Sarah E. Younger
@seyitsme
Literary Agent
A Southern Girl living in the Big Apple. Senior Agent at the Nancy Yost Literary Agency. Words I live by Psalm 19:14. Oh and I'm an Awesome Aunty.
17 MSWL
11 Tips

Soo... Comparing Literary Agents to Ebola in the first line of your actual query is not a good idea. #pubtip #querytip :/

Sara Megibow
@SaraMegibow
Literary Agent
she/her Literary Agent at KT Literary. Reading, parenting, table top gaming, baking challah, hiking and wine tasting. Always LGBTQIA+ friendly!
17 MSWL
13 AskAgent
298 Queries
525 Tips

Is the author newsletter the next big promotional success story? #pubtip #marketing #agenting

Zara Kramer
@zarakramer
Publisher
CEO/Publisher at Pandamoon Publishing. Passionate about life, love, books, baseball, technology, crochet, architecture, and my Texas Longhorns #RedSoxNation
2 MSWL
17 Tips
KT Literary
@ktliterary
Literary Agency
Formerly @daphneun , this is now the general Twitter account for KT Literary, sharing news about our KT Literary clients and books!
17 MSWL
28 AskAgent
11 Queries
13 Tips

Writers, please. Even if your novel is presented as "found footage", don't query it as so. Be a professional! #pubtip

KT Literary
@ktliterary
Literary Agency
Formerly @daphneun , this is now the general Twitter account for KT Literary, sharing news about our KT Literary clients and books!
17 MSWL
28 AskAgent
11 Queries
13 Tips

Maybe the worst way to start a #query: "I'm working on a novel that is almost complete..." No. Finish it. THEN query. #pubtip

Sara Megibow
@SaraMegibow
Literary Agent
she/her Literary Agent at KT Literary. Reading, parenting, table top gaming, baking challah, hiking and wine tasting. Always LGBTQIA+ friendly!
17 MSWL
13 AskAgent
298 Queries
525 Tips

Before querying any agent vet us first to make sure we're legitimate: pred-ed.com or sfwa.org/other-resource… #pubtip

Sara Megibow
@SaraMegibow
Literary Agent
she/her Literary Agent at KT Literary. Reading, parenting, table top gaming, baking challah, hiking and wine tasting. Always LGBTQIA+ friendly!
17 MSWL
13 AskAgent
298 Queries
525 Tips

If you query 10 agents we'll likely have 10 different submissions processes. Read each agent's submit guidelines before querying! #pubtip

Gordon Warnock
@gordonwarnock
Literary Agent
Founding partner @FuseLiterary representing commercial and literary fiction, nonfiction, and graphic novels. #VoteLibraries
12 MSWL
130 Tips

"[Title] is the YA genre written for adults." First, YA is primarily for high-school teens. Second, YA is a category, not a genre. #pubtip

Zara Kramer
@zarakramer
Publisher
CEO/Publisher at Pandamoon Publishing. Passionate about life, love, books, baseball, technology, crochet, architecture, and my Texas Longhorns #RedSoxNation
2 MSWL
17 Tips

Two days until #pitmad! @pandamoonpub has signed authors from each event...will it be you this time? #pubtip #mswl #amwriting

Zara Kramer
@zarakramer
Publisher
CEO/Publisher at Pandamoon Publishing. Passionate about life, love, books, baseball, technology, crochet, architecture, and my Texas Longhorns #RedSoxNation
2 MSWL
17 Tips

I'm ready for #pitmad...are you? I'll be live from 8:00 to 2:00 so pitch me! #mswl #pubtip #publishing #amwriting

Laura Zats
@LZats
Literary Agent
Founder & Agent @HeadwaterLit . Host of the award-winning @printrunpodcast . Publishers Weekly industry MVP. She/her & Ms/Mx. Open to queries!
213 MSWL
176 AskAgent
3124 Queries
162 Tips

You don't have to point out the themes of your novel when you #query. I'll figure it out. I promise #pubtip

Laura Zats
@LZats
Literary Agent
Founder & Agent @HeadwaterLit . Host of the award-winning @printrunpodcast . Publishers Weekly industry MVP. She/her & Ms/Mx. Open to queries!
213 MSWL
176 AskAgent
3124 Queries
162 Tips

#pubtip: a truly personalized query letter can push you from "maybe" to "request"

Carly Watters
@carlywatters
Literary Agent
SVP & Senior Lit Agent @PSLiterary MA in Publishing Studies @CityUniLondon Co-host of @TSNOTYAW VP of Professional Assoc. of Canadian Literary Agents
153 MSWL
229 AskAgent
334 Tips

Do you know the guidelines of Twitter pitch contests? Read this Writers In The Storm post: ow.ly/B5tJL #pubtip

Shana Asaro
@shana_asaro
Editor
Editor at Harlequin's Love Inspired imprint and mom. I love my dog, monkeys, cupcakes, HGTV, Starbucks, Gilmore Girls and weather disaster plots.
26 MSWL
55 Tips

It's amazing what a little conflict and plot can do for a book. #pubtip

Emily S. Keyes
@esc_key
Literary Agent
Founder of the Keyes Agency, LLC. Bookish. Short. Invisible Disability. Brooklyn, NY. She/her
104 MSWL
1 AskAgent
36 Tips

Don't pay some website to put your submission up online. I'm not going to read it there. Any agents ever use these sites? #Pubtip

Marlene Stringer
@MarleneStringer
Literary Agent
Literary Agent, pop culture follower, Opera lover, birder, early am beach walker, knitter, & my best work: Mom of four
19 MSWL
103 Tips

Writers ~ avoid unnecessary rejection. Read what agents represent (and DON"T represent) before you Q! #pubtip

Pandamoon Publishing
@pandamoonpub
Publisher
We're an innovative independent publishing house in Austin. At Pandamoon, we're growing good ideas into great reads...one book at a time.
6 Tips

And don't forget #PitMad on Sept. 9. We'll be there all day- will you? #pitches #pubtip

Ella Kennen
@EllaTalks
Literary Agent
Kidlit, graphic novel, and NF Literary Agent @CorvisieroLit , #WeNeedDiverseBooks advocate, writer of #pubtips /#querytips and blogger @RateYourStory
51 Queries
27 Tips
Jennie Goloboy
@JennieGoloboy
Literary Agent
Literary Agent, DMLA. Charleston and the Emergence of Middle-Class Culture in the Revolutionary Era @ugapress '16, Obviously, Aliens @qospress '21. #vp20
88 MSWL
42 Tips

New rule: if the publisher calls himself a "traditional publisher" in an unsolicited email, he probably isn't. #pubtip

Jessica Schmeidler
@TheWriteShadow
Literary Agent
My eyes sting, my hands are shaking, and the coffee is never strong enough... Welcome to my literary reality. Literary Agent, Golden Wheat Literary
10 MSWL
56 Tips