Erik Hane

We discuss real submitted queries, and talk about best practices and ways to get your pitch noticed #amquerying #pubtip #querytip #queries

I love short novels. But short novels usually end up short because they've been edited, not because they were submitted as tiny. #querytip

And guess which one of those options it usually is. #querytip

And so if you only have 60K words: that means either you have a meticulous manuscript, or that you really have only ~50K words #querytip

And so I am going to assume that in any ms., like 85% of those words are, well, ready to publish. Just how it is. Editors edit. #querytip

Almost every manuscript that hasn't seen a professional editor at a publisher can be cut substantially, no matter how short. #querytip

Here's the thing, when you query a lit-fic novel that you say is below 70K words #querytip

Lit fic doesn't NEED to be long, but I'm a bummed that EVERY novel this round of queries is sub-75K words! #querytip twitter.com/LZats/status/7…