Abby Saul
@BookySaul
Literary Agent
agent at The Lark Group (@LarkWords), reader of books, hiker of trails | she/her
74 MSWL
8 Queries
70 Tips

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

Suzie Townsend
@sztownsend81
Literary Agent
NYC literary agent. Black Lives Matter.
23 MSWL
20 AskAgent
15 Tips
Carly Watters
@carlywatters
Literary Agent
SVP & Senior Lit Agent @PSLiterary MA in Publishing Studies @CityUniLondon Co-host of @TSNOTYAW VP of Professional Assoc. of Canadian Literary Agents
153 MSWL
229 AskAgent
334 Tips

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

Marie Lamba
@marielamba
Literary Agent
Author of GREEN GREEN, A DAY SO GRAY, WHAT I MEANT..., DRAWN, and OVER MY HEAD. Literary Agent at Jennifer De Chiara Literary. My opinions are my own.
43 MSWL
20 Queries
43 Tips
Erin Niumata
@ecniumata
Literary Agent
SVP/Literary Agent Folio Literary Management. MA Creative Writing, Doctoral Researcher, wife, mom, cancer survivor, Member @aalitagents She/Her 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇧🇸🇳🇿
33 MSWL
6 Tips

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

Alexandra Machinist
@amachinist
Literary Agent
Literary agent at ICM. Sybarite. Lefty (both kinds). Feminist. My patronus is a fox. Must have plot.
27 MSWL
60 Tips

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

Alexandra Machinist
@amachinist
Literary Agent
Literary agent at ICM. Sybarite. Lefty (both kinds). Feminist. My patronus is a fox. Must have plot.
27 MSWL
60 Tips

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

Kim Lionetti
@BookEndsKim
Literary Agent
Literary agent of adult and young adult fiction. Autism mom. British period drama addict. Gosling aficionado. Penn State alum. She/her.
70 MSWL
66 AskAgent
27 Tips

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

Laura Zats
@LZats
Literary Agent
Founder & Agent @HeadwaterLit . Host of the award-winning @printrunpodcast . Publishers Weekly industry MVP. She/her & Ms/Mx. Open to queries!
213 MSWL
176 AskAgent
3124 Queries
162 Tips

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

Laura Zats
@LZats
Literary Agent
Founder & Agent @HeadwaterLit . Host of the award-winning @printrunpodcast . Publishers Weekly industry MVP. She/her & Ms/Mx. Open to queries!
213 MSWL
176 AskAgent
3124 Queries
162 Tips

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

Maria Vicente
@agentvicente
Literary Agent
senior literary agent + advisor @psliterary
195 MSWL
329 AskAgent
330 Queries
107 Tips

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

Lane Heymont
@LaneHeymont
Literary Agent
Literary Agent. Connoisseur of horror, schadenfreude, and caffeine. Founder of @TheTobiasAgency . Opinions are my own. (he/him)
65 MSWL
2 AskAgent
477 Tips

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

Laura Zats
@LZats
Literary Agent
Founder & Agent @HeadwaterLit . Host of the award-winning @printrunpodcast . Publishers Weekly industry MVP. She/her & Ms/Mx. Open to queries!
213 MSWL
176 AskAgent
3124 Queries
162 Tips

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

Lane Heymont
@LaneHeymont
Literary Agent
Literary Agent. Connoisseur of horror, schadenfreude, and caffeine. Founder of @TheTobiasAgency . Opinions are my own. (he/him)
65 MSWL
2 AskAgent
477 Tips

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

Lane Heymont
@LaneHeymont
Literary Agent
Literary Agent. Connoisseur of horror, schadenfreude, and caffeine. Founder of @TheTobiasAgency . Opinions are my own. (he/him)
65 MSWL
2 AskAgent
477 Tips

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

Lane Heymont
@LaneHeymont
Literary Agent
Literary Agent. Connoisseur of horror, schadenfreude, and caffeine. Founder of @TheTobiasAgency . Opinions are my own. (he/him)
65 MSWL
2 AskAgent
477 Tips

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

Anna Sproul-Latimer
@annasproul
Literary Agent
Founding Partner, Neon Literary. Get in, loser, we’re making it art. neonliterary.com
28 MSWL
95 Tips

#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.

Jennie Goloboy
@JennieGoloboy
Literary Agent
Literary Agent, DMLA. Charleston and the Emergence of Middle-Class Culture in the Revolutionary Era @ugapress '16, Obviously, Aliens @qospress '21. #vp20
87 MSWL
42 Tips

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

Jacquie Flynn
@BookJacquie
Literary Agent
Book Doula-Editor-Mom-Slayer of dragons. BLUE candidate 4 re-election w/ @mom2han8 to Maywood NJ council-Query guidelines delbourgo.com
1 MSWL
113 Tips

I root for every query I get. I want them to be great and I want to fall in love. #truth #agentdreams #querytip

Jacquie Flynn
@BookJacquie
Literary Agent
Book Doula-Editor-Mom-Slayer of dragons. BLUE candidate 4 re-election w/ @mom2han8 to Maywood NJ council-Query guidelines delbourgo.com
1 MSWL
113 Tips

Humility is a great quality, but don't spend your query highlighting your lack of writing experience and potential incompetence. #querytip