The best query letters are short and professional. No frills, no gimmicks, just a cover letter for your manuscript. #querytip

#querytip The day-to-day emails we send may be informal/familiar, but email queries are professional business documents; treat them as such.

#querytip Funny queries can be great (and memorable), but only if the project you're pitching is funny

I’ve literally had this headache for an entire day. Don’t query when you have a headache. Is that a good #querytip? Sorry, my mind is fried.

#pubtip: Get a critique group. ow.ly/wfHLQ

Tropes do not become stale, people's delivery of those tropes become stale. Leave your stamp on everything you touch. #querytip #writetip

BREAKING BEAUTIFUL by @jenniferswolf opens with wake up scene (for good reason). So, waking up isn't a deal breaker if it's relevant #pubtip

#PubTip = Opening pages with someone waking up can feel generic. Of 25 sample page submissions this weekend, 9 opened with wake up scenes.

If you Q via a mass mailing of agents, don't be surprised at the lack of response.#pubtip

Your comps don't have to be books. You can use TV and movies, too. Anything that isn't forced and gives us an image works. #Pubtip

“You want to create relationships. That’s the best way to sell your book.” - @Kerrie_Flanagan #PPWC2014 #pubtip

Most agents don't expect exclusive queries, but if you use EXCLUSIVE QUERY in your subject, don't use Dear Sir/Madam. #queryquotes #querytip

#querytip We remember serial submitters. Don't just fire another MS off the moment an agent rejects the first one.

#querytip we do respond to every query sent to queries@ldlainc.com. We do not fill out forms to prove we are not spam.

#pubtip: R+Rs should prompt an entire revision, not just a change of the things an agent mentioned.

Double-check your query letter to be sure you've changed the addressee to the right person. #querytip

#querytip With a good query, some thoughts that race through my mind are: "Oh! (Name of editor) at (name of publisher) will like this!"

#querytip As a young agent, with the importance of building my list, I tend to have a narrow focus on the certain projects I take on.

#querytip Sometimes I pass on projects that I think are good and sellable, but I know I'm not the right advocate for it.

#querytip I'm seeing a lot of storylines that have too much build-up. Try to jump right into the tension of the story.