In my experience, a great query letter is often not written as much as it is arrived at. I usually write a pretty good first draft, but don’t really find that my query letters are working until ...

Cover of Query Craft and the logo of the Castle Talk Podcast, used by permission The query letter is a single page—usually closer to half a page—whose purpose is to explain who the writer is ...

More than 70 writers wrote an open letter outlining their issues with the use of A.I. in the literary world. Their main demand is for publishing houses to never release books created by machines.

To the Editor: The recent “36 Hours” article about Asheville, N.C., (Oct. 24) omitted two important literary sites. The boyhood home of Thomas Wolfe, at 52 North Market Street, shows visitors ...