#QueryFail = my novel transcends genre. #oy

#QueryFail - I wrote this book because everything on the shelves today is junk. #sigh

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#querytip querying novel that's been self-published already not usually recommended. Few pubs will be interested in book that's been selling

I think I read 50 queries today for rhyming picture book manuscripts. Guys. Really. #querytip #pubtip

#querytip if a pitch deals mostly in generalities, i.e. "discovering a secret that sets him on a journey," it won't stand out. Be specific.

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Providing links will save agents an extra step (because literary agents will Google your name anyway). #querytip

A closely related opening-scene issue is immediately backtracking into a flashback, instead of propelling the story forward. #pubtip

Too much exposition can rob that important opening scene of its energy, slowing the pacing & making the ms too easy to put down. #pubtip

Readers don’t always need a lot of world-building or details about protags’ backgrounds to follow along. Layer in more detail later. #pubtip

Reading submissions today! A top reason I stop reading many manuscripts: too much backstory/exposition in the opening scene. #pubtip

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Down from 80 to 49 fulls in my inbox! #querystats

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Querying writers: I'll be away June 2-19. I'll respond to queries by June 24 if I'm interested in more. No response = decline. #querytip

Responding to queries biggest problem I am seeing: not saying what is it about. So many tell me nothing about the plot! #querytip

I think I respond with this to well over half the queries I receive: stop describing the scene and start giving me action. #CLAQueries