Katie Shea Boutillier
@AgentShea
Literary Agent
VP/Rights Director & Lit Agent w/ DMLA, specializing in commercial adult fiction & young adult. Open to queries as of 8/15/23 Query email: ksbqueries@gmail.com
17 MSWL
62 Tips

Digging into my queries tonight... and I'm quite not sure what I'm looking for but I hope it finds me first! #querytip

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

30 Literary Agents Now Accepting Science Fiction and Fantasy Submissions | TCK Publishing tckpublishing.com/literary-agent… #querytip

Kaitlyn Katsoupis
@RedPenKaitlyn
Literary Agent
Agent @belcastr . insta: kjbelcastro. Freelance Editor. Serial comma for life. She/her. Query at QueryManager.com/1147
283 MSWL
345 AskAgent
55 Queries
385 Tips

People, PLEASE, stop using the line "so-and-so is not like other girls" in your query. PLEASE! #querytip

Mark Gottlieb
@Mark_Gottlieb
Literary Agent
Mark Gottlieb is a literary agent at the Trident Media Group literary agency in New York City. #tridentmediagroup @Trident_Media
30 MSWL
39 AskAgent
8 Tips

Seeing #authors #writing queries they're nervous to be #amquerying a high stature #LiteraryAgency. Last thing this #LiteraryAgent wants is #writers to feel .@Trident_Media is unapproachable. Shoot for the Moon, folks! tridentmediagroup.com #askagent #querytip

Jessica Faust
@BookEndsJessica
Literary Agent
President & founder of BookEnds Literary Agency, author advocate, optimist, & professional pain in the ass. Runs on coffee, wine, & kettlebells. She/Her
396 MSWL
574 AskAgent
191 Tips
Jessica Faust
@BookEndsJessica
Literary Agent
President & founder of BookEnds Literary Agency, author advocate, optimist, & professional pain in the ass. Runs on coffee, wine, & kettlebells. She/Her
396 MSWL
574 AskAgent
191 Tips

Sassy Cat Chat @LisaLDriscoll

@BookEndsJessica Best advice for writing a Query Letter. I'm killing myself over this process!!! #askagent
Replying to @LisaLDriscoll

Another good exercise is to write queries/book blurbs for some of your favorite books. (Don't cheat and read the cover copy). It might help you get into the practice of what a blurb is. #askagent #querytip

Jessica Faust
@BookEndsJessica
Literary Agent
President & founder of BookEnds Literary Agency, author advocate, optimist, & professional pain in the ass. Runs on coffee, wine, & kettlebells. She/Her
396 MSWL
574 AskAgent
191 Tips

Sassy Cat Chat @LisaLDriscoll

@BookEndsJessica Best advice for writing a Query Letter. I'm killing myself over this process!!! #askagent
Replying to @LisaLDriscoll

If the query blurb isn't working, you might need to look at the book. Sometimes the problem isn't getting the query to work, but in the book itself. #askagent #querytip

Kate Nash
@katenashagent
Literary Agent
Literary agent.
19 MSWL
223 AskAgent
33 Queries
15 Tips
Saritza Hernandez
@LitAgentSaritza
Literary Agent
📚 Literary Agent @AndreaBrownLit , 👩🏽‍💻#UCLAAnnex educator, ☕️@aalitagents member #autismparent 🧩 #lgbtparent #queeraf 💖💙💜 she/her/ella 🇵🇷#SarysPosse
133 MSWL
12 AskAgent
39 Queries
98 Tips

When including comps in your #query, do not include books you admit to never reading. It’s likely, they’re not comparable in any way to your work. #querytip

Marie Lamba
@marielamba
Literary Agent
Author of GREEN GREEN, A DAY SO GRAY, WHAT I MEANT..., DRAWN, and OVER MY HEAD. Literary Agent at Jennifer De Chiara Literary. My opinions are my own.
55 MSWL
20 Queries
43 Tips
Marie Lamba
@marielamba
Literary Agent
Author of GREEN GREEN, A DAY SO GRAY, WHAT I MEANT..., DRAWN, and OVER MY HEAD. Literary Agent at Jennifer De Chiara Literary. My opinions are my own.
55 MSWL
20 Queries
43 Tips

ONE THING I wish writers knew and followed: look up #literaryagent guidelines for each agent and FOLLOW THEM PLEASE! You'll see I'll delete attachments, & all the things I'm interested in and NOT interested in. Writers, your time is valuable too. Use it wisely! #querytip

P.S. Literary Agency
@PSLiterary
Literary Agency
Representing a diverse list of internationally published, award-winning, bestselling and debut creators.
2738 MSWL
71 AskAgent
3 Queries
179 Tips
Heather McCorkle
@McCorkle_Editor
Editor
AQ editor w/City Owl, Editorial Director of Mystic Owl, romance in: SF/F genres for adults only! Love is love. cityowlpress.com enigmaticeditor.bl
95 MSWL
78 Tips

#SubTip #QueryTip Twitter #PitchParty tip: #Writers, have a link in your bio to your blog or website, and, have samples of your writing there. We look.

Penny Moore
@literarypenny
Literary Agent
Senior Agent at @AevitasCreative .🇰🇷혼혈. Cat Mom. Opinions are my own. Here’s a resource if you need it: literaryagentsofcolor.com
126 MSWL
80 Tips

If you’ve trolled and harassed an agent’s client, it’s best that you not query that agent because they will know. #querytip

Lisa Rodgers
@_LisaRodgers
Literary Agent
Knitter, dancer, gamer, NorCal native, word whore, ruiner of dreams. Literary agent with @awfulagent . Opinions are my own. (She/her)
73 MSWL
3 Queries
22 Tips

#querytip When querying fantasy manuscripts, be mindful of how many world-specific words you use. If there are too many unfamiliar words, the query can look like gibberish to someone who doesn't already know what everything means.

Ali Herring
@HerringAli
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent, Spencerhill Associates. Twin mom+1 Eclectic in life & books. #TeamSpencerhill Ali-ens👽rock!
251 MSWL
1 AskAgent
11 Queries
33 Tips

I'm seeing lots of great hooks right now in queries. A great hook is a fantastic start, so kudos, writers! For those who want help in that department, one of my favorite craft books for creating marketable premises is @DonMaass Writing the Breakout Novel. #querytip #writetip

P.S. Literary Agency
@PSLiterary
Literary Agency
Representing a diverse list of internationally published, award-winning, bestselling and debut creators.
2738 MSWL
71 AskAgent
3 Queries
179 Tips

Successful Queries: Gia Cribs & The Disappearance of Sloane Sullivan bit.ly/2M5y378 via @WritersDigest #amquerying #querytip

Kate Nash
@katenashagent
Literary Agent
Literary agent.
19 MSWL
223 AskAgent
33 Queries
15 Tips
Emily S. Keyes
@esc_key
Literary Agent
Founder of the Keyes Agency, LLC. Bookish. Short. Invisible Disability. Brooklyn, NY. She/her
104 MSWL
1 AskAgent
36 Tips

Replying to the oldest queries right now (since I read some complaints on QueryTracker, NM). And one of them says it's an "exclusive" query. I'm like, "Why did you do that to yourself? Don't you know how slow I am?" Don't exclusively query one agent! Query widely! #querytip

Jessica Faust
@BookEndsJessica
Literary Agent
President & founder of BookEnds Literary Agency, author advocate, optimist, & professional pain in the ass. Runs on coffee, wine, & kettlebells. She/Her
396 MSWL
574 AskAgent
191 Tips

Good morning and good luck #PitMad writers. I will not likely be making many trips in today, but don't forget that querying is still one of the best ways to find an agent #querytip