At the end of the call,I sincerely hope it will be ME who you will pick,because that is obviously your best decision. 😎#querywin #agentlife

In the end,you pick who you feel you can trust,who you can respect,who you can imagine working with for years & years. #querywin #agentlife

Essentially, all the great agents have similar connections, you can't go wrong if they are really really good. #querywin #agentlife

YOU decide who YOU would love to work with. Break through all the mystique, all the self praise, all the talk. #querywin #agentlife

Sure, I'll tell you how smart, brilliant, well-connected & successful I am (all true) 😎, but all agents will say that. #querywin #agentlife

My advice to writers: ask a few surprising, unexpected questions to help YOU decide if you can imagine working w/ me. #querywin #agentlife

Then the potential client asks questions. They're always the same questions. S.b. must have written a ? spreadsheet. #querywin #agentlife

When I call, I will also "interview" them,do I like how the potential client thinks,could I imagine working with them? #querywin #agentlife

I call right away, because I am under the spell of the manuscript. I want it, I want the author, my enthusiasm is high. #querywin #agentlife

Usually, I call right after I finish the novel. As I'm reading I've already figured out which editors to send this to. #querywin #agentlife

OK, time for Day 2 of what happens when I sign a new client. Today's topic: The Potential Client Call. #querywin #agentlife

Q15: query in attachment. Did not read. #500queries

Q14: YA thriller with some interesting side characters. Request! #500queries

Q13: SF, heavy on the science. Might be too cliche, but I’ll give it a shot! #500queries

Q12: SF, a little short, lots of repetition in the query. Pass. #500queries

Q11: WF. Don’t rep. Pass. #500queries

Tomorrow's topic: The potential client call. #agentlife #querywin

reject it, OR until I am done. If I love it like a drug, I will call the writer right away. Usually no warning. #agentlife #querywin.

When I know I have some spare time to read, I will read. I will keep reading until I either don't like it anymore,#agentlife #querywin and

My personal quirk,that's how I am,& that will never change. If I love the query, I will immediately ask for the full. #agentlife #querywin