Alyssa Jennette

Literary Agent

Stonesong

I ask a lot of questions. Painfully earnest. Art school grad (MICA '10). Literary agent at @StonesongNYC. Silence is not peace.

Alyssa Jennette
@AlyssaJennette
Literary Agent
I ask a lot of questions. Painfully earnest. Art school grad (MICA '10). Literary agent at @StonesongNYC . Silence is not peace.
196 MSWL
165 Queries
5 Tips

#querytip If you're querying me with a narrative that has strong #ownvoices overtones, but tell me literally ZERO personal info about yourself, and I can't find you on Google? That's a red flag to me.

Alyssa Jennette
@AlyssaJennette
Literary Agent
I ask a lot of questions. Painfully earnest. Art school grad (MICA '10). Literary agent at @StonesongNYC . Silence is not peace.
196 MSWL
165 Queries
5 Tips

A millennial is not just a person in their 20s/30s. Millennials were born between 1980-2000. They don't exist outside of their time. A 20-something in 1994 is not a millennial, for example. (I'm a millennial and I was 6 in 1994, FYI.) #querytip #lifetip

Alyssa Jennette
@AlyssaJennette
Literary Agent
I ask a lot of questions. Painfully earnest. Art school grad (MICA '10). Literary agent at @StonesongNYC . Silence is not peace.
196 MSWL
165 Queries
5 Tips

I know this is a very small thing in the grand scheme, but PLEASE don't set your query and sample text in Courier. #querytip

Alyssa Jennette
@AlyssaJennette
Literary Agent
I ask a lot of questions. Painfully earnest. Art school grad (MICA '10). Literary agent at @StonesongNYC . Silence is not peace.
196 MSWL
165 Queries
5 Tips

#querytip I'm not interested in your Big Picture Statement. Let the story speak for itself/dictate the statement, not the other way around.

Alyssa Jennette
@AlyssaJennette
Literary Agent
I ask a lot of questions. Painfully earnest. Art school grad (MICA '10). Literary agent at @StonesongNYC . Silence is not peace.
196 MSWL
165 Queries
5 Tips

#querytip: I'm not an abstract girl. I can't get into your book if the MC is on an existential inner journey/exploring consciousness~