Literary Agent
No no no no. You don't query me and say "if you want to know more about this book, email me." That's not how it works. #pubtip
Literary Agent
Writers! Your genre is NOT "general fiction." #pubtip
Editor
#PubTip: Don't reply to unrelated, non-MSWL tweets by agents/editors with pitches/buy-links for your projects. It doesn't get us interested.
Editor
A rejection from an editor is generally a rejection of a project, not an author. Don't shy away from submitting a new manuscript. #pubtip
Literary Agent
Get your query in for @printrunpodcast Feb query show! send to printrunpodcast at gmail and we'll critique on the show. #amquerying #pubtip
Literary Agent
Are you not getting good responses on your query? Send to printrunpodcast@gmail.com and we'll critique it (anon) on-air for you! #pubtip
Literary Agent
The latest The Write Shadow Times! paper.li/TheWriteShadow… Thanks to @Somemyrrh @BairdBev @C0nservativeGal #pubtip #amwriting
Editor
Tricky thing about writing historicals: anachronisms. You have to keep an eye out for words/phrases that weren't in use back then. #pubtip
Editor
If characters are happy & content before the climax of your romance, then conflict is probably not strong enough. Torture them more. #pubtip
Literary Agent
Sometimes a story doesn't work because the writing voice doesn't fit the genre. #pubtip
Literary Agent
#pubtip if you find the thought of writing a book for free and never making a single cent from it unappealing, you might want to switch jobs
Editor
Want to impress an editor? Make your romantic conflict something more than "He/She hurt me in the past, and I can never love again." #pubtip
Editor
How to make readers care about your characters: Don't give them wants. Give them needs. #pubtip
Literary Agent
How to Escape the Slush Pile: a pre-submission checklist electricliterature.com/how-to-escape-… via @ElectricLit #pubtip
Editor
Prologues are almost always not needed & just an excuse to dump backstory. Avoid them. #pubtip
Editor
The most salable books have multiple hooks. Don't assume one is enough. #pubtip
Literary Agent
Things that don't prove there is a market for your book:
-lots of other books like yours
-lots of google results for your topic
#pubtip
Literary Agent
The latest The Write Shadow Times! paper.li/TheWriteShadow… Thanks to @RomanceUniv @BookTweepz @writelearndream #pubtip #amwriting
Literary Agent
#PubTip = see @JaleighJohnson promote her audiobooks! DO THIS!! narrator, buylink, audio excerpt, etc: jaleighjohnson.com/the-mark-of-th… @audible_com
Editor
Revision letters are not rejection letters. Revision letters are invitations to resubmit. Don't get discouraged & miss opportunity. #pubtip