When you're using Harry Potter, LOTR, and Twilight as comp titles when you have a 25-year-old MC, it tells agents that you don't really know what you're actually writing. #querytip

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I should really set up an email filter for Elena and see how many queries she gets in a month. #querytip

#querytip it's never going to make or break your manuscript for me...but I always question why an author chooses to use some ridiculous font in a submission email. My advice is to just keep it classic, Times New Roman or something very similar.

My submission guidelines say I won't open attachments. Just got 3 more queries with attachments TODAY. They are deleted - not risking virus. Help yourselves writers and follow guidelines! #querytip #literaryagent

It's not a deal breaker but I'm not a fan of this language in query letters, "please get back to me at your earliest possible convenience." #agenting #querytip

Just read 3 queries in a row (a row!) that told me they were attaching files despite directions because there was no other way to submit their book. *headdesk* #querytip

So far, I have 5 events scheduled for 2018 and looking to add more. Will I see any of you? #amwriting #amediting #querytip #amquerying #Conferences facebook.com/pg/LiteraryKat…

Along the same lines...

Please don't pitch me through Twitter and ask if I'd like to see your submission materials. I've noticed an uptick in these recently. Sticking to submission guidelines will guarantee a response from me. #querytip

Please don’t pre-query. It’s not necessary to ask for permission to send a query. However, if an agent is closed to queries please wait patiently until the agent is open again instead of asking if you can send a query while s/he is closed. #querytip

#QueryTip = let's say your heroine is a young queen whose mother had been deposed in a coup led by her brother's army.

In a query simply call her "the queen" or "the young queen." Cut out as much backstory as possible!

It's been said before, but bears repeating: starting your query letter by bashing other writers (even, nay, ESPECIALLY unpublished ones who are also querying) just doesn't work. #amquerying #querytip

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Great post by @lauraeweymouth! #writetip #querytip #TriadaTip

lauraeweymouth.com/2018/01/journa…

On a serious note, #querytip - I get even more excited to read your book when you mention which Hogwarts House you are in.

Super minor Agent PSA #querytip - in a query, there is no need to define "fiction" or "nonfiction." I am, in fact, familiar with these terms.

Other terms an agent generally knows: "book," "write," and even "condescension."

Super familiar with these terms.

uhhh... #querytip I guess. 🤷‍♂️

I know you're excited when #amquerying, but most agents won't open attachments, including query, sample pages, & the MS, unless we requested the material. I want to see the blurb (like the back cover of a book), a short bio, & 1st 5 pages in body of email. #querytip #pubtip

#querytip I LOVE when writers mention my Pinterest visual #MSWL in a query. It's so fun learning who identifies with what image.

If you want your book to even remotely interest me, do NOT insult my work as an agent thus far and insinuate none of it can possibly make a difference until I come upon YOUR book. #querytip

Offensive, rude, small-minded, (continues the list to infinity)...😡

#querytip Thrown ≠ Throne