Lane Heymont

An agent's job is to: edit/critique your work, sell said work, and help/protect your brand/career and help you grow as an author. #querytip

Your protagonist's name should probably stay the same throughout your novel. Especially in the query. #querytip

A query is not an essay about your novel. If you're serious about your dreams put in the work to achieve them. Or you will fail. #querytip

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Weak & unsuccessful people hide in their comfort zone while the brave & successful break out of theirs. Which are you? #querytip #writetip

Send me a query with an attachment = auto reject. Why? I don't open emails w/ an attachment from anyone I don't know. #querytip #VirusesSuck

I don't accept queries via post. If I receive yours in the mail it goes in the recycling. Don't waste paper on an auto-rejection. #querytip

I keep track of every query I receive, so querying the same project that was just rejected won't work. #querytip

I live by Occam's Razor. I like books written with that in mind. #querytip

Sending me -- many agents -- unsolicited attachments equals automatic rejection and/or deletion. Follow submission guidelines. #querytip

An agent's rules of engagement: do not engage. #querytip

Patience is the name of the game in the publishing industry. Even agented & on submission - it takes a while to get a contract. #querytip

DM'ing an agent on Twitter is not how you get an agent. #querytip

I preach this! #writetip #querytip twitter.com/davidrslayton/…

.#querytip: Some scenes in your book need to be epic like my future proposal: my owl friend will swoop down and deliver the ring...

Send one query at a time. Querying an agent with 5 books at once just doesn't work. #querytip

Attachments in your query equals deletion/auto rejection. #querytip

If you're going to query and tell an agent what they are looking for, make sure they're actually looking for what you're pitching. #querytip

A query is one page, not 65.73 paragraphs about every character and their life story. #querytip