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Literary Agent
"There is an art to writing a great query, but it is an art that can be mastered." ow.ly/uGbhE #querytip
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Literary Agent
Watch out for "then" versus "than" in your submissions. Take the then/than quiz: waikato.ac.nz/students/stude… #writetip #slushpile
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Literary Agent
Query actually had "unfinished manuscript" in subject line. Sigh. #slushpile http://t.co/DxKzl4RGw1
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Literary Agent
It's amazing how many submissions start with a dream. It's not an instant rejection, but it doesn't help. #writetip #slushpile #ameditor
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Literary Agency
We get so many quality submissions in the #slushpile. Wish we could represent them all! ow.ly/i/4MbVk #ifwisheswerefishes #authors
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Literary Agency
Authors, a little advice about the submission process: kimberleycameron.blogspot.com/2013/05/how-to… via @Mary_C_Moore #askagent #slushpile #pubtip
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Literary Agent
First 12 pages are single-spaced italicized prose. Head. Bang. On. Desk. Bang. Bang. Bang. #slushpile #amediting
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Literary Agent
Bangorrhea-see too much of it in the #slushpile. “@HuffPostBooks: 3 punctuation marks you should be using more often huff.to/1em20KA”
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Literary Agent
Send me what I ask for - I get a lot of generic queries+sample pages when I ask for synopsis + 1st 3 chs #slushpile