Melissa Edwards

@MelissaLaurenE

@melissaedwards.bsky.social

Literary Agent

Stonesong

Literary Agent at @stonesongNYC. Lawyer. Lover of TV, movies, and books. Slow runner. Let Bartlet be Bartlet.

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· 4 May 2017

#querytip naming your doc something like "47th draft, gahhhhhhh" isn't a great marketing technique. (Hyperbole, but for realz.)

· 4 Apr 2017

#QueryTip the more time you talk about the query letter in the query, the less time you're talking about your book.

· 15 Mar 2017

If your SFF ms. involves a ton of jargon, I'm probably not your best agent. #querytip

· 11 Mar 2017

For the love of all that is holy, name your .doc with your name and the name of your manuscript. #querytip

· 6 Mar 2017

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

· 7 Feb 2017

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!)

· 18 Jan 2017

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

· 13 Jan 2017

Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks

Ah! An important question, #askPSLA. Agents don't ask for money. They only ever get paid when YOU do. If an agent tries to charge... run. twitter.com/erin_getter/st…

Hardcore #querytip

· 10 Jan 2017

To you it might not bear repeating, but to some this might be new: no attachments ever on a query #querytip

· 26 Jul 2016

Where did the advice come from that names are supposed to be capped in a query? I don't like that advice. #querytip

· 10 May 2016

General #querytip: there *probably* shouldn't be scare quotes in your query.

· 22 Mar 2016

Penny Moore @precociouspenny

On April 1st, all queries sent to me by marginalized voices before midnight EST, will receive a personalized reply: literarypenny.com/2016/03/22/que…

Yesyesyesyesyes! #querytip twitter.com/precociouspenn…

· 10 Feb 2016

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

· 3 Feb 2016

Whenever I think about #querytip, I hear it in the cadence of "Dirty Pop." https://t.co/u2TsURBuBB

· 30 Jan 2016

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

· 26 Jan 2016

Melissa Edwards @MelissaLaurenE

A webinar about query writing?! You don't say. Come one, come all. bit.ly/1JBTedV @WritersDigest

and a critique of your query letter, by me! #querytip this is going to be fun. 90 minutes of yours truly.

· 25 Jan 2016

"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.

· 21 Dec 2015

#Genre #QueryTip: I am not a fan of historical fiction (for any age group) and will not read anything WWII related, even tangentially.

· 17 Dec 2015

"Hi To Whom It May Concern, I see you are looking for authors who write books." This is your competition, authors. #querytip

· 20 Nov 2015

#QueryTip: don't send me a personal message on LinkedIn. It's weird.