As I've posted on my writingforums.org blog, this link is to Kristen Nelson's blog. She operates the Nelson Literary Agency and it chock full of information aspiring writers can use. She has sample query letters that will catch an agent or editor's eye, submission guidelines and what they're looking for, listings of common mistakes new writers make and she also runs webinar's. She also goes into what agents do, how things are handled, royalties-everything someone needs to help get their career off the ground. http://nelsonagency.com/pub-rants/