WordHustler is not a one-submission-fits-all service. We do not encourage or enable writers to make blind and blanket query submissions because that doesn’t benefit anyone, the market or the writer. Especially the writer…. Each query letter is tailored to the specific market and can be edited at all points of the submission process.

There is no “instant query letter” or “instant submission cover letter” generator; each query or submission is hand-written by the author for each submission. Of course, individual authors might make the mistake of writing a one-size-fits-all letter that isn’t tailored to each individual market they are submitting to, but they already do that — and they will learn soon enough that this doesn’t work.

What WordHustler *does* do is package what you’ve created in a professional way. So query/cover letters are nicely laid out and printed — that’s the TeX engine at work — and envemopes are neatly labelled. MOre importantly, if a market askes for X, y, and z, but not a, b, and c, that’s what they get. Writers, their minds on their creative pursuits, are often a little scatter-brained about this, a big complaint of editors (after the one above, that authors don’t take the time to understand the markets they’re submitting to and tailor their queries to that market’s needs).

There’s one other thing working against writers using WordHustler injudiciously, and that’s money. While their rates for printing and mailing submissions are reasonable, they do add up — sending out 100 submissions, even at the lowest rate (for 1-4 page submissions, if I remember right) will cost several hundred dollars. There are, of course, plenty of writers who will spend without limits in their pursuit of seeing their name in print, but for the rest of us, the return on investment is likely to be way too low to send out more submissions than we already are — or than we would, if we had more time and were better organized.

I’m not saying don’t use the service (far from it, WH sounds very useful), just keep an eye out for that if you use the query and cover letter functions. If they’re highly customizable, then by all means tweak away.