Kaitlyn Johnson

Be sure to send your query to yourself first to note any formatting or font mistakes! Saves us headaches #CLAqueries #amquerying #querytip

Sample pages should start on your 1st page, not a random middle spot. Same w/ synopsis: start in 1st scene #CLAqueries #querytip #amquerying

Your query is not a bio. Don't pack it w/ life details and then give 2 sentences of book info #CLAqueries #querytip #amquerying

We see you brown-nosing. Don't make our fave books your comps and then have your book be NOTHING like them #CLAqueries #querytip #amquerying

Your first line should never be "My name is ___". NO. Establish your character without them having to tell the reader #CLAqueries #querytip

Try not to let dialogue dominate your first pages. Giving setting/character/action is SO important #CLAqueries #querytip #amquerying

Your query is not a letter from your MC telling me all about his life. Please do not do this #querytip #CLAqueries #amquerying

#querytip Always try to include MC age in the query. And none of this "twenty-something-year-old" nonsense. You know their age or you don't

Rant over. Sorry, Twitter world. But, UGH. Too much hate in the world today. Don't send it to my query box #querytip #amquerying

News flash you're NOT more important. Not allowed to treat people as beneath you. Don't waste time/sub to me if you think that way #querytip

I'm furious seeing someone yell at another for doing NOTHING wrong. You f'd up. You felt too important to give correct materials #querytip

Also "Chance to make lots of $". Not why I'm in this industry. You're the sort I don't want to see in publishing #querytip #amquerying

Made yourself look unprofessional, rude, ignorant, and difficult to work with. All very easy reasons to say no. (3/?) #querytip #amquerying

Don't care about your fancy creds/past success. If I see you cussing out my intern, NO ONE at the agency will work w/ you (2/?) #querytip

DO NOT tell people to go F themselves when they simply ask you to send in ALL materials in our guidelines! (1/?) #querytip #amquerying

Oooo I support this tip. It helps things move along much faster! #amquerying #querytip #CLAqueries

Is it just me, or is the name Balin completely ruined? All I now think of is Hobbit #CLAqueries #querytip

#CLAqueries The phrase "the only book in this series" means a standalone novel. #LitTerminology #querytip

#CLAqueries Just saying, eye discolorations are not usually a strong enough reason to make EVERYONE in your novel avoid the MC #querytip

#CLAqueries 1)Don't include a list of themes or "story hooks" in the query 2)Don't tell me other agencies you've subbed to & why #querytip