Query through appropriate channels and then WAIT. We're not sitting on your query for laughs. Agenting for clients is a 24/7 job. #querytip

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BTW, I am an acquisitions editor, not an agent. #pitmad #querytip

Update: FB Pages aren't the place to invest your time promoting your writing/yourself/your author brand: slate.com/blogs/future_t… #pubtip

#pubtip: you don't need to tell me what themes are in your novel. I can figure it out myself. Promise.

Workshops are GREAT ways to connect with other authors, agents, and editors! They don't always cost money, either. #querytip #writingtips

You don't have to tell us that your manuscript conforms to genre tropes, the same with "no glittery vampires in this story". #querytip

Proofread and polish – don’t let a silly typo or error remove your query from the pile! #querytip

Well that's one way to pitch: Woman Sues Halle Berry and Amanda Bynes So She Can Pitch a Script jezebel.com/woman-sues-hal… #slushpile

MT @MsMariaVicente: Q: After a rejection, is it better to respond with a “thanks” or leave the inbox alone? buff.ly/1gkr87a #querytip

If your query is in a language I can't identify, then I can't respond to it. #querytip

Follow submission guidelines, follow submission guidelines, FOLLOW SUBMISSION GUIDELINES. #pubtips #querytip

Long Term Query Do’s and Don’ts Tip: Your Decisions Now DO Affect Later Relationships buff.ly/1iiemoi #querytip

People think they can sit down and belch out a publishable book. No, writing's a craft like any other and must be honed. #querytip #writetip

Ignore self-pubbers tearing down the "trad'tl" industry. Self-pub'ing is great for some people, but agents aren't out to foil you. #querytip

If you use FICTION NOVEL in ur query/website I may assume 2 things: you haven't done ur research and u don't know what a novel is. #querytip

If you just say, "I wrote a memoir about X," my reaction is, "OK...what happens?" #querytip

Memoirists, your pitch must include your story, much like in a fiction query. You can't just say, "I wrote a memoir about X." #querytip

Debut novels are often shorter in length. Keep that in mind! #querytip #writetip

Genres have varying acceptable word counts. You should know them and follow them. Within reason. #querytip #writetip