The Secret to Successful Author Events - The Business of Being a Writer #writing
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Authors: Always make sure the manuscript you're submitting is the most complete and polished version you have. No comments in the document, no Track Changes. (It happens more often than you think.) #pubtip

This. #pubtip #amagenting #amquerying

Writers, keep in mind that publishing is a very small world. Just as in any other business, our friends (and sometimes family & significant others) are coworkers, colleagues, and sometimes competitors. #pubtip

I’m not saying these authors are doing that, but it happens. If you notify agents of your offer & they pass, don’t take that to mean the agent who offered is wrong, & that your project sucks. It could be as simple as a timing issue. 6/6 #amagenting #pubtip #amquerying

I might have offered on these projects but can’t keep 'em all. Keep this in mind when U get an offer. Only nudge agents if you’re prepared to take the offer. Don’t use it as a tool to get agents to read quickly. You might not like the results. 5/6 #amagenting #pubtip #amquerying

That’s not the case here. I don’t have the luxury of reading these projects & sitting on them while I decide if I’m in love or “in like.” To be real, I won’t have time to read 5 projects & get my client work done in such a short time frame. 4/6 #amagenting #pubtip #amquerying

While that’s exciting, because I have 5 gems in my pile, it’s also frustrating. Even if I love them, I can’t offer on all 5 at once. Normally, if there weren’t offers, I would have the time to space out my offers (assuming I love them). 3/6 #amagenting #pubtip #amquerying

There’s something special about October 10, 2018. I’m not sure what it is, but I know there has to be something. Over the past week & a half, FIVE authors have told me they’ve received offers of representation and need an answer by October 10. 2/6 #amagenting #pubtip #amquerying

-insult the agent in the query letter with a line you would CLEARLY not include in a note to a male agent
-send something that's already been published (self-published is already published) #pubtip

Author Michelle Hauck interviewed me. Check it out! #amagenting #pubtip

Writing is hard. Revisions are hard. Rejections are hard. But, you can do this. Because YOU are STRONG. #writers #amwriting #pubtip

Great #pubtip from last week's #KTLitRetreat18 =

If you're reading an excerpt from your book at bookstore, library, school, launch party, etc., end the reading on a cliffhanger.

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16 hours of flying means I got lots of reading in. I’m up to 45 books (not for work) this year & every book has improved my agent skills. If you’re not reading, you shouldn’t be writing (or agenting). #amwriting #pubtip

Lessons from Rejections from our editor @AuthorLisaDunn anaiahpress.wordpress.com/2018/07/25/rej… #ACFW #AmQuerying #AmWriting #AmEditing #PubTip #Writerslife

Fact - second books are HARD. You may have spent years working on book 1, but that amount of time is often not possible for book 2. So start thinking about book 2 ASAP so it doesn't sneak up on you! #pubtip

One (baby) step at a time. I know it's very hard to do, but its very wise advice for anyone entering the publishing industry. #pubtip

Most writers are rejected (talent is a given) due to not knowing the tropes and word count for their genre. How do you learn that? You READ in the genre you want to write for publication. #pubtip

To those #amquerying, if an agent rejects your current project, you can still query him/her with another project. Don't think the door is closed forever. All it takes is the right project with the right agent at the right time. Don't give up! #amagenting #pubtip

My colleague Anna dropping crucial knowledge on how to find and query agents
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