Lane Heymont

Every aspiring writer should take note! #querytip instagram.com/p/vAIKS4NeLR/

Please include your name and email in your actual query. Agents are cool and all, but we can't read minds. #JustSaying #querytip

Hone your craft. Deconstruct stories. Why did they work? Why didn't they work? Study conflict and tension. #querytip #writertips

Don't tell us why you wrote your book. It doesn't matter right now. Maybe later, but don't waste the space in your query. #querytip

Avoid clichés. If you must use one, twist it like a pretzel! #querytip #WritingTips

ALWAYS have at least one critique partner. Even for your queries. Second and third opinions are valuable tools. #querytip #writetip

Queries are one page. The end. That's one page only! #querytip

Our super agent and founder @AgentMarySue is looking for Amish romance or Amish mysteries... #querytip

Psst! Everyone makes mistakes. So, don't sweat the small stuff. A single typo won't kill you. But avoid them like the plague. #querytip

Do. Not. Private message. Agents. Query through proper channels. Yes, you'll have to wait, but that's the nature of our industry. #querytip

Know your genres. #querytip

Info-dumping makes for a horrible opening. Throw us into the action. Hook us on a line of words that evoke the senses. #querytip #writertips

Grammar, grammar, grammar is the difference between knowing you're shit and your shit. #querytip #ClassicJoke

Follow submission guidelines. Just. Do. It. #querytip

If you don't know what a synopsis is, please learn what one entails. #querytip

Agents are not out to foil your writing aspirations. They are out to find stories they can champion, fall in love with, and sell. #querytip

Exclusive queries don't exist. And if someone asks for one, run. #querytip

Don't tell us who you wrote your book for, as in men, women, Germans, Antarcticans, etc. Books are powerful in their universality. #querytip

An excerpt from your book does not belong in a query. Point blank. #querytip

Research an agent before querying them. Who do they rep? Do they rep your genre? Have they made sales? What's their experience? #querytip