Writers send us e-mail attachments with nothing else in the body of the e-mail message.<\/p>\n
Writers send us e-mail attachments with a note in the body of the message telling us that the query is in the attachment. We have never quite understood this one.<\/p>\n
Writers send us e-mail attachments that include pictures of themselves, their children, their pets, and sometimes their illustrations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Here’s the thing. Any agent who’s any good has no shortage of prospective writers he\/she could sign. Why bother with people who can’t even send an email without creating unnecessary work for the agent?<\/p>\n
Let alone emailing photos of the kids.<\/p>\n
I’d delete them unread, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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