Dear Dystopian YA authors, your worlds must make sense. Major plot holes can ruin a trilogy. Why would people live under the sea? #querytip

11 Steps to Finding the Agent Who'll Love your Book: ow.ly/A3RfK #querytip

Names are really important in your query letter. Here are 3 that should always be included: bit.ly/1AUhxvS #querytip #querying

Hungry for new clients! #querytip #realisticfiction #YA #WF #narrativenonfiction #litfic #commercialfic

Do ur research! i.e. I just spent 20 minutes trying 2 find someone’s gender so I didn’t address an email as ‘Dear Mr.’ to a woman. #querytip

While researching, I found this great article showing ANYONE can land a contract/agent. teenscanwritetoo.wordpress.com/tag/published-… #querytip

Publishers aren't going to take on a book that people don't want, even if you are right and they should listen to your advice #querytip

#querytip: This is a huge agent pet peeve: Does "Novel" Now Mean Any Book? slate.com/blogs/lexicon_… via @slate

Don’t send out a query as written by any of your characters. It’s silly and unprofessional. Queries are for business purposes! #querytip

Take recommended word counts seriously. If you're way over, it's time to confront the edits you are avoiding. #querytip

Great post from May! publishing-hub.com/2014/05/your-q… @PubHub_blog #querytip

Taking Twitter pitches again tomorrow morning 9am-9:30am EDT. Get 'em ready. #amwriting #querytip #askagent #writers foliolit.com/erin-niumata/

Always end a chapter on a bang, or at least a hook. Something to make us NEED to keep reading. #querytip #writetip

#querytip don't send your YA fantasy novel and say it's nonfiction...

Craft your voice. A clichéd story can work if told with an amazing voice. #querytip #writetip

Want awesome #writetips from the head hauncho of The Seymour Agency? Follow @AgentMarySue ! She knows her stuff! #querytip

What's your project's title? Don't forget to include it! (You'd be surprised how often this "small" detail gets forgotten.) #querytip

Today this #literaryagent asks #writers: Got your big girl panties on? bit.ly/1pvslaY #amwriting #querytip

Final summer pitchathon this Thursday! 9am-9:30am. Get your pitches ready. My likes: foliolit.com/erin-niumata/ #querytip #amwriting #writing

New trend I'm noticing in queries: bulleted/numbered lists to describe plot points. I don't like it. #newpetpeeve #querytip