Not sure I know any (good) agents who don't want to know about future projects by a writer they're interested in... #askTBA

Get a collaboration agreement. #askTBA

too much backstory upfront, too long before the inciting incident, no primary goal for main character #askTBA

I look at mine every weekday morning before breakfast. I don't respond to all of them then, but I scan them. #askTBA

Think it depends on how close the retelling. If it's loose, might call it MR/F and inspired by whatever? #askTBA

Query Shark is v good. #askTBA

I like a version of this template for quick and easy reading jennybent.blogspot.com/2014/04/making… #askTBA

It takes me longer to reply to full mss. now because I have so many more clients! #askTBA

a little box pops up in the corner of my screen, so if exciting title, I might click asap. Otherwise, Saturday mornings #askTBA

Politely, when they're not in the middle of another conversation. And not in the bathroom. #askTBA

my personal taste is nothing over 1500 words, and ideally shorter, but that is just a guideline #askTBA

Amazon's 'people who bought this also bought' can be helpful (as @gemma_cooper recommended to me once!) #askTBA

It's all electronic these days. But at my 1st job in the olden days I was surrounded by boxes of slush manuscripts. #askTBA

Depends on which one fits the book better. There isn't a rule. #askTBA

Nope. Not at all. #askTBA

Really? That surprises me. I'm always interested in books that feature religion in some way. #askTBA

fantasy, adventure and humour. Books that have classic feel to them also #askTBA

That works fine for me. #askTBA

Totally doesn't matter. Just make sure you indicate the name change in any followup emails. #askTBA

I'd love to see more of these, personally, as would lots of editors. #askTBA