Your platform won't help you sell a book you never write. Don't let your online endeavors trump your writing time. #pubtip

Don't conclude a letter to a prospective agent, "Still horny and still hoping." #pubtip

Find our #submission guidelines here --> anaiahpress.com/submissions
#pubtip #amwriting #writerslife #ChristianFiction #AuthorRT

Remember, an offer is not a gift. Negotiate, negotiate, negotiate. #pubtip

60min webinar, 30min Q&A, plus a FIVE page critique of everyone's novel. #pubtip

Make sure your stories have hooks and selling points. Think about what makes you pick up a book and ensure your book has that. #pubtip

I had 200+ Qs last week. The vast majority of passes were due to inappropriate word count for genre or genres I don't rep. #pubtip #homework

Never hit send right after you write “The End”. Reread it after a week or two, & you’ll find things that need editing or polishing #pubtip

It goes: write book, keep writing, write some more. Then edit, edit again, edit another time. Write again. Edit. THEN query. #pubtip

Thus keep it timeless and write from the heart. #writing #pubtip

Insight from #PNWA17 editors: Don’t get too caught up in trends; publishing cycle is so long you might miss them anyway. #writing #pubtip

A book could get rejected 99 times & find perfect home on submission 100. Take feedback & use it to improve book, but don't give up #pubtip

I get asked this question a lot without time to answer beyond "individual cases vary." This is a fantastic in-depth answer. #pubtip

Just a reminder that @pandamoonpub is closing submissions until Spring 2018 on August 1st. #amwriting #pubtip #amreading

Know your own weasel words (words and phrases you repeat over and over) & do a search for them in your manuscript before you submit #pubtip

Best cover #pubtip heard at recent editor meeting = "looking for covers to be evocative, not necessarily literal." #yes #marketing

Want to make your book extra juicy? Add a secret in there. Secret past, secret baby, secret marriage, secret crime, secret anything. #pubtip

Books get a sagging middle when there's not a good conflict to sustain them. If you struggle with this, strengthen your conflict. #pubtip

Here's a great #pubtip courtesy of publishing legend @JaneYolen.

also as an agent, these qualities apply to the best clients as well
(plus kindness
kindness is big for me)
#pubtip