...There's no need for this. a) this cause/effect = logically flawed & b) it's an agent's job to know the market already. #querytip part 3/3

...for example "As bestsellers X & Y have shown, children love dogs, therefore this book abt dogs will be a success"... #querytip part 2/3

I get a decent amount of fiction queries that include some attempt at a market sum-up re: the book's subject matter... #querytip part 1/3

Pr vs. Marketing: Novelists might be better off skipping the magazine pitches and printing ads instead. publishingperspectives.com/2015/06/should… #pubtip

@sue_mill #querytip That's right, don't keep the story a secret from the agent you query, we need to know!

Literary Agent Tells All: 6 Things You Shouldn’t Expect From Your Agent via @thewritelife nyv.me/l/L4hj #pubtip

Your narrator's voice becomes 100% more convincing when you cut out, "Yeah," from your prose. e.g. "Yeah, mom's mad." < "Mom's mad." #pubtip

A submission like this would be an auto-no for me, "I self published this book and am revising based on feedback in the reviews." #pubtip

When I see title-matches, I assume the person's not a big reader, and I want to sign readers first and foremost. #queries #pubtip

This isn't to say you can't use the same title as another published book, but it should be a choice, where you've weighed pros/cons #pubtip

Getting a lot of queries for YAs with the same title as popular published YAs. Authors, search your titles before #querying. #pubtip

Addressing #querytip #selfpub and other #writersproblems - interview with @FicSoutheast just up: fictionsoutheast.org/ask-an-agent-s…

#5. Target your book to the correct audience. YES, YES, THIS. #pubtip twitter.com/carlywatters/s…

Guyyyyys when I open a file & it's not in Times New Roman... *scowls* *shakes fist* *lights Courier New on fire* #querytip

#querytip few things belie a cut-and-paste query job like my name in a completely different font than the rest of your letter.

I love to know if your work has been in a magazine, but if it was in 1997, I'll wonder why you haven't done anything with it yet. #querytip

If you self publish a book and are now querying it, give me numbers. I know you have them. #querytip

That's a #pubtip, that's a human decency tip, that's a you-need-an-attitude-check tip.

A tragedy is not your marketing opportunity. #pubtip

Received via email: 1) subject "Querry," 2) addressed to another agent, 3) w/ her name misspelled. This is why we proofread. #querytip #sigh