Very #AskAgent

hahahaha this! So much this! #askagent

If you agree the notes make your book stronger, you could notify everyone you're doing revisions & will send updated ms when ready. Then everyone is reading the strongest version. When I give an R&R I don't expect exclusivity but make sure the agent doesn't expect it #askagent

Yep, totally! #askagent

Cast a wide net. Query a handful of agents at once with your manuscript. You want to have your pick of multiple offering agents, if possible! You can query more than one project, too, and if you get an offer, let the other agents know you have an offer on a diff proj. #askagent

I'm reading Evie Dunmore's BRINGING DOWN THE DUKE and loving it! #askagent

Yep, same as any other pbs! No difference #AskAgent

I just finished A Woman is No Man and absolutely loved it. #askagent

Yep. Once an editor, always an editor. #AskAgent

I think all pitching contests are great. I don't always participate in every single one, because there are a lot! I do participate in #dvpit when I can! That said, I get way more clients from queries than pitch contests. #askagent

Voice is so nebulous, especially in terms of what we all react to and are looking for. For me, it's how you craft your manuscript—the dialogue, the description, etc. The tone and the sorts of emotion you can evoke in me. #AskAgent

Voice is so important and so hard to explain, but what is it about your writing, the way you tell a story, that is unique to you. Lots of authors write horror, but who has a voice like Stephen King? Who else writes dialogue like Elmore Leonard? #askagent

It's your writing style. It can vary from genre to genre or character from character, but there will always be little quirks to your writing that readers fall in love with. Kind of like how no one has your handwriting but you. #askagent

We have no plan as of right now to open, but I've often said the best people come when I wasn't looking. And I'm open to interns/workers of any agent. #askagent

I think you risk trying to jump on a "wave" too late. The market changes so much in a year. YA fantasy is hard, but then so is YA contemporary, both are crowded. Yet both still have new deals post in PM! #askagent

If you are previously published in comics, I'm more open to a pitch packet because I know you can finish a project. If you're a debut, I want to see a lot more of finished art/script. #AskAgent

The market is ever-changing so I wouldn't worry about that so much. Instead, I would focus on what you need to do for you and if that's taking a year to jump into something new go for it. #askagent

I think this is an unpopular opinion, but I don’t care why you’re querying me unless it’s a referral. I don’t need personalization. Just get to the pitch, please. #askagent

You absolutely can. It is not necessary, however, for an author to be an illustrator as well. You can be either an author OR an illustrator, OR an author/illustrator who does both. #askagent

Forgive the link, but here's my best opinion on query format: instagram.com/p/B9PB5aSA2QY/ #AskAgent