Rena Rossner

Pet peeve: when I reject a query and the author responds with "but I have another book, want to look at this other book?"
Please don't do this.
Re-query if you must.
But those follow up emails make me feel like I'm stuck in some kind of Sisyphean paradox.
#agentlife #querytip

If you write to me once a week to ask me what I think about your novel I will reject it without reading further. #querytip

I've made spelling mistakes in emails to editors, but authors, please at least try to spell things right in subject lines...#querytip

Write a standard query letter, but don't be afraid to let some zany quirk shine through. That's how I found a lot of my authors. #querytip

Another #querytip: don't respond to my rejection by saying that someone else at my agency almost took you on, because obviously they didn't.

If you respond to my rejection with "I know nobody reads queries anyway" you belittle everything I do as an agent. #querytip: Don't do this.