If you send out several at a time, it s much too easy to neglect a crucial detail and muff the whole thing. Use this checklist every time, so your manuscript will stand out from the others your addressee receives in the same mailbag. O Return Address. Make it very easy for them to contact you. O Phone number, e-mail, website information, etc.
Professionals use toll free numbers.
O Address double-checked. O Addressed to the correct person. Use their name, not Dear Editor, O Consider a 25 cent phone call to check. O Nothing informal. This is business.