Tip-toeing around and assuming I know what you're talking about is not enticing. Think of back cover copy. You need to get to the heart of what's happening to grab the reader and get them to read. #querytip

I'm sorry my posts are so early in the am when not everyone sees, but that's when I work. In queries, tell me what "the worst thing possible" is. In other words: Don't: She faced the worst thing possible. Do: She was devasted when her husband had an affair. #querytip

4. The accidental pregnancy/using a baby as the only tension in romance is not my jam.
5. Psychological thrillers are basically with emotional turmoil. Anything too emotionally/psychologically dark and I don't like it.
6. I don't represent PBs or chapter books. #querytip

10 things I wish writers knew about me:
1. I don't like Christmas stories, but I love Christmas as a holiday.
2. I have a horse but I don't usually like horse stories.
3. I'm not an animal main character person, even in MG. I can never connect, even though I love them.
#querytip

The Tobias Literary Agency is officially open to unsolicited queries for the time being. Please see our Query Manager page at QueryMe.Online/TheTobiasLiter…. You can also find more information on our submissions page. #querytip

Found a slew of queries today making 1 of these 2mistakes:
1. Not including an actual query. Please research queries and what's meant to be in them before querying.
2. Querying self published books because you want a larger audience and now want to traditionally pub.
#querytip

#querytip Dear authors, please don't use the words "fucking bitch" when you follow up with an agent about your query.

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…