Best cover #pubtip heard at recent editor meeting = "looking for covers to be evocative, not necessarily literal." #yes #marketing

Want to make your book extra juicy? Add a secret in there. Secret past, secret baby, secret marriage, secret crime, secret anything. #pubtip

Books get a sagging middle when there's not a good conflict to sustain them. If you struggle with this, strengthen your conflict. #pubtip

Mass query this A.M. Likely that 20+ agents deleted. If applying for job -cover letter wouldn't be addressed to 20 companies #querytip

I am not a sir.

Check your salutations before sending. It's always safe to say "Dear [First name]" #querytip

Here's a great #pubtip courtesy of publishing legend @JaneYolen.

also as an agent, these qualities apply to the best clients as well
(plus kindness
kindness is big for me)
#pubtip

Want your book to stand out? Make your conflict deeper than “former love hurt them in the past, so they can never love again.” #pubtip

Just the one novel you are pitching #querytip

Your query matters so much. Work on it. Perfect it. Research it. Get 2nd reads & beta readers. A strong query gets requests. #querytip

Always include a synopsis with requested material to an agent. We always want one, even if we forgot to ask. #querytip #submissions

10 Ways To Personalize Your Query to Agents carlywatters.com/2016/10/03/per… via @carlywatters #querytip

The latest The Write Shadow Times! paper.li/TheWriteShadow… Thanks to @AuthorJoeNBrown @MsAvaArmstrong @byharryconnolly #pubtip #amwriting

Learning how to write a good synopsis is almost as important as learning how to write a good book. It's a key tool to sell a story #pubtip

Read dialogue out loud. Does it sound authentic or forced? Is it propelling the plot or languishing unnecessarily? #querytip #writingtip

If your 1st chapter doesn't wow me, I may never get to ch. 2. Start w/ a bang or something intriguing rather than endless back story #pubtip

Retweeted Meg LaTorre-Snyder (@MegLaTorre):

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#querytip Please don't query book 2, 3, etc in a series. Always start with book 1 or a new book if you self-publish.

Getting lots of weird titles in my slush. Look at comps from your genre to see what is catchy right now! #querytip

THIS. There's a lot I read that I like but pass on. Doesn't mean it's a bad book! It just means I didn't have INSTALOVEMUSTBEMINE. #querytip