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#pubtip When you have grammar errors in your query letter, you are already setting yourself up for a rejection.

#pubtip Please keep track of your submissions. I just had to reject someone AGAIN (this was the third time).

When your pitch mentions the race or other characteristic of the marginalized of only one character, I know what the default of all the others is. #pubtip

In your query letter, Catharine "Kate" McKean doesn't care that your main character goes by a nickname for the entirety of your novel. #pubtip

Let this be the annual day I remind everyone that a novel is by definition fictional and thus "fictional novel" is redundant. It also earns an automatic neg in a query letter. #pubtip

Today's #PubTIp: When working on a publishing contract that is over a dozen pages long, be sure to put your keyboard away when a toddler is... oh, I don't know, awake and grabbing everything nearby?

Don't think this publisher cares about a grant of rights for "aksdjhfajkldshf."

Some pretty solid advice in this thread...
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Writers, you really don't need biz cards. Contact info should be on manuscripts/queries/emails. Handing me one in a pitch, separate from your work, means nothing when I get home and it's one in a stack (that gets tossed). #pubtip

#pubtip Keep your synopsis simple. Focus only on the main storyline and don't obsess on the subplots unless TRULY necessary!

An ideal synopsis focuses on what happens in the book and is light on backstory. Too many synopses are mostly backstory.

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“When pitching, don’t say there’s nothing out there like it. Embrace your comp titles. Know where you go on the shelf.” – Paula Munier #pubtip #publishing

Authors: this applies to your writing, too. #pubtip

#pubtip Please do not over exaggerate your writing history in a cover letter. A) Not cool; B) We will find out; and C) It is the easiest way to a rejection.

Must read thread. 👇#pubtip

#Authors, if you're wondering the best time for supporters to buy your book, the answer is 2 weeks or earlier before pub date to give bookstores enough time to put in their orders. #pubtip

I'd say one in every 100 queries mentions a client that I have not worked with in about 13 years, when I left one agency for another. This isn't an auto-rejection level offense. But it tells me where you got your info, and that info is bad. #pubtip

Sometimes people w/the least amt of "free" time are able to write more than full-time writers. Why? Focus. #pubtip

The best thing for your mental health in publishing is to not compare yourself to others. Everyone has a different situation, and in the end, you’re just going to make yourself miserable dwelling on those who have bigger book deals or more fans. Focus on your own path. #pubtip