Michelle Richter

If taking the time to use my email address, why not address me by name? First name OK with me, or Ms. Richter if you prefer #querytip

When thinking of crime fiction in Ireland, I'd rather have Tana French than Andrew Greeley. More grit, less soft rain. #querytip

An exclamation point in your subject line seems demanding IMHO #querytip

LinkedIn invites sent to my query address only get deleted, never accepted. #querytip

A coups overthrows a governement, a coupe is a car. #knowthedifference #querytip

A query shouldn't sound like a come-on. #querytip

Learn from this mistake: don't toss off comment that then makes an agent fall down a Google rabbit hole and forget all abt yr bk. #querytip

I don't believe in no response=not interested. So if you haven't heard yet, I haven't read yet. #querytip

Sometimes a title jumps out at me and makes me read your query 1st. Sometimes it's a bad title. That usually ends badly though. #querytip

No need for crazy font and type size changes in your queries.Looking for content. #querytip

If you think forwarding the response to your queries from another agency is an adequate query for me, you're wrong. Deleting. #querytip

Please don't waste the precious first lines of your query telling me how hard it is to write a query. We know. #querytip

If you say "I probably shouldn't be doing this" or "This is probably a bad idea", you should stop & listen to yourself. #querytip #lifetip

Queries that don't work: ones where writers denigrate themselves, agents, or publishers. #querytip

Got a very classy response to a rejection. Accepting bad news gracefully is something we all need to do. Me included. #querytip

Writers, if you're sending me a query, and the email address doesn't contain the word query, you're sending to the wrong place. #querytip

Usually not a good idea to switch publishers/agents mid-series. And we wonder why you'd want to. #querytip

When I read a query, I want to know what the book's about RIGHT AWAY. No philosophizing or justifying. Just give me the plot. #querytip

If a plot point in your synopsis makes me curse, that's probably a bad sign. Implausible or just too convenient twists=worrisome. #querytip

Don't know which blog/twitter/website said I'm interested in SciFi but they were misinformed. #querytip