There is indeed a fine line between begging and querying. It’s like dating, but with a lot less fish in the sea.
You want to be as far from desparado-ville when you send your query to agents or publishers. There’s an abundance of how to’s out there, and when I stumbled on this one, I almost choked on my lunch. Here’s a tongue-in-cheek look at the art of writing a query letter.
