Start your story when everything in your MC's life changes. #querytip #writetip

A novel Q w/more stats on the potential readership than info on the story doesn't work for me. Tell me something I don't know-STORY! #pubtip

Please don't give up. Talk to me, fight with me, get mad and come back with solutions. But don't give up. It breaks my heart. #pubtip

A new agent = easier to get bc 0 clients occupy her time. She wants you to fix that & fill an empty list. #Pubtip ow.ly/vZAQo

#querytip Focus on the ONE book you want the agent to read. It's not a selling point that you have other unpublished mss on your shelf...

An intriguing title is as important as an intriguing first sentence. Just saying. #querytip

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#querytip @Michrichter1 has a soft spot for stories in and about Boston/Massachusetts, Ireland, and Russia

Send @Michrichter1 non-fiction: fashion, film, television, science, medicine, sociology/social trends, & economics #querytip

Send @Michrichter1 fiction: book club reads, literary fiction, women’s commercial fiction, thrillers & mysteries #querytip

MT @MsMariaVicente: Q12. Good: Intriguing title & great author bio. Bad: Way too many spelling & grammar mistakes. #InboxInsights #querytip

Writers - it's not ok to borrow elements (characters, etc.)from other writers' works without permission. #pubtip

If you've sent a partial ms, and an agent requests a full, the rest of your book should already be written. #pubtip #querytip

#PubTip - If you part ways with an agent to look for new representation for a manuscript that agent already shopped, please disclose this.

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#querytip The query is about a book, so please stop raving about the movie you imagine it would become! Or, query a movie agent.

Don't talk bad about agents and/or the publishing industry. My bosses are AGENTS and I'm in the INDUSTRY (u want to be in it too). #querytip

There's no reason to send an author photo with your query. It's pointless. Unless you're a real satyr. Then I'm interested. #querytip

"In a few days, you'll receive the next in a series of e-queries to introduce my book…" Don't do this. One query letter, please. #pubtip

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