Don't Hire People To Write Those Query Letters

I just received another group of submissions from authors who are having other people write query letters and do submissions for them.

WHY?????

If some of you are out there saying you don't have the time to find agents that work for you, find editors that work for you and write those query letters, then you have no business becoming a professional author. 

If you are someone who thinks this it is worth it to pay someone else, let me give you some things to consider:

• An Author-Agent Relationship Is Personal - You will be working together with this person for a long time. This is not just a one-hit-wonder. When we talk about these relationships, we often describe it as a marriage. You need to know who you want to work with and why you are a great fit. Someone just sending things out for you is just using a mass mailing list (Thank you Constant Contact)
• You Just Demonstrated To The Editor or Agent That You Cannot Do Your Own Work - Yep, that is so true. We need to know that you can work independently. We need to know when you are given a project to write, or revisions to do, that YOU can do it and not someone else. 
• These Rejection Letters Don't Sell You - If you want to know what these read like, go to the attic of your grandparents or older relative, find the boxed set of Encyclopedia Britannica and read out of any volume. BORING!!!!! These letters do not showcase anything about what makes you a unique person. These are lifeless and do not want to make that editor or agent want to read more. 
• You Are Paying For Rejection Letters - Since these people are just cranking off your submissions to anyone on a list, you will get far more rejections than the urban myth of how many Dr. Seuss got. And you paid for it! 

I have said it before and I will say it again.

There are no shortcuts in this business. You, as an author, have to do your work!