Elana Roth Parker

Dear god. I just read a query for a 192k word middle grade. Middle grade! I died. I’m dead. #querytip

I always wonder what happens when you request a manuscript and it never arrives. #querytip

Totally fine if you want to publish under a pen name, but can you please query with your real one? K, thanks. #querytip

I feel like the most common submissions I’ve seen over 9 years of agenting have been Peter Pan and Alice in Wonderland retellings. #querytip

See, kids? It’s not just me. Get it together. #querytip

Font size, people. Font size. #querytip

At least I'm in good company on the non-BCCed mass query (with attachment!) I just got. How many no boxes can one query tick? #querytip

Presented without comment: Elena Ross Parker just got queried with a Christmas book. #querytip

What do I have to do to get people to stop waxing philosophic about the nature of childhood in their queries? #querytip #PubTip

I swear. Every YA query I read is comping to RED QUEEN or EMBER IN THE ASHES. Often both. So…yeah. #querytip

So, please, let me point you AGAIN to this most useful blogpost: literaticat.blogspot.com/2011/05/wordco… #pubtip #querytip

Catching up on queries. Sorry to be banal, but it’s time to talk about word counts again. The last 4 queries were 100k+. #querytip #pubtip

All 2016 queries have been answered. (If that’s not true, I didn’t get your query.) Yay clean slate! #querytip #amagenting

I have a YA on submission that’s just at 60k words. I f’ing love it. It’s so economical. It can be done! #pubtip #querytip

A trend I don’t love: word counts in the queries keep rising. MGs all seem to be around 70k, and YA is often 100k and up. #querytip

For the lighter side today, I did a little blog interview… #pubtip #querytip twitter.com/atrueblood5/st…

I’ve read queries today addressed to: Elana Ruth Parker, Elena Roth Parker, Laura Roth Parker. We’re doing *just* great. #querytip

No, no. You do *not* get to reply back to a query rejection and ask, “How about this one?” #querytip

Well that just took me way way back! Still a great query letter. #pubtip #querytip twitter.com/WritersDigest/…

Query: “Have you ever wondered…?” Me: “Nope.”
See what you did to yourself there? #querytip