Mary C. Moore

Dear writers, I'm grateful most of you aren't like this jerk. Otherwise I would have closed submissions long ago. #agentlife #queryfail

Tell me again how your work has no comparables and you're a writer not reader. #slushpile making me snarky today #dontwastemytime #queryfail

I empathize with new writers stumbling on sub guidelines. But if you're such a newb, how'd you get my not-public email address? #queryfail

A writer just called me spoiled for rejecting his work. Because that makes sense. #agentlife #queryfail

An author tried to trick me into thinking I'd requested their sub. It didn't work. #queryfail
I know my #slushpile.

Ignored my sub guidelines & that I'm closed to queries, didn't bother to remove "fwd" from the subject. #queryfail

When I see the word "buxom" on 1st page, whatever I'm drinking comes out my nose. #queryfail #slushpile #writetip https://t.co/cO6G3Zx0zw

.@SaraMegibow I had one tell me they self published it when I offered rep. Still mad 3yrs later. #queryfail 😡

.@Ginger_Clark @AKA_Terrie yep. Had a lab technician pitch me his memoir as he was drawing my blood. #queryfail

Huh, query letter with only a name and an attachment of sample writing. Not sure what to do with that. #slushpile #queryfail

Blows me away that I still get mass query letters that aren't even in my genre, with all the info available out there. #queryfail #slushpile

Old hat for savvy writers, but had 3 subs today w/ unnecessary prologues that weighed down the oh-so-important opening. #writetip #queryfail