#QueryTip: I ask with my whole heart that before you query me, you read my MSWL and my agency's submission guidelines. It will save so much energy on your part and mine, and we all need that.

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Still pending queries? (as in, the Maybe Pile) - 143

Offers extended - 12

Offers accepted - 5

Offers pending - 1

Total queries received in 2020 so far - 2,744
(basically, 57 queries a week average, but also closed for a few months)
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NA (cont)

Historical Fantasy - 7 received/passed
Historical Romance - 1 received/passed
Sci Fi - 33 received/passed
Urban Fantasy - 17 received/passed
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NA

Contemporary - 26 received/passed
Cont Romance - 36 received/3 requested
Fantasy - 80 received/1 requested
Historical - 7 received/passed
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YA (cont)

Cont Romance - 60 received/4 requested
Hist Fantasy - 22 received/passed
Para Romance - 46 received/4 requested
Urban Fantasy - 58 received/3 requested
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YA

Horror - 11 received/passed
Cont Fantasy - 62 received/9 requested
Contemporary - 171 received/20 requested
Fantasy - 409 received/23 requested
Historical - 67 received/5 requested
Sci Fi - 72 received/2 requested
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MG (cont)

Hist Fantasy - 10 received/passed
Paranormal - 28 received/3 requested
Urban Fantasy - 12 received/passed

Graphic Novels (all ages) - 45 received/12 requested
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MG

Horror - 11 received/passed
Cont Fantasy - 26 received/1 requested
Contemporary - 80 received/8 requested
Fantasy - 164 received/16 requested
Historical - 35 received/2 requested
Mystery - 9 received/passed
Sci Fi - 39 received/1 requested
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Adult (cont)

Hist Fantasy - 50 received/3 requested
Hist Romance - 29 received/3 requested
Para Romance - 27 received/1 requested
Sci Fi - 204 received/5 requested
Urban Fantasy - 70 received/passed
Women's Fic - 68 receied/2 requested
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Adult

Horror - 20 received/passed
Contemporary - 55 received/4 requested
Con Fantasy - 79 received/3 requested
Con Romance - 141 received/11 requested
Fantasy - 320 received/5 requested
Historical - 37 received/7 requested
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Most agencies are closing to queries for the holidays. Take this time to refine your query, work on your hook, and research agents for the new year!

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Query Tip: Not so much a tip but thoughts. A bad query doesn't stop me from reading the submission. But, a good query gets me pumped to read the submission.
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#querytip: Be specific! So many queries are too vague and focus more on comps/tone/experience than the actual story. If I read your query and still don’t know what your project is about, I have no basis to request more. Not a bad idea to see if a cp can help before querying 😊

Welcome to the chat and I hope all is well! Great question! So many things have happened over the past few months but a trend I’m seeing in my inbox is more realistic fiction filled with hope and HEAs. #TheWritersZen

#QueryTip: Yall, I really don't consider queries over 100K words, I'm sorry! If you are an epic writer who's going into 100K+ territory, that's rad - but I'm not the agent for you! #WritingCommunity

It also means you shouldn't call them. Please don't call Literary Agents about submissions unless they ask you to. If you need to follow up, do so following submission guidelines or in the same way that you submitted your work. #querytip #WritingCommunity #amagenting #amwriting twitter.com/mcorvisiero/st…

Good question from a client about subrights this week.

#PubTip = when an agent offers representation, ask "what is your strategy with subrights?" (audio, translation, Hollywood) It differs among agents and it's a great question to ask!

Authors, if you are submitting your work to a Literary Agent for consideration, but they are closed to queries, it does not mean that you can e-mail them directly or pitch your book on social media. Please follow Submission Guidelines. #WritingCommunity #Querytip

It's that time of year. Fuse Literary is closed to new unsolicited submissions 12/1 - 1/15. If you have submitted, you'll hear from us soon. If not, we're looking forward to hearing from you in mid-January! fuseliterary.com/2020/12/01/ann… #amquerying #querytip

News: Remote school has done me in. I'm closing to submissions for the remainder 2020. Please try me in January 2021! #querytip #pubtip