Sara Megibow

#PubTip = published authors clearly list conference attendance on your website. Great example = @JasonMHough here: jasonhough.com/events/index.h…

#PubTip = if you're active on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, etc. - include this info on your website and business card. Cross promote!

#PubTip = be familiar with 1-2 current books in your genre before starting your publication process. #genre #comptitles

If your book is part of a series, this is good language for the query, "This completed novel is the first in a proposed series" #pubtip

#PubTip = keep a consistent brand. Twitter, web url, FB should have similar names. If use middle initial on twitter use it on website too.

#PubTip for conferences = if you're meeting an agent/editor at a conference, know (and even read) a few of their authors in advance.

#PubTip = if you have an active twitter account please include twitter address in the body of emails/ queries.

An exhausting and overwhelming thing for authors = social media where fans can connect to send complaints and criticism. #PubTip

An amazing thing for authors = social media where fans can connect, send love and praise, follow authors and their books. #PubTip

#PubTip = example of excellent use of street team via Facebook = The Fearless Romantics by @RoniLoren here: facebook.com/groups/TeamRon…

#PubTip = top three suggestions for debut #romance writers = 1) keep writing 2) keep reading 3) join @romancewriters rwa.org

My guess is half the rejections I send would be eliminated if writers did their publishing research first. #PubTip #research

#PubTip = great resource for writers researching agents & their sales is Publishers Marketplace. Example, my page = publishersmarketplace.com/members/SaraMe…

#PubTip = just a reminder that Writers Beware is an essential research tool for all writers: sfwa.org/other-resource… #important

How to nudge an agent? By email only. Never by phone or (heaven forbid) in person. Email only. #pubtip

#PubTip = think outside the author/agent box on twitter; also follow editors, bloggers, reviewers, librarians, fans, pub organizations, etc

#PubTip for science fiction = unlike other genres (romance, young adult), we can have 3-5 points of view in epic SF. Not 11 POV though.

Example of amazing, mind-blowing, awesome world building in science fiction = ZERO WORLD by @JasonMHough (yes, I'm biased) #PubTip

#PubTip for science fiction = think balance. World building should be complex and interesting yet organically introduced to the reader.

#PubTip = Authors publishing under 2 genres = example of great website that juggles both: julianastone.com