Lane Heymont
Literary Agent
Tobias Literary Agency
Literary Agent. Connoisseur of horror, schadenfreude, and caffeine. Founder of @TheTobiasAgency . Opinions are my own. (he/him)
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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
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Your protagonist's name should probably stay the same throughout your novel. Especially in the query. #querytip
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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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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
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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
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I keep track of every query I receive, so querying the same project that was just rejected won't work. #querytip
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I live by Occam's Razor. I like books written with that in mind. #querytip
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Sending me -- many agents -- unsolicited attachments equals automatic rejection and/or deletion. Follow submission guidelines. #querytip
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An agent's rules of engagement: do not engage. #querytip
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Patience is the name of the game in the publishing industry. Even agented & on submission - it takes a while to get a contract. #querytip
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DM'ing an agent on Twitter is not how you get an agent. #querytip
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.#querytip: Some scenes in your book need to be epic like my future proposal: my owl friend will swoop down and deliver the ring...
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Send one query at a time. Querying an agent with 5 books at once just doesn't work. #querytip
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Attachments in your query equals deletion/auto rejection. #querytip
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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
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A query is one page, not 65.73 paragraphs about every character and their life story. #querytip