Melissa Edwards
Literary Agent
Stonesong
Literary Agent at @stonesongNYC . Lawyer. Lover of TV, movies, and books. Slow runner. Let Bartlet be Bartlet.
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#querytip naming your doc something like "47th draft, gahhhhhhh" isn't a great marketing technique. (Hyperbole, but for realz.)
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#QueryTip the more time you talk about the query letter in the query, the less time you're talking about your book.
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If your SFF ms. involves a ton of jargon, I'm probably not your best agent. #querytip
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For the love of all that is holy, name your .doc with your name and the name of your manuscript. #querytip
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Manuscript Academy @MSWLMA
Agent John Cusick talks cliches in YA. Check it out:johnmcusick.wordpress.com/2017/03/06/ten…
This made me laugh a little too much. #querytip
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Heather Alexander @HeatherAlexand
@MelissaLaurenE is going to be doing LIVE query critiques on Saturday! Next five to register will be on-air. #kidlit kidlitcollege.com/store/p100/Mel…Watch my "process" in all its glory! #querytip #querywin #query #amquerying (that was a lot of hashtags!)
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Heather Alexander @HeatherAlexand
Smartypants @MelissaLaurenE is giving a webinar on queries at @kidlitcollege in February. Best $20 you can spend! kidlitcollege.com/store/p100/Mel…Come one, come all! I have knowledge bombs and I want to drop them! 💣#querytip
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To you it might not bear repeating, but to some this might be new: no attachments ever on a query #querytip
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Where did the advice come from that names are supposed to be capped in a query? I don't like that advice. #querytip
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General #querytip: there *probably* shouldn't be scare quotes in your query.
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Thinking about signing up for my query webinar? It's not too late! Live on 2/25! bit.ly/1JBTedV #querytip https://t.co/SbSgCdVFE6
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Whenever I think about #querytip, I hear it in the cadence of "Dirty Pop." https://t.co/u2TsURBuBB
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Here's a #querytip: take my webinar through @WritersDigest and I can show you the way! writersdigestshop.com/the-art-of-que… https://t.co/YlLzc6dkqh
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Melissa Edwards @MelissaLaurenE
A webinar about query writing?! You don't say. Come one, come all. bit.ly/1JBTedV @WritersDigestand a critique of your query letter, by me! #querytip this is going to be fun. 90 minutes of yours truly.
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"Dear Agent" translates to "Dear Agent I Was Too Lazy to Even Name." #Querytip don't. Though if you're reading tips, you're not the problem.
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"Hi To Whom It May Concern, I see you are looking for authors who write books." This is your competition, authors. #querytip
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#QueryTip: don't send me a personal message on LinkedIn. It's weird.