4) BATHROOMS ARE ALWAYS OFF LIMITS WHEN TRYING TO INITIATE CONVERSATIONS WITH STRANGERS #pubtip

3) As an author, DO NOT go up to other authors and request/demand they read your book/blurb you. It puts them in a weird position #pubtip

2) If they ask about your book in conversation, THEN you can tell them about it. But we'd like to chat informally as actual people #pubtip

1) Unless it's a formal pitch session, don't come out swinging to editors/agents with a book idea. It's rude/Awk #pubtip

Well, it's Thursday afternoon and I have cons on the brain. Let's talk etiquette! #pubtip

ICYMI: "Author Brands: Which Type of Influencer Are You?" & how to pivot your social media presence: bit.ly/1rXvHNa #pubtip

Don’t be that guy. (See previous tweet.) #pubtip

Query 4/12. Passed today. Reply: “Found representation a few weeks ago and we are already talking to editors. You missed an easy pay check."

Authors see 4x higher increase in post-promotion revenue when their book is discounted for 5 days or fewer. bit.ly/1NaVKnS #pubtip

For How Long Should You Run Your Ebook Price Promotion? bit.ly/1NaVKnS by @DianaUrban at @BookBubPartners #pubtip

So send that extra tweet of support or Instagram someone else's book. You'll find the community you build will also be there for you #pubtip

Your novel is not "Fitzgerald meets Salinger," please do not query it as such. Specific, contemporary comps #pubtip

Do you see how you can still say the same thing but in a way that's physically possible? Yes? Good. Carry on. #amwriting #pubtip 9/9 FIN.

EXAMPLE:
"I love cheese." She sighed. "If only I weren't lactose intolerant."
#pubtip #amwriting 8/?

The solution? PERIODS INSTEAD OF COMMAS. Don't link those verbs to the text itself, but rather, to the speaker #pubtip #amwriting 7/?

HOWEVER, there are STILL ways you can use laugh, sigh, etc in dialogue tags w/o being physically imposible #pubtip #amwriting 6/?

You can talk AND sigh. You can say words that come out of you like a sigh, but notice that it is simile, not truth #pubtip #amwriting 6/?

You can't BREATHE a sentence. Nor can you SIGH words. Or CLUCK or any other nonsense #pubtip #amwriting 4/?

Notice that these tags are way your TALK. Many fiction writers INSIST on creating dialogue tags that aren't possible #amwriting #pubtip 3/?

Appropriate ways to tag writing include the following: said, replied, asked, yelled, muttered, etc #amwriting #pubtip 2/?