I HIGHLY recommend @queryshark if you want to learn literally everything about queries. Brilliant resource. #lxpchat

so the query is your chance to hook the agent and make us NEED (not want, NEED) to read your manuscript. #lxpchat

agents often get between 10,000-20,000 queries a yr (maybe more)We can't read ALL the pages (see my day-2-day tweets) #lxpchat

a query letter is the agent's first introduction to your book. A brief pitch to hook the agent into reading the pages #lxpchat

a strong hook, and a strong voice. That's really the root. Bonus points for a strong vision but agents are there to #lxpchat

the ONLY thing that is consistent day-to-day:working hard for my clients and doing everything I can for their careers #lxpchat

during biz hrs I'm focusing on who I need to speak with while they're in the office. Anything else happens @ night. #lxpchat

just really depends on the day and what needs to be done. Reading? Queries? Edits? Those aren't done during biz hrs. #lxpchat

yesterday I was answering emails and working on some contracts and negotiations. Was also up at 5:30 am for a UK call #lxpchat

it really depends. Today it was mostly on the phone pitching two fantastic projects and calls w/ clients to strategize #lxpchat

and even to answer questions on what to expect with public appearances or festivals etc. Really anything pub related. #lxpchat

marketing to publicity to strategizing a global strategy to talking to your film agent and your translation agent #lxpchat

what's the best track for their career as an author and being there to answer any and all questions along the way #lxpchat

and contract, managing subrights, helping guide them through pre- and post- publication process and strategizing #lxpchat

in the best shape possible for submission, to finding the best editors for the submission, negotiating the offers #lxpchat

a literary agent represents the author's best interests through their publishing career. From getting the project #lxpchat

Hmmm, covers. Covers and titles. So much brainstorming involved it makes you start talking to yourself. #askagent. It even makes you start tweeting to yourself.

I've read plenty of bad queries and still requested. I was a bad test taker in college. I get it.

First chapter... hard to define. #askPSLA

Nope. I constantly see agents and editors requesting friendship stories. I want to see more of them myself! #askPSLA

Absolutely. Who wouldn't want to discover the next @MikalebRoehrig? <3 #askPSLA