Craft your voice. A clichéd story can work if told with an amazing voice. #querytip #writetip

Want awesome #writetips from the head hauncho of The Seymour Agency? Follow @AgentMarySue ! She knows her stuff! #querytip

What's your project's title? Don't forget to include it! (You'd be surprised how often this "small" detail gets forgotten.) #querytip

Okay writers, here's another example #query that worked …essionsofawanderingheart.blogspot.com/2014/07/exampl… #pubtip

7 Ways To Make Yourself An Easy Author to Work With #pubtip #mondayblogs wp.me/p1EorO-1nX

Today this #literaryagent asks #writers: Got your big girl panties on? bit.ly/1pvslaY #amwriting #querytip

Final summer pitchathon this Thursday! 9am-9:30am. Get your pitches ready. My likes: foliolit.com/erin-niumata/ #querytip #amwriting #writing

Particularly with fiction, a pass is just my opinion. Best to move on and work to find the agent who will love it. #pubtip

Earlier tweet on how much time to spend on mss that don't connect was on submissions, not my authors!Got some panicked notes! Sorry! #pubtip

New trend I'm noticing in queries: bulleted/numbered lists to describe plot points. I don't like it. #newpetpeeve #querytip

#pubtip: I will never, ever look at a YA or NA book over 100k. Ever.

#pubtip: line breaks in queries are your friend. I automatically reject huge chunks of text

Let's do a session of query reading! Follow the #InboxInsights hashtag to see what I encounter in the slush pile. #querytip #10queries

Please don’t write YA/MG for four year olds. No. Write your narrative/novel in a style appropriate for your target age. #querytip #writetip

#pubtip: if your email title won't fit in a tweet, just walk away. #badqueries

Also, a query is not a plot. No. A query is a hook. Don’t explain your story to us. #querytip

Your query shouldn’t hurt an agent’s brain. Keep things simple and easy to understand. #querytip

Go to conferences. I wish I was at #RWA14. Meeting industry people is important and so fun! #querytip

#pubtip: If you're querying w/ nonfiction, it's ESSENTIAL you include info about your platform in letter. Or I'll assume there isn't one.

Guys, I really don't represent picture books. Really! #querytip