This site–link below–focuses on children’s literature, but a query letter needs to grab the agent by the collar, whether the book in question is for children or adults. I thought this post on the all-important first line of a query letter–the hook–was helpful.

I especially like thinking about a query letter in three major parts: “the hook, the book, the cook.”!

Maybe this will help you, too. ~ Rebecca

via New Jersey Farm Scribe: The Query Letter’s First Line