How to Deal With Contradictory Query Advice

Nathan Bransford has recently written a fantastic blog post on dealing with contradictory query advice. The post gives an agent's perspective into an issue I discussed in an earlier post - Top Tip #1 - Querying (Database for Queries).

His key points:

• take a deep breath
• remember that agent blogs are just trying to help
• not all publishing advice is created equal (some posts might be out of date)
  
• try to meet an agent's specifications but don't go crazy trying to do it
• if you think contradictory query advice is mind-boggling, wait until you reach publication stage

Basically, do your research, but "don't sweat the small stuff!"

Great advice, thanks Nathan.