Keep a tight focus on central plot - trying to share EVERYthing that happens in your project will make your query cluttered. #querytip

Looking for realistic fic (YA & adult) set today, 90s or 80s, with flawed characters, emotional plotlines, and big life messages. #querytip

A pass can be for many reasons, but none are personal attack. Not a rejection of YOU as a person. I'm sure YOU are amazing :) #querytip

For my sake, add a woman-authored book to your list. It makes you look better-read in the genre anyway. #querytip

#querytip: it looks weird, if you're a man writing in a mostly-female genre (YA, romance, women's fic), to only comp your work to other men.

What @DonaghyLiterary said! PLEASE follow submission guidelines. Why wouldn't you?? All the cool people do it! #querytip

#querytip For the love of all that is holy, follow sub guidelines.Finding queries in all of our email accts #deleting resub to correct acct.

Pitch one book at a time. Don’t send an agent three stories and tell them to pick the one they like. Just don’t. #querytip

#Querytip Don't waste an opportunity to sell agent on story by pitching multiple stories in one sub. ZZZZzzzzzzz

I love reading submissions that clearly match what I'm looking for, even if they end up being a pass. #writing #querytip

#querytip caveat: obviously the 5,000 rounding rule does not apply to picture books. ;)

#querytip: round your word count to the nearest multiple of 5,000. 80,000 and 81,729 are exactly the same, from my perspective.

Also, I am not an agent. I am a writer. I write, because I must write. Thus, I repeat, I am not an agent. You’ve been warned. #querytip

Query pet peeve: when mss is quoted in the letter. Makes writer seem precious about the prose, suggests s/he won't revise. #querytip

Want me to critique your SF/F query and ten pages? Sign up for @WritersDigest bootcamp! register.writersonlineworkshops.com/Course?CourseI… #askagent #querytip

Don't make presumptions about the marital status of female agents. When in doubt stick to Ms. to be safe #querytip

#Querytip: spell-check your query materials! Just read a query whose author is on Facebook and "Titter." #publishing #TypoTuesday

I like the word “that” within reason, but adverbs are like drugs. Addictive & bad for you. Not really, but you get my point. #querytip

Being "old", white, male and writing speculative fiction is not auto-advantageous. Don't think that. AT LEAST, don't tell us! #querytip

Bid on one of our wonderful donations to help the The Seymour Agency fundraiser for #LiteracyMatters! #querytip seymouragency.blogspot.com