Writers, please sign your query letters? It makes my life when I go to respond (either way) so much easier. Otherwise, it's just me going, "I...hope...this is your name?" #querytip

your periodic reminder to take what you read on #querytip with a grain of salt.

FYI: "Following years of rejection, I’m longer concerned about submitting the perfect entreaty” is the wrong takeaway/first line of a query. #querytip

Those can be sent my way. :) @CorvisieroLit #amwriting #querytip #amquerying #amagenting

Seeing a lot of thriller/suspense queries in my box tonight. Remember, I'm not a good fit for these. Stories of that tension don't often click with me #querytip #amquerying #amagenting

The Secret to Successful Author Events - The Business of Being a Writer #writing
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Did you know we're currently accepting queries for the rest of this month? Here's what we're looking for: literary novels & nonfiction about the South. Or by Southern writers. Lesser-heard and new voices.

(cc: @WritersofColor @LatinxinPub @PocPub #amwriting #LitChat #querytip)

There's something about query writing that makes people want to use super tiny font! So fun for my eyes! My tip, keep it 12pt or larger. #querytip

This is a first. In a 30 page submission it didn’t even get through the first chapter.
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Chapter breaks are your friend
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If your query to me is a mass email with a ton of bcc'd agents, you're not even getting a form rejection. #querytip

Authors: Always make sure the manuscript you're submitting is the most complete and polished version you have. No comments in the document, no Track Changes. (It happens more often than you think.) #pubtip

A month long #AskAgent? Say no more! Find @BookEndsJessica over at Absolute Write all October long: #pubtip #querytip absolutewrite.com/forums/showthr…

Reminder that replying rudely to a pass is never effective! #querytip

When you speak to an agent's client before querying them, be sure to clarify if they're actually giving you a referral or if they're speaking positively about their experiences with the agent. I take client referrals seriously, so please note that I do verify with them. #querytip

I really really really don't represent screenplays. #querytip

This. #pubtip #amagenting #amquerying

Writers, keep in mind that publishing is a very small world. Just as in any other business, our friends (and sometimes family & significant others) are coworkers, colleagues, and sometimes competitors. #pubtip

FYI I'm reading partials/fulls from August right now. My query reading is caught up to mid-September. #querystats

I’m not saying these authors are doing that, but it happens. If you notify agents of your offer & they pass, don’t take that to mean the agent who offered is wrong, & that your project sucks. It could be as simple as a timing issue. 6/6 #amagenting #pubtip #amquerying

I might have offered on these projects but can’t keep 'em all. Keep this in mind when U get an offer. Only nudge agents if you’re prepared to take the offer. Don’t use it as a tool to get agents to read quickly. You might not like the results. 5/6 #amagenting #pubtip #amquerying