I've been getting a fair amount of queries in my regular email lately. Please guys, follow submissions guidelines. Always look at an agency's website first for guidelines. Most agents won't look at a query that doesn't follow them! #querytip

So true! Sometimes the “email name” is not your name or your pen name, so I don’t know if you want to be called Ms. The Destroyer of Worlds, or Mary Sue, or what. I usually go off how you sign the letter.

(Also, make sure your email name is your name or pen name.) #querytip

Writers, please sign your query letters? It makes my life when I go to respond (either way) so much easier. Otherwise, it's just me going, "I...hope...this is your name?" #querytip

your periodic reminder to take what you read on #querytip with a grain of salt.

FYI: "Following years of rejection, I’m longer concerned about submitting the perfect entreaty” is the wrong takeaway/first line of a query. #querytip

Those can be sent my way. :) @CorvisieroLit #amwriting #querytip #amquerying #amagenting

Seeing a lot of thriller/suspense queries in my box tonight. Remember, I'm not a good fit for these. Stories of that tension don't often click with me #querytip #amquerying #amagenting

Did you know we're currently accepting queries for the rest of this month? Here's what we're looking for: literary novels & nonfiction about the South. Or by Southern writers. Lesser-heard and new voices.

(cc: @WritersofColor @LatinxinPub @PocPub #amwriting #LitChat #querytip)

There's something about query writing that makes people want to use super tiny font! So fun for my eyes! My tip, keep it 12pt or larger. #querytip

This is a first. In a 30 page submission it didn’t even get through the first chapter.
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Chapter breaks are your friend
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If your query to me is a mass email with a ton of bcc'd agents, you're not even getting a form rejection. #querytip

A month long #AskAgent? Say no more! Find @BookEndsJessica over at Absolute Write all October long: #pubtip #querytip absolutewrite.com/forums/showthr…

Reminder that replying rudely to a pass is never effective! #querytip

When you speak to an agent's client before querying them, be sure to clarify if they're actually giving you a referral or if they're speaking positively about their experiences with the agent. I take client referrals seriously, so please note that I do verify with them. #querytip

I really really really don't represent screenplays. #querytip

Hi All, please don't assume if you haven't heard from me that I've silently rejected you. I often skip over responding to queries that have promise and come back to them when I have more time to review. And I respond to all letters. #querytip

Same here. Not wanted for my list... #querytip

A lot of first chapters begin with an explanation of how the character got to where they are. (Even if it's not in a "freeze frame!" obvious kind of way.) Cut the boring stuff. Let them be in the moment and the reader will catch up. #querytip

If you story features a villain/antagonist that's a rapist, then it's probably not for me. #querytip

#QueryTip As a courtesy, if you accept an offer of representation from an agent, please notify any other agents considering your work--either via email or QueryMgr, etc.--and withdraw your query. We appreciate the kind update. #amquerying