Trust your reader with a simple task, a simple game of Memory. Like average humans, they love to do things, & they love to win games #pubtip

Evoke emotions by using emotional words in your writing and query. Show us your character's conflict, don't tell us about it. #querytip

Agent @dreamoforgonon of @ForewordLit seeks SF/F, Horror, Thriller, Upmarket, & NF w marginalized characters: ow.ly/wie5d #pubtip

YA and NA are different. Make sure you know which one you're writing. #querytip #writingtips

A writer who doesn't read is like a chef who doesn't eat. They'll probably suck at it (and also starve and die). #pubtip

If I don't meet your main character on page 1 I'm somewhat disinclined to read page 2. #querytip

Conventions are AMAZING when it comes to schmoozing w/ agents and editors. Attend them and mingle. i.e. rtconvention.com/eventworkshop/… #querytip

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#KidLit agent @sarasciuto of @ForewordLit seeks PB, MG, YA, fiction & NF. Genres & guidelines here: ow.ly/widxk #pubtip

GUESS WHAT! I'm not a publicist. So don't email me and ask me to promote your self-published book for you. #snarly #pubtip

Don't start ur ms off with your character waking up for the day. Even if they're a kid and it's the first day of school. #querytip #writetip

It's really obvious if a writer tries to write a genre they don't read. Don't do this. #pubtip

A query in which an author criticizes other agents isn't appealing. Explain previous agent relationships w/professionalism #querytip

Please review your query to make sure you inserted everything you meant to. Please know the diff betw your and you're. #querytip

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Every sentence of ur story should be seeped in tension. Even whispers between lovers. Everything in life is in conflict. #querytip #writetip

NEW AGENT: @Michrichter1 of @ForewordLit seeks lit fic, women's commercial, thrillers, mysteries, nonfic ow.ly/wicSQ #pubtip

The best fiction is steeped in fact. Examples: @ChrisBohjalian’s Skeletons at the Feast, and the new #SalemWGNA tv show. #querytip #writetip

#querytip no need to notify me if another agent has requested more of your MS; just give me a heads up when you have an offer on the table

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