Is your villain a threat or a pest? Make sure there's something at stake instead of them just being an obstacle. #dontbeaBiff #pubtip

Heads up...@pandamoonpub will be closing submissions for the year on August 1st. Be sure to get yours in before then! #amwriting #pubtip

If your book conflicts could be solved w/ one convo that never seems to happen, readers will be annoyed. You need bigger roadblocks. #pubtip

Writers! This is a MUST read. "The easy ideas rarely turn out to be easy, and only serve to distract from the real work at hand." #pubtip

Join me Aug 10th for "Successfully Publishing Your First Novel." Modern advice for today's market: tinyurl.com/y7b7szl3 #pubtip

An excellent blog for craft advice = Fiction University by @Janice_Hardy here = blog.janicehardy.com #craft #writing #pubtip

Your book must be fiction or non-fiction. That needs to be clear in yr query. Historical fiction is fiction. Memoir is not fiction. #pubtip

Great article debut authors! 10 Things I Learned About Publishing from My Debut Series publishingcrawl.com/2017/06/26/10-… via @PubCrawlBlog #pubtip

Interesting info on optimal book lengths: thebookdesigner.com/2017/06/book-p… via @jfbookman #pubtip

Does Your Book Crossover? - Genre Breakdown marycmoore.com/index.php/2017… #writetip #pubtip

The latest The Write Shadow Times! paper.li/TheWriteShadow… Thanks to @SarahPeas @MindyBakerBooks @JudithGonda #pubtip #amwriting

Want to learn how to make your characters suffer? Check out my blog post on @HarlequinSYTYCW
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Ever wondered what editors mean when we say we need “hooks” in a story? #pubtip

Here's a #pubtip for #sffpit pitchers: be sure to include genre AND age hashtags. We search for those and might miss yours if it's not there

Permissions & #FairUse - "crediting the source does not remove the obligation to seek permission" janefriedman.com/permissions-an… #pubtip

Calling me Alexander is a direct query delete. #pubtip

Geography should not be the primary romantic conflict between your hero and heroine. That's external. Give me internal conflict! #pubtip

See, guys? I'm not the only one talking word counts and knowing your market. One or two exceptions are not the rule. #querytip #pubtip

Fantastic series from the incomparable @LucienneDiver on Characters, Conflict & Publishing. #writingtips #pubtip

Really great piece on rejection letters. Worth a read.And remember when an editor asks for those revisions--they want them! #pubtip