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
Emily Rodmell
@EmilyRodmell
Editor
Editor at HarperCollins / Harlequin Love Inspired Books. Lives for sunny days & city life. Instagram: NYC_Editor_Life, Facebook: Emily Rodmell, Editor
78 MSWL
140 Tips

Synopses for editors or agents should be chock full of spoilers. We want to know all the juicy stuff that happens. Don't be a tease. #pubtip

Steven Hutson
@wordwiselit
Literary Agent
Literary Agent at WordWise Media Services, member AALA. Check out my blog: wordwisebooks.blogspot.com
11 MSWL
5 AskAgent
70 Tips
Tu Books
@tubooks
Publisher
Tu Books, an imprint of @LEEandLOW , publishes diverse middle grade and YA books set at the point where imagination and real life collide.
81 MSWL
1 Tips

Tu Books @tubooks

My dear authors: please don't return at the end of a line as if you were typing on a typewriter! I know it can be habit, but please no.
Replying to @tubooks

Sometimes for reading purposes we have to digitally change the font/resize/whatever. That means your careful returns become a mess. #pubtip

Emily Rodmell
@EmilyRodmell
Editor
Editor at HarperCollins / Harlequin Love Inspired Books. Lives for sunny days & city life. Instagram: NYC_Editor_Life, Facebook: Emily Rodmell, Editor
78 MSWL
140 Tips

Don't use backstory/background on your first page. First hook the reader, then you can fill them in on the details. #pubtip

Emily Rodmell
@EmilyRodmell
Editor
Editor at HarperCollins / Harlequin Love Inspired Books. Lives for sunny days & city life. Instagram: NYC_Editor_Life, Facebook: Emily Rodmell, Editor
78 MSWL
140 Tips

Never send your first draft to an editor or agent. Taking the time to polish is more important than getting it in early. #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
Steven Hutson
@wordwiselit
Literary Agent
Literary Agent at WordWise Media Services, member AALA. Check out my blog: wordwisebooks.blogspot.com
11 MSWL
5 AskAgent
70 Tips

Yes, you need professional editing. #pubtip

Steven Hutson
@wordwiselit
Literary Agent
Literary Agent at WordWise Media Services, member AALA. Check out my blog: wordwisebooks.blogspot.com
11 MSWL
5 AskAgent
70 Tips

Social media will not get you where you want to go. Get on a plane and go do some real networking in the biz. It's who you know. #pubtip

Steven Hutson
@wordwiselit
Literary Agent
Literary Agent at WordWise Media Services, member AALA. Check out my blog: wordwisebooks.blogspot.com
11 MSWL
5 AskAgent
70 Tips

Your straight-A's in high school composition don't matter anymore. You're in the big leagues now. #pubtip

Steven Hutson
@wordwiselit
Literary Agent
Literary Agent at WordWise Media Services, member AALA. Check out my blog: wordwisebooks.blogspot.com
11 MSWL
5 AskAgent
70 Tips

Yes, you need decent platform to sell a novel. Don't let anyone tell you differently. #pubtip

Steven Hutson
@wordwiselit
Literary Agent
Literary Agent at WordWise Media Services, member AALA. Check out my blog: wordwisebooks.blogspot.com
11 MSWL
5 AskAgent
70 Tips

Know the vocabulary: Query, proposal, synopsis, etc. What that editor calls, you need to know what to do. #pubtip

Steven Hutson
@wordwiselit
Literary Agent
Literary Agent at WordWise Media Services, member AALA. Check out my blog: wordwisebooks.blogspot.com
11 MSWL
5 AskAgent
70 Tips

If an agent asks for your proposal, don't say "Google me." Even "what's a proposal?" is better. It means you're thinking. #pubtip

Terrie Wolf
@AKA_Terrie
Literary Agent
Agent of the Year 2021 (ACFW) | I rep outstanding authors and projects at @aka_lit . | Film, foreign, media | Girl of the West with her eye on all things global.
46 MSWL
24 Tips

When you mention your past publishing success, also let me know if it was written under another name. I want to know you. #pubtip

P.S. Literary Agency
@PSLiterary
Literary Agency
Representing a diverse list of internationally published, award-winning, bestselling and debut creators.
2859 MSWL
71 AskAgent
3 Queries
179 Tips

"Writing and publishing are two separate stages of a writer's work. Deal with them one at a time." -Judith Barrington #pubtip

Elana Roth Parker
@ElanaRoth
Literary Agent
Kidlit agent w/ @LDLiterary . @aalitagents communications committee. Avid quilter. Still not Elena. Open to queries. She/her.
107 MSWL
3 AskAgent
196 Tips

Please don’t be fancy. Times New Roman*, 12 pt., double-spaced, 1” margins. Just like college. #pubtip

*Or other bland serif font.

Kate McKean
@kate_mckean
Literary Agent
Literary Agent at Morhaim Literary
79 MSWL
35 AskAgent
115 Tips

Stop talking about Drumpf in your query letters. #pubtip

Steven Hutson
@wordwiselit
Literary Agent
Literary Agent at WordWise Media Services, member AALA. Check out my blog: wordwisebooks.blogspot.com
11 MSWL
5 AskAgent
70 Tips

Thousands of social media contacts are nice. But how many of them represent your target audience? #pubtip

Steven Hutson
@wordwiselit
Literary Agent
Literary Agent at WordWise Media Services, member AALA. Check out my blog: wordwisebooks.blogspot.com
11 MSWL
5 AskAgent
70 Tips

By the time that you identify a trend, chances are that it has already passed you by. Write your own story. #pubtip

Steven Hutson
@wordwiselit
Literary Agent
Literary Agent at WordWise Media Services, member AALA. Check out my blog: wordwisebooks.blogspot.com
11 MSWL
5 AskAgent
70 Tips

Has God called you to write? Get educated. Even the prophets in the Bible had human teachers. #pubtip