So much clear, realistic publishing advice here. #pubtip

For those interested in a career in publishing: “Learning to work at a job takes a lot... It’s an understanding of the corporate environment, learning how to effectively communicate, and seeing what you can do to stand out, while fitting in.” #PubTip bookendsliterary.com/2019/05/22/sec…

How to Deal with Rejection

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#amwriting #amquerying #writingcommunity #pubtip

Readers & Writers alike-- it's important to know: Why Pre-Orders Matter youtu.be/Ix1ceiXmbH8 via @YouTube #PubTip

Please don’t pitch your story to agents on Twitter unless it’s a pitch party. If you want to know if the agent will be interested in your MS, query them. Thanks! #amquerying #WritingCommunity #pubtip

Everything is hard to sell. The market is saturated due to various issues, so just write the project you feel the most passionately about, making it the best it can be before you reach out to agents. #pubtip

Is it a problem if your agent wants to be a writer, too?
#pubtip #amwriting #amquerying #WritingCommunity

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A thing I like to post on here periodically is that I don’t accept Facebook or Instagram requests from people I don’t know! And #pubtip: they’re not great ways to handshake network with an agent. Most of us (not all, but most) think of these as personal space.

Writing is revising. #BookSupport #PubTip #WriteTip instagram.com/p/B2jcWQngPf7/…

Random unasked for observation: I’ve left the door open for quite a few authors lately to revise and resubmit. Honestly a lot of close-but-not-there-yet submissions. I always read hoping it’ll be great—maybe a push will help one of these books make that leap. #pubtip #amagenting

I’ve loved this book since the first time I read it. Now you can take a peek at what snagged me from the first page. #pubtip

In #pubtip sum: my ideal relationship is with an author comfortable with the equality of the power dynamic and unthreatened by ambiguity. Now to go embroider that on a throw pillow

Book publicity is incredibly hard and book publicists are literal angels and if you want to know why read this:

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TL DR: "electability" is BS and this is also a #pubtip

I’ve been thinking a lot about how and when I read submissions. Especially since having kids and being generally useless after they go to bed. Mostly I think I want to dispel the myth of a single-sitting-speed-read being the only sign of a win. #amagenting #pubtip

“Here’s a secret trick to getting published: Quit your whining and write the damn book!” #MondayMotivation #PubTip youtube.com/watch?v=R-3qLc…

Other successful books are not a threat. With comps, a good-selling title lifts all boats by proving the readership for the topic. #pubtip

How many agents should you submit your query letter to?

As many agents as are appropriate, just be sure the genre of your #book is covered by that #agent. #BooksByTheNumbers

#Publishing @scbwi #Authors @PublishersWkly #PubTip @ALALibrary #AmWriting #Writers MUA: @FacesbyMadge

Psst, this is also an important #pubtip for selling a book, particularly nonfiction. You can be the most qualified and intelligent person on Earth, but if you're not giving people the clarion call, the shock of recognition, the prickling in the eyes, etc.

Being a published author means that you own a business. And any successful business has to embrace reinvention. #TuesdayTip #PubTip youtube.com/watch?v=W6Wc44… via @YouTube