Dooze and Dontz, Another Query Sent, and Campbell's Soup.

Another query sent, today's date, March 18, 2016.

There's always this list of do's and don'ts concerning query letters; so much so that I can't keep track of them, at least in my head. Maybe I should write them down.

Then again there's always the story of someone who 'went outside the box' and got published. The question is this: how far outside the box can - and should - one go?

Some agents still take submissions by snail mail. How's this for 'outside the box': sending the manuscript rolled up inside of empty Campbell's Soup cans, chapter by chapter. Maybe not professional, but surely to draw attention.

Speaking of that, I wonder how many writers have taken to standing outside of agent offices, waiting for them to come out and then handing one of them the manuscript - this after it's been rejected over and over again. I'm sure it's happened; just haven't looked for any documented cases. Desperation is, well, desperate I guess.