Writers

My friend gave me a book about query letters for Christmas, and it has been incredibly useful to my knowledge about writing and submitting one's writing. I knew about query letters, which are business letters that one writes to a publisher to express interest in the publication and to advertise the particular enclosed (or not enclosed) poem, short story, article, et cetera. What was new to me was that the vast majority of article writers advertise their articles to the publisher before they even write the article. This allows the publisher to have a say in what is said and how long the article will be. This also cuts down on the writer's frustration in having to change everything after putting so much work into an article.