How I found (and lost) my agent

Plus an example of a successful nonfiction query letter

Sometimes publishing feels a little like fight club—the first rule of publishing is don’t talk about publishing. Or at least, if you do talk about publishing, do it only in very specific ways.

It’s okay to talk about how much you love your editor or your agent. It’s okay to be very excited almost all the time—excited about acceptances and about the least…