Writers: It is never too early to start building your platform. More important than that, though, connect with other writers, support one another, cheer each other on. The community you build today will lift you up tomorrow. #pubtip #amwriting

"Revise and revise and then polish until that bastard gleams. Then find an agent who suits your work. It's like dating, you want to pick the person who is a right fit for you and your work." - Lauren Beukes #writingtips #pubtip

Grouchy #pubtip: I don't think there's an agent on Earth whose submissions policy is "please cold call and leave a voice message if we don't pick up." The reason Neon doesn't have an office phone # is not so that submitters can prove their hustle by finding our nonpublic cells!

#Pubtip: since it’s non-standard (for now), make sure your publisher knows in advance to keep “Black” capitalized in copyediting. This came up as an issue on a book I rep.

So I don't know if this is useful, or like "Why is she telling us?" but today I started editing a new client's manuscript (hi @actualgina!) and it made me think about the different ways I, as an agent, read material. Maybe it will be helpful? Or ignore me. It's cool. #pubtip

Agents have to learn somehow. But you don’t want someone who is actively making mistakes on you because no one is supervising them. Or if they are somewhere with not great business practices. #pubtip

Where should I spend my marketing dollars? by @Melissa_Tagg on @MyBookTherapy #writingtip #writing #pubtip learnhowtowriteanovel.com/blog/2020/04/2…

5 Reasons You Should Host a Facebook Live Book Launch Party – Pandemic or Not - @LoriHatcher2 on @EdieMelson ow.ly/fejY50zmOMI #writing #booklaunch #pubtip

Hi friends! If you're a fan of my Agents & Books newsletter, will you tell a friend? This post of some greatest hits is a nice place to start!

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Hi! I just wrote an email to a prospective author about an understandable tactical error this person had made in the querying process. Because it's important that other authors not inadvertently make the same mistake, I'm going to share it here as a #pubtip.

If you were supposed to meet with an agent and it's been canceled because of <all this> and you think all is lost and you'll never get an agent now, well, you're wrong. Here's why: katemckean.substack.com/p/meeting-agen…
#literaryagents #WritingCommunity #pubtip #AskAgent

Preparing Your Literary Estate and Wills youtu.be/X4sFuHByV0w via @YouTube #pubtip

I just wrote this in a client memo and think it's universally applicable enough to warrant a general #pubtip: an asterisked line break between passages in a chapter is usually a sign that an author hasn't done enough rigorous thinking about transitions or argument yet.

Best. Video. Today!

Totally needed this today thank you, @ericsmithrocks! #amagenting #pubtip #pubtalk

One last thing: I've been finding this book tremendously helpful, and honestly, it's one I'm going to keep in my #pubtip pocket to recommend to all my clients in the long-term because it's also useful for the psychological ski slope of book writing:

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This is one of those #pubtip threads that is really really impt to know and one of the top 2 things I wish authors *did* know before starting a nonfiction publishing career. (The other one is "treat it like a small business.") YES, I am RTing myself in a naked grab for more likes

Hey, here's a random #pubtip thread that applies at all times, but especially so right now: of all the things that are greatly overrated in the life, success, and overall quality of a book submission, "momentum" is probably the most overrated of them all.

So... Apparently, this has to be said. I do NOT want any virus/pandemic manuscripts right now. Just. Don’t. #amagenting #pubtip #WritingCommunity #amquerying

Same. I'm sitting on great news about several clients that I can't share yet because #publishing. In the meantime, @FuseLiterary has signed 3 new authors in the last week alone. Keep writing, and keep submitting. #PubTip #DontGiveUp

Writers, if a Q explains your work, and it's something I'm not interested in, or don't represent, I don't have to read any more to decide. This is why it's good to do your research on agents before you Q. #pubtip