Sandy Lu

@SandyLuBookWyrm

Founder of Book Wyrm Literary Agency, mandarin speaker, musical theater lover, book hoarder, avid cook.

· 26 Aug 2022

Dear Writer,

Here’s a #querytip for you. Please do not address me as “Dear Wyrm”. That is not my name, first or last.

Sincerely,
Sandy Lu

· 6 Oct 2016

Check out my new interview! Q&A: SANDY LU OF THE L. PERKINS AGENCY | Kirkus Reviews kirkusreviews.com/features/sandy… #querytip #askagent #amwriting

· 2 Jun 2016

Just rejected a query for a novel with "Chinaman" in the title. Felt like I should set the clocks back 100 years. #querytip #pubtip

· 16 Oct 2014

I really feel I should stop responding to queries or be close to queries completely after getting an asinine response like that. #querytip

· 16 Oct 2014

Writers, you do know that you can't just go ahead and write a James Bond novel and seek publication, do you? #copyrightviolation #querytip

· 26 Sep 2014

Blatantly ignoring submission guidelines & saying you're bad at following rules (& proud of it) is an express way to get rejected. #querytip

· 2 Jul 2014

How can a manuscript be "autobiographical" when it's set in the 1600s? #querytip #scratchingmyhead