Looking for realistic fic (YA & adult) set today, 90s or 80s, with flawed characters, emotional plotlines, and big life messages. #querytip

I'm ready for #pitmad...are you? I'll be live from 8:00 to 2:00 so pitch me! #mswl #pubtip #publishing #amwriting

You don't have to point out the themes of your novel when you #query. I'll figure it out. I promise #pubtip

#pubtip: a truly personalized query letter can push you from "maybe" to "request"

A pass can be for many reasons, but none are personal attack. Not a rejection of YOU as a person. I'm sure YOU are amazing :) #querytip

Do you know the guidelines of Twitter pitch contests? Read this Writers In The Storm post: ow.ly/B5tJL #pubtip

For my sake, add a woman-authored book to your list. It makes you look better-read in the genre anyway. #querytip

#querytip: it looks weird, if you're a man writing in a mostly-female genre (YA, romance, women's fic), to only comp your work to other men.

What @DonaghyLiterary said! PLEASE follow submission guidelines. Why wouldn't you?? All the cool people do it! #querytip

#querytip For the love of all that is holy, follow sub guidelines.Finding queries in all of our email accts #deleting resub to correct acct.

Pitch one book at a time. Don’t send an agent three stories and tell them to pick the one they like. Just don’t. #querytip

#Querytip Don't waste an opportunity to sell agent on story by pitching multiple stories in one sub. ZZZZzzzzzzz

I love reading submissions that clearly match what I'm looking for, even if they end up being a pass. #writing #querytip

#querytip caveat: obviously the 5,000 rounding rule does not apply to picture books. ;)

#querytip: round your word count to the nearest multiple of 5,000. 80,000 and 81,729 are exactly the same, from my perspective.

It's amazing what a little conflict and plot can do for a book. #pubtip

Don't pay some website to put your submission up online. I'm not going to read it there. Any agents ever use these sites? #Pubtip

Also, I am not an agent. I am a writer. I write, because I must write. Thus, I repeat, I am not an agent. You’ve been warned. #querytip

Writers ~ avoid unnecessary rejection. Read what agents represent (and DON"T represent) before you Q! #pubtip

Query pet peeve: when mss is quoted in the letter. Makes writer seem precious about the prose, suggests s/he won't revise. #querytip