This is a no-nonsense article on making email submission. Well worth the read. Here’s an excerpt…(I love this part).

“And if you’re one of these artists who’s managed to delude yourself into believing that complete strangers will be so taken with you and your art that they’ll supplicate themselves, implore you to tell them more, ask your prices (because they’re not in your email), sell them something, show you in their galleries, represent you, critique your work, or otherwise allow you to control the conversation and decide whether or not they’re worthy, then I might politely suggest that it’s time to wake up and kiss the ass of reality.”

By ALAN BAMBERGER

http://www.artbusiness.com/artist_email_tips.html