Kate McKean

I know PEOPLE capitalize NAMES in queries because it's LIKE screenplays but it looks RANDOM and WE DON'T need TO do that anyMORE. #pubtip

Why yes I did just make up a form rejection that basically says "I don't want your book about Tr*mp." #pubtip

Defining your book by the genre it ISN'T is not helpful because there's no NOT ROMANCE shelf at the bookstore. #pubtip

wtf with the super long novels in my queries this week? 150k+ is toooooooo long for me, personally. #pubtip

If I can unsubscribe from your query then it is not a query. #pubtip

I love queries that start: "I noticed that you are an agent that exists. Please read my book." ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #pubtip #sarcasm

I'm less interested in the All The Things That Ever Happened To Me memoir than One Very Significant Thing & How I Dealt w/It kind. #pubtip

If there's an unsubscribe option in your query, then you have not written a query. #pubtip (And I will most definitely unsubscribe.)

No no no no. You don't query me and say "if you want to know more about this book, email me." That's not how it works. #pubtip

Things that don't prove there is a market for your book:
-lots of other books like yours
-lots of google results for your topic
#pubtip

Preemptive tweet: I do not want your fake news parody book. #pubtip

Stop talking about Drumpf in your query letters. #pubtip

Until B&N changes their shelves to say "To Get Back at my Parents" or "Exorcising Demons" I don't care why you wrote you novel. #pubtip

You do not need to beg me to read your query. That's my actual job. #pubtip

Just 👏 write 👏 a 👏 straightforward 👏 query 👏 letter. 👏 #nogimmicks #pubtip

You know what is FOR CERTAIN a rejection for me? Any book that uses "cheerleader" or a stand in for villain or mean girl. #pubtip

12,343 editors and agents do not care about the statistics you put in your queries for novels. #pubtip

I love when YA queries are like "some of my best friends are teens." I know what they mean, but it makes me lol. #pubtip

In queries, plot > themes. #pubtip

The more genres you cite as encompassing your work, the less enthusiastic I am about it. You can't be all genres to all people. #pubtip