Agent & Editor panels always show how subjective this business can be. So RESEARCH to find the right person for you & your book! #querytip

First step to success in finding an agent: follow the submission guidelines for that agency. triadaus.com/submission-gui… @triadaus #querytip

Attn! I am CLOSING to queries after 8/5, until further notice! Query me before midnight this Friday for a response. :)

#querytip #subtip

Please have a twitter account or a website or something for agents TO find. #querytip

Fyi subbing authors, I will google you, so make sure what you're telling me in your bio is both true and easy to verify online. #querytip

"According to your website...." says you've researched me. "Sending my Christian romance..." says you have not. #recheck #querytip #pubtip

Because it has come up a couple of times today: please accept all changes in your submission files and send us clean versions. #querytip

Even if you give a detailed summary of your story, the genre may not be clear. So specifically mention it #querytip

Be real, people. Not liking a thing doesn't make it unethical. I don't eat pork, but that doesn't mean it's "unethical" to do so. #querytip

The best way to ruin your writing career is...facebook.com/WriterBeware/p… #querytip #LifeTip

Can't wait for @PNWA this week! Here are my 5 tips on #pitching for a writers conference: chicagowritersconference.org/2016/07/13/5-t… #querytip #MSWL

Don’t send in PDFs when submission guidelines clearly state Word documents. #querytip

Here's what should be an obvious #querytip Don't publicly shame, belittle, & insult agents and then whine about how you can't get one.

99.9999999% chance I don't want to read a submission - or published book - that takes place in the afterlife or a dreamland. #querytip

Avoid rhetorical questions. Don't write it from your character's POV. #PitchWars #querytip

#querytip a number of agents close to submissions for the summer around this time every year. Make sure you do your homework.

Be your *best* in a query. Lead with your positives. I don't submit to an editor, saying "You won't buy this anyway, but.." #querytip

Where did the advice come from that names are supposed to be capped in a query? I don't like that advice. #querytip

What’s wrong with giving your YA characters regular names? Carmen, Susan and Jessica are perfectly fine. #NoReally #pubtip #querytip

You don’t need to tell me your story is interesting or original. I’ll hopefully see that for myself when I req pages. #querytip