Tonight! 9pm EST I will join @sffwrtcht to chat about #agenting and #pubtip under hashtag #sffwrtcht Join Us! :)

#pubtip some sage advice from @randomhouse editors: bit.ly/X1yTb0

Did we meet at the #RWA14 conference last month? YES - feel free to include that in your query! @romancewriters #queries #pubtip

Ohhh, call me "honey" when sending a nasty response to a rejection? <blocked forever> #pubtip

Friends don't let friends take their book problems to twitter. It won't end well. Talk it out. Hug it out. #pubtip #LA14SCBWI

New trend I'm seeing in genre and YA: empaths #publishing #pubtip #trend

Don't let feelings fester. Sometimes silence is just silence. Publishing is a partnership. Trust. Communicate. #pubtip #LA14SCBWI

Think about your work's "share-ability." Will others be excited to share it and talk about it with others? #pubtip #LA14SCBWI

"Write your heart. Write your own story. It will be better. Don't follow trends." --Lucia Monfried #pubtip #LA14SCBWI

"Don't send your submission in a green fish."--Allyn Johnston #pubtip #LA14SCBWI

Be extra careful about breaking the fourth wall in your first page. Let me into the world before you shatter the illusion. #pubtip

When researching comp titles, look beyond basic story elements to things like similarity of style, theme, or target audience. #pubtip

"Dear agent" is the only automatic query delete for me. If you use my name, I reply. Promise. #pubtip

#QueryFail = "my YA romance will remind you a bit of Silence of the Lambs." #queries #agenting #pubtip

Okay writers, here's another example #query that worked …essionsofawanderingheart.blogspot.com/2014/07/exampl… #pubtip

7 Ways To Make Yourself An Easy Author to Work With #pubtip #mondayblogs wp.me/p1EorO-1nX

Particularly with fiction, a pass is just my opinion. Best to move on and work to find the agent who will love it. #pubtip

Earlier tweet on how much time to spend on mss that don't connect was on submissions, not my authors!Got some panicked notes! Sorry! #pubtip

#pubtip: I will never, ever look at a YA or NA book over 100k. Ever.

#pubtip: line breaks in queries are your friend. I automatically reject huge chunks of text