Just a thought: maybe don't badmouth a genre the agent specializes in when you query them? #querytip

Authors see 4x higher increase in post-promotion revenue when their book is discounted for 5 days or fewer. bit.ly/1NaVKnS #pubtip

For How Long Should You Run Your Ebook Price Promotion? bit.ly/1NaVKnS by @DianaUrban at @BookBubPartners #pubtip

#QueryTip = helpful to include the word "completed" in your query: "query for my completed fantasy novel of 100,000 words." #queries

So send that extra tweet of support or Instagram someone else's book. You'll find the community you build will also be there for you #pubtip

Caught up with unsolicited queries. If you cold queried me before March 1st and have not received a response, tweet me. #querystats

ALA is open to MG submissions (with any speculative element) today through the end of the month! :D #querytip

Do your research before submitting to an agent or publisher. Read up on them, check submission guidelines closely. #QueryTip

#Querytip Manuscripts should be completed before you query. Otherwise it's a waste of everyone's time.

Amateurs usually shouldn't tell professionals how to succeed. #SharkTank #QueryTip #writingtips

If I get to the end of your query and you haven't told me the title of your book, that's a problem. #amquerying #querytip

Today's oddest query touts the novel's "brand integration" potential for Chili's Restaurants. This... does not inspire confidence. #querytip

Your novel is not "Fitzgerald meets Salinger," please do not query it as such. Specific, contemporary comps #pubtip

Do you see how you can still say the same thing but in a way that's physically possible? Yes? Good. Carry on. #amwriting #pubtip 9/9 FIN.

EXAMPLE:
"I love cheese." She sighed. "If only I weren't lactose intolerant."
#pubtip #amwriting 8/?

The solution? PERIODS INSTEAD OF COMMAS. Don't link those verbs to the text itself, but rather, to the speaker #pubtip #amwriting 7/?

HOWEVER, there are STILL ways you can use laugh, sigh, etc in dialogue tags w/o being physically imposible #pubtip #amwriting 6/?

You can talk AND sigh. You can say words that come out of you like a sigh, but notice that it is simile, not truth #pubtip #amwriting 6/?

You can't BREATHE a sentence. Nor can you SIGH words. Or CLUCK or any other nonsense #pubtip #amwriting 4/?

Notice that these tags are way your TALK. Many fiction writers INSIST on creating dialogue tags that aren't possible #amwriting #pubtip 3/?