Today, I had the opportunity to have a quick call with Mindy Quigley, an award winning mystery author. She gave me lots of advice on writing query letters, told me some background about how she got published and gave stories of lots of her friends who are also published writers. Ms. Quigley is getting me in touch with some of her colleagues, so I look forward to lots of interesting advice and stories over the rest of the program! Specifically, we had a wonderful conversation about the use of pitches and how to write them for specific genres like romance, mysteries and westerns. 