your readers.?_ Note: Refer to previously published stories only if they are relevant to your pitch. Polish it to perfection: Remember, a query letter is the very first sample of your writing that the editor will see, so there is good reason to make it perfect. Sloppy query letters will never earn you an editor??s trust and will brand you as an unprofessional and incompetent writer. Edit your draft thrice over and iron out every speller, typo and grammatical error before you dispatch it to the editor. Shuchi Singh Kalra has been writing professionally for over 7 years. Start-ups to corporates and publishing houses to popular magazines, she has a diverse repertoire of clients in her kitty. Shuchi is also the founder of Pixie Dust Writing Studio , a quaint little writing and editing firm that services a global clientele.A  She also enjoys mentoring and connecting with other writers through the Indian Freelance Writers Blog . Pay her a visit at www.shuchikalra.com . This entry was posted on Thursday, September 13th, 2012 at 2:47 pm and is filed under Writing . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.