In order to have a book published by a traditional publisher, you will likely need to know how to write a query letter to find a literary agent.
A query letter is part business letter, part creative writing exercise, part introduction, part death defying leap through a flaming hoop. (Don’t worry, you won’t catch fire and die during the query process though it may feel precisely like that at times).
In essence: it is a brief letter describing your book that will hopefully make an agent want to represent you.
Read on to learn about the steps I recommend for writing a successful query letter. For more in-depth information on querying, editing, and the publishing