Stephanie Delman
Literary Agent
Trellis Literary Management
Professional hype woman/literary agent. Founding partner at @trellislit . Black lives matter & trans lives matter. she/her
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Today's queries include comps to Henry James, Dostoevsky, James Joyce, Mark Twain, Faulkner, and Sylvia Plath. #querytip: ...don't do this? Don't compare yourself to the classics?
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Rebecca Faith @RFaithEditorial
Authors, here are 5 tips for that elusive skill, personalizing the query (a thread):1. Avoid telling the agent personal facts about herself. "You are interested in puppies & space opera, so I trust you'll enjoy my novel, GALACTIC DOODLE." (1/9)
Idk how she does it, but I’m indebted to @RFaithEditorial for writing this #querytip thread straight from my own brain!! (Editors *are* basically mind readers so I guess I shouldn’t be surprised)
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Hi! When querying, please don't try to BAIT agents into responding. Read our submission guidelines. And don't, I dunno, suggest that I (fully Jewish, not that it matters) might be complicit in the spread of anti-Semitism because I haven't scooped up your Zionist novel. #querytip
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“I appreciate you taking the time to read more than the first 10 pages because style and rhythm naturally mature through a novel & thus the beginning tends to be the least good part.” Guys. Sorry, but no. That’s on YOU. #querytip 🤦🏻♀️
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Authors, I beg of you. Unless you're an artist and yr book contains art, do not query w/ a cover you designed yrself. Please. #querytip
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Guys, let's talk abt fonts. Fancy fonts do NOT = fancy manuscript. When in doubt, use Times New Roman. REPEAT THIS MANTRA. #querytip
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#Querytip: I'll never understand why writers choose to mark submissions "high priority" or "urgent." Pls don't tell me what to prioritize.
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Our agency, like many, does not rep screenplays. PLS DO YOUR HOMEWORK before querying, guys! (and many thanks to those who do.) #Querytip
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Query pet peeve: opening with "Hey Stephanie." As my made-up grandpa would say, hey is for horses (& overly casual queriers) #querytip
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Today's #querytip: don't follow up on your query after 2 weeks. In fact, if guidelines ask you not to follow up, just don't! Tis pushy.
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Submission. Guidelines. Submission. Guidelines. Follow. Them. Please. But really. // Today's #querytip, brought to you in fragments
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If you address me as "Stephanie Delmon at Stanford J. Greenberg Group," I probably won't be inclined to read further. #querytip #spellcheck
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#Querytip: Don't describe your ms as a "fiction novel." A novel is a work of fiction, by definition. #petpeeves #amreading
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Oh, writers: please avoid crazy fonts, aka typographic red flags! Times New Roman never hurt anyone. #querytip #bancomicsans #bancourier
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Guys, #querytip: please don't send short, cryptic, demanding emails that reference vague ideas for books. Write the book first.