This is your friendly neighborhood agent with a happy reminder: do not query an unfinished / unpolished novel! #querytip #pubtip

#PubTip = best thing to do while waiting on submissions = keep writing! #KeepWriting #awesome

NB: not the way to pitch an agent #pubtip

What Every Writer Should Know About Book Covers shar.es/1JwmbQ via @WritersDigest #pubtip

"What’s Your Genre? A High-Level Overview for Writers" Thank @brooke_warner & @JaneFriedman for this one: janefriedman.com/genre/ #pubtip

Exactly why writers shouldn't start their queries with "Imagine this" youtube.com/watch?v=rC-CTV… #pubtip

I love when YA queries are like "some of my best friends are teens." I know what they mean, but it makes me lol. #pubtip

In queries, plot > themes. #pubtip

The more genres you cite as encompassing your work, the less enthusiastic I am about it. You can't be all genres to all people. #pubtip

The latest The Write Shadow Times! paper.li/TheWriteShadow… Thanks to @AvaQuinnWrites @EdieMelson #pubtip #ihsnet

If your manuscript is on submission with us and you receive another offer, PLEASE let us know in advance. #pubtip

Internal conflict in contemporary middle grade is, perhaps, less complex than in YA. Still, it shouldn't sound trite or silly. #pubtip #MG

If you don’t follow sub guidelines, I assume you don’t read. If I assume you don’t read, it’s not looking too good for your writing. #pubtip

#PubTip = Great sell through results in reprinting. Great sell through is very very very good news - even better news than great buy in.

#PubTip = Buy in heavily influences print run (how many copies of your book the publisher decides to print before book launch).

I just learned about an agent who was charging $495 for each new author about ten years ago. And now I'm sad for those authors. #pubtip

You guys know that if an agent charges you money up front to represent you, he's a bad agent, right? #pubtip

Don't send sloppy Qs. If you're going to C&P or take any other shortcut, be aware of what it looks like to the recipient.#pubtip

Real talk: publicizing a book that took years to write #pubtip theguardian.com/books/2013/jul…

A friendly #PubTip reminder that an agent is a business partner. When you enter into that relationship it entails trust & respect from both.