Gordon Warnock

Same. Simple fact: the more your agent knows, the better they can manage your career and represent your true wishes. #querytip

#TipTuesday: Your #QueryLetter must be functional as well as compelling. Don’t forget basics like genre, word count, comps, etc. #QueryTip

#TipTuesday: Whereas labeling sections of your #QueryLetter conveys that you’re relying on someone else's template. No need. #QueryTip

#TipTuesday: Quietly following submission guidelines & standard query letter format makes you look confidant & professional. #QueryTip

#TipTuesday: Make it easy for #agents to request your #manuscript. Don't use filters or require an email address approval process. #querytip

It's in yr best interest to be aware of this & treat this business like a business. Remember: #amquerying is yr first impression! #QueryTip

And the #publishers we work with tend to have regular business hours (even though their workload often spills over after hours). #QueryTip

#LiteraryAgents want your #submissions, but we also have families & obligations outside of the inbox. #QueryTip

#TipTuesday: #amquerying on holidays & weekends is perfectly OK (it goes into the queue) but expecting action then is unrealistic. #QueryTip

#TipTuesday: Your #QueryLetter doesn't need to mention that ur querying me, that you’re seeking representation, etc. It's implied. #QueryTip

#TipTuesday: There are better ways to start your #queryletter than narrating a rhetorical conversation with me. #querytip

#TipTuesday: There are better ways to start your #queryletter than a string of rhetorical questions. #querytip

#TipTuesday: There are better ways to start your #queryletter than cynicism about the #amquerying process. #querytip

Here's what @FuseLiterary's new #LiteraryAgent, @MKDB, represents: ow.ly/FLNb306FZIt #QueryTip #SubTip #TeamFuse

Lots of NF queriers lately trying to spin a lack of platform as uniqueness and authenticity. That doesn't translate into sales. #querytip

Querying a novel before editing it wastes a minute of my time and months to years of yours. #querytip

An hour is not a sufficient amount of time to give before you demand a response to your query. #querytip #thisreallyhappens

Don't tell me how you wrote your novel. Tell me about your novel. #fiction #querytip

"To interested parties" immediately makes me disinterested. Don't just seek an agent. Seek the right agent for you. #querytip

Writing your query as your protagonist and never mentioning your genre is a great recipe for WTF. #querytip