The Tax Man Cometh and Keeping Track of Things.

Nathan Bransford wrote All About Co-op and The Importance of the Pitch.

Advances, Self-publishing, Timing, Editors, & Cussing

Victoria Strauss wrote First Novel Sales: The Data on Advances.

Nathan Bransford wrote Should You Self-Publish? Ten Questions to Ask Yourself.

Rachelle Gardner wrote How long does this process take, anyway? and Should I Hire a Freelance Editor?

Natalie Whipple wrote the Real Problem with Constant Cussing.

Writing and query letters

Writer's Relief Staff wrote How To Do Research For Historical Fiction.

Moonrat answered what's a standard submission process like?

Nathan Bransford wrote a great post on how to format an e-mail query letter. He also wrote The Secret Strength of Killer Queries: Specificity.

Various agents shares Querying Blunders: One, Two, Three.

Jenny Bent wrote Rookie Query Mistakes.

Rachelle Gardner talks about elements needed in nonfiction queries.

Queries and Writing Advice

Jessica Faust wrote Query Pet Peeves.

Rachelle Gardner wrote Common Questions Answered about the querying process and related topics. She also wrote Think Hard Before Self-Publishing.

Jane Friedman wrote The Biggest Bad Advice About Story Openings.

Jennifer R. Hubbard wrote Tension: Desire and Obstacles.

Ronnie Kendig wrote about writing suspense novels.

Steven James wrote Crafting Killer Thrillers.

Writing and Titles

Rachelle Gardner wrote How To Title Your Book.

Nathan Bransford wrote What Writing and Lying Have in Common.

Cheryl Klein wrote about emotional plots and action plots, especially in children's picture books (though it's good information for everyone to think about).

Writing and eBooks

Laura Miller wrote A reader's advice to writers: A word to the novelist on how to write better books.

Jay Asher wrote about negative reviews of your novel.

Jessica Faust wrote New and Updated Publishing Dictionary.

Motoko Rich wrote the Math of Publishing Meets the E-Book.

Kristin Nelson wrote eBooks and Royalty Statements, Bonus Clauses—Another Item to Re-evaluate With eBooks?, and Redefining Net Receipts Where eBooks Are Concerned.

Writing, Marketing, and Agent Communication

Kathi Lipp wrote about the differences in writing your second novel after the first is published.

Shelli Johanes-Wells wrote Marketing Stages for after the deal and after the book comes out.

Rachelle Gardner wrote about Communicating with Your Agent.

Marketing, Writing, Why Rejection, etc.

Shelli Johanes-Wells wrote about Marketing Stages.

Rachelle Gardner wrote A Day in the Life and Saying No After I've Requested Your Manuscript.

Jessica Faust wrote about Obtaining Permissions and Formatting Guidelines.

Suzette Saxton wrote How to Plot (or Revise) Your Book.

Writing advice and queries

Kristin Nelson wrote Why Prologues Often Don’t Work.

Rachelle Gardner wrote Craft, Story, and Voice.

Brandilyn Collins wrote Ten Ways To Create Character Empathy.

Shawn Grady wrote He Wouldn’t Have Lived If I Hadn’t Shot Him, about good opening lines.

Janet Reid wrote What you need before you query.

eBooks, queries, and more

Craig Morgan Teicher wrote The Making of an eBook: Part 1 and Part 2.

Kristin Nelson wrote about how ebooks and iBookstore are changing how the publishing game is played.

Nathan Bransford wrote What Should an E-book Cost?

Jessica Faust wrote about Writing Series and Trilogies and about how you handle revisions.

Rachelle Gardner wrote The Top Ten Query Mistakes and Should You Have a Book Trailer?