As a rule, I don't mind nudging w/r/t partial or full requests -- I'm happy to tell you where we are in the process, especially after a month-plus. But a week is way, way too soon to nudge. #querytip

With the release of @SanguMandanna's #ASparkOfWhiteFire right around the corner, @ericsmithrocks shares the query letter that won him over and why! bit.ly/2wkuCTS #querytip #amquerying

The book will be marketed to an audience of mystery, women's fiction, upmarket fiction, etc readers. Which means you need to find a way to appeal to them in the way they like to be appealed to. Usually through plot and story aka hook. #querytip

The book needs to fit the genre and stand out in both writing, plotting, and style. In other words, it can't be ho-hum--no book can whether it's #ownvoices or not. All books need to have something special we can sell to the reader #querytip

For any book to be successful, agents & editors are looking for a hook or marketable idea, it needs to have characters they can connect with, who come off the page and who I want to spend time with and get to know. #querytip

But I want to talk about #ownvoices & #diversebooks a bit more. Because writing just any old story with a POC or LGBTQ character, for example, isn't enough. The book still needs to have all of the things agents & editors & readers look for in any marketable book. #querytip

Approaching an Agent at Conferences #querytip #conferences bookendsliterary.com/2018/08/29/app…

"Magical realism" and "fantasy" are not the same thing. #querytip

I recommend authors at all stages of their career start business planning now. How have your goals changed since the beginning of the year? What will you be doing differently? #amwriting #querytip

Submission Guidelines Part I by editor @KaraLeighMille1
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#AmQuerying #AmPublishing #AmWriting #ACFW #ChristFic #WritingTip #QueryTip #TuesdayTip

Updated my FAQs page with my current #querystats: tracymarchini.com/contact-faqs/

On Twitter, you can follow all of our agents, but you can also follow the agency where you can easily find out all the details about all things BookEnds. --- @bookendslit #querytip

Eight Tips to Make Your Pitching Experience a Success #querytip bookendsliterary.com/2018/08/28/eig…

Mass market is not a genre.

Mass market is an inexpensive print production format.

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If your book is already self-published, considering querying a new novel instead. I know some writers thing agents are dismissive of self-published works. It is because we have all tried to sell some we LOVED only to be told sales needed to be in tens of thousands. #querytip

If you're querying, your MS should be done. Finished, polished, revised and ready to send. #querytip

Exactly! Readers are invested in the characters, and if things aren't happening for them, the books isn't working! #writetip #pubtip

#Pubtip: Thinking a lot lately about the 2+2 theory. The best characterization happens off-the-page, in your reader's own imagination. For your main character, don't just tell us "4"...show us what adds up to it. We will determine what is says about them.

#querystats Oldest query is from August 3rd.

Statistically speaking, it’s very likely your book needs editing/revision before pursuing an agent/book deal.

Critique parter/ beta reader/ critique groups/ etc. can be a huge help in pre-submission preparation.

#pubtip #agenting