Reason for Rules: An Agent's Perspective via @Mary_C_Moore #pubtip #querytip ow.ly/OrVp7 http://t.co/9H25a6ftqY

If you use the term "fiction novel" — you're not ready to query. Stop what you're doing and start researching. Hone your craft. #querytip

June Subs Spree now OPEN. We’re looking for a Private Investigator #Mystery! #amediting #PubTip buff.ly/1CbGW2P @RWAKissofDeath

If you're querying an illustrated project, I want to see sample art. A link to a portfolio is better than unrequested attachments. #querytip

Writers, looking for help crafting a hook or a dazzling first page? I'm teaching a class 6/30! #pubtip @WritersDigest bit.ly/1eo2La6

The five senses. They create a deeper POV. Use them. On the first page or so. Smell is the most powerful sense. #writetip #querytip

Your cover letter should be about your book and perhaps a brief note about yourself. Don't make it an auto-biography. #pubtip

Only submit your manuscript to places that publish your type of story. Sending a gory thriller to romance publishers - not good. #pubtip

Just requested to read full manuscript. Submission took series tropes and made them fun, sexy, intriguing. Turn a trope on its head! #pubtip

Writers ~ not a good idea to write your Qs from the POV of your protagonist. #pubtip

On to next slush submission. Writer references #Seinfeld in first few pages. Hooked. #pubtip

Of course, there's always the exception to the rule...but putting your manuscript in a different "person" than what we pub is hard. #pubtip

If they seem to publish manuscripts only in the first- or third-person, then they might not love manuscripts in the alternate POV. #pubtip

Slush reading this morning. Familiarize yourself with the series you're submitting to. Do they pub in first- or third-person? #pubtip

#querytip: it's not #YA just because you say it is. Do some research!

You don't profit off the misery of others. #universalLaw #querytip #writetip #PlagiarismIsEvil #PublishingIsAsmallWorld

How to Submit Your Writing to Literary Magazines via @A_WritersStudio bit.ly/14GMo3P #amwriting #pubtip #litmag

Recurring issue in queries: "No one has ever seen a ___"--In that case how do people know about it? Especially if it has a name! #querytip

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Insulting writers in your query is, uh, uh, not how your career finds a way. #querytip #GetIt? #JurasicPark #IanMalcolm