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Cover Letters That Cover the Bases

by Maria Scinto

Letters Sent and Received.

Cover letters are an important part of doing business, whether by postal mail, fax or email. Your cover letter is where you make your pitch that can convince a potential employer, business partner or editor to read your resume or proposal.

Cover Letter Basics

Letters of Introduction and Inquiry

Query Letters

  • About Query Letters

    A query letter is a one-page letter written to an agent or publisher in which an author lays out the case for his work to be published. It is an introduction and a request Read More

  • How to Write a Fantastic Query Letter

    Your query letter is the first impression an editor has of you, so it better be good! Know how to wow them with the perfect request to allow you to publish your article in Read More

  • How to Write a Good Query Letter

    Before submitting anything for publication most editors require a "query letter" in advance. This is basically a simple letter that gives the editor the basics of what your Read More

  • How to Write a Query Letter

    A query letter can be the key to getting the attention of an agent or editor - people who can be instrumental in getting your work published. While a query letter should be Read More

  • How to Send a Magazine Query Package

    If you are new to freelancing, then it can seem like there are a million new things to learn. One of these new things is the art of the query package. The term "query Read More

  • How to Write a Query Letter for a Novel

    Learn how to write a letter for a novel as a professional freelance writer with expert freelancing advice in this free job skills video clip. Read More

  • How to Write a Magazine Article Query Letter

    The magazine query letter is an elusive, but necessary part of the process to freelance for all magazines. The query letter hooks the editor, drawing him into the idea you Read More

  • How to Write a Fantastic Query Letter

    Your query letter is the first impression an editor has of you, so it better be good! Know how to wow them with the perfect request to allow you to publish your article in Read More

  • About Query Letters

    A query letter is a one-page letter written to an agent or publisher in which an author lays out the case for his work to be published. It is an introduction and a request Read More

  • About Query Letters

    A query letter is a one-page letter written to an agent or publisher in which an author lays out the case for his work to be published. It is an introduction and a request Read More

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Letters Sent and Received.

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