Q9: #LGBTYA, queer christian fiction. Yes please! #Partial #CLAQueries

Q8: #LGBTRomance w/ great, quirky query but too much time spent on describing MC in sample. #Pass #CLAQueries

Q7: #E labeled as semi-autobiographical w/ words like “penis like clitoris protruding between the labia” #Pass #CLAQueries #KillItWithFire

Q6: #SFF w/ #diverse cast. Strong pages, good premise but I didn’t fall in love w/ it like I should. #Pass #CLAQueries

Q5: #ER w/ potential but needs a bit of work that I just don’t have time to devote to right now. #ReluctantPass #CLAQueries

Q4. #HR with repetitive phrasing in #query leads me to think sample pages are same. Yep. They are. #Pass #CLAQueries

Q3. Cute geek culture piece. Good #query. Didn’t connect w/ sample pages. #Pass #CLAQueries

Q2: I think this one is genre fiction but not sure if it’s romance. Can’t tell from synopsis or sample pages. #Pass #CLAQueries

Q1: Intriguing SF/F but got lost during world-building in sample pages. #Pass #CLAQueries

#querytip: no need to tell me in your query that other agents have req'd fulls. I req based on my own taste, not others' interest. Really!

Put yet another way: if I called you, and you pretended to be a fictional person, I’d have to hang up pretty fast. #querytip #pubtip

At best, writing a query as your MC sounds trite. At worst, you’ve completely discombobulated the reader, i.e. me. #pubtip #querytip

I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a query written in the voice of the main character be successful. Like, ever. #querytip #pubtip

And there you have it! @maseditor is amazing, too! #querytip twitter.com/maseditor/stat…

Yep. Agents -- within the same agency -- compare notes on everything. *rubs hands Mr. Burns style* #querytip twitter.com/alecdshane/sta…

#Authors: Acknowledge your publishing team in yr book. Not just editor but mktg, sales, assts & others. Don't forget your agent! #pubtip

What your lit agent doodles during your publicity conference calls #pubtip

I love short novels. But short novels usually end up short because they've been edited, not because they were submitted as tiny. #querytip

And guess which one of those options it usually is. #querytip

And so if you only have 60K words: that means either you have a meticulous manuscript, or that you really have only ~50K words #querytip