#querytip Please add full name to your query, even if pen name is initials. Writing back to you is so awkward if I can only type 2 letters!

Submission tips #pubtip

Do mention if you are a part of the culture your book references and or pulls from. #querytip

Remember how we talked about telling agents if you have an offer? @BookEndsJessica has a handy-dandy form letter! #querytip #pubtip

The difference between being a writer and an author. YES. lithub.com/ask-the-public… via @lithub #pubtip

#querytip If you inform me of an offer "as a professional courtesy" I'm going to take that to mean you've made up your mind.

Readers need to know what's at stake early in book in order to be invested in the story. Don't hide too much for sake of big reveal. #pubtip

#QueryTip: keep track of your queries. We notice when you send things more than once.

Also when told they don't accept self-pub books, don't respond angrily/demand they read your pages. You ruin chance for next book #querytip

I've also seen a query today who labelled their manuscript with a 16 y/o MC as Middle Grade... please CHECK AGE RANGES. #querytip

I've come across quite a few people who believe that 12 is the correct MC age to label their manuscript as YA. Please check again. #querytip

Please don't send me self pubbed manuscripts. It makes me sad I can't represent them. Send me your NEXT manuscript...unpublished. #querytip

I really can't say it enough, "KNOW YOUR APPROPRIATE WORD COUNTS!" A too high or too low word count makes it easier to say "no". #querytip

Still seeing quite a few queries lacking the basics: title, genre, word count. This is very important, peeps. #querytip

Please stop describing the scene for the first pages. Don't tell me about the sun hitting the landscape your MC is staring at. #querytip

I just went through a full query and five pages, only to realize the query isn't even addressed to me or anyone at our agency. 🙄🙈 #querytip

Presented without comment: Elena Ross Parker just got queried with a Christmas book. #querytip

Vital things to include in a query letter to an editor or agent. #pubtip

No pub bio? Build your street cred with literary mags and anthologies. It shows me you're serious about all types of writing. #pubtip

When querying always focus on ONE project! #querytip