If you'd attached the full with your query, I'd be annoyed that you are presumptuous and would not want to read it. #agentlife #querywin

That's how MY brain works.If I were to start the partial & loved it,I'd get frustrated I can't read it all immediately. #agentlife #querywin

When you send me a query and sample pages, I will only read the query. If it intrigues me, I will ask for the full. #agentlife #querywin

Over the next few days I will share what it's like for me process wise when I sign a new client. #agentlife #querywin Today: query and full.

Q10: 58K for SF is NOT ENOUGH. Pass. #500queries

Q9: I will never understand why I get so many political thrillers. Pass. #500queries

Q8: YA F. Really good credits for the author, but the idea is meh to me. Pass. #500queries

Q7: C YA. Call me crazy, but I’m not sure we need another CATCHER IN THE RYE. Pass. #500queries

Q6: memoir sub that begins with “I HAVE HAD THREE BOOK DEALS FALL APART.” Pass #500queries

Q5: Something I just learned about myself: I am not the person to go to for horse books #500queries

Q4: Ah, the first “fictional novel” of the year! Vague pitch outside my categories. Pass. #500queries

Q3: C YA with the coolest, weirdest hook I’ve seen in months. REQUEST! #500queries

Q2: Historical romance not set in ballrooms. REQUEST! #500queries

Q1: Vague WF. Don’t rep, didn’t req. #500queries

Q20: A Fantasy. Answered a call on my MSWL, with great world-building and unique stakes. Partial. #tenqueries #querywin

Q19: Query sent before the project was finished. Finish writing, receive feedback, edit, polish, and then query! Pass. #tenqueries

Q18: A HF. Bizarre phrasing and very comma-happy. Not quite sure what I was reading...? Pass. #tenqueries

Q17: A HF. Lots of links and pontificating, not much about the project, did not follow submission guidelines. Pass. #tenqueries

Q16: Query sent after writer already received offer of rep from another, followed by "I'd prefer you," w me&others BBC'd. Pass. #tenqueries

Q15: Chick lit. Great hook and premise, stakes feel urgent and authentic, voice also witty and relatable. Partial. #tenqueries #querywin