If you accept an offer of representation, please email the other agents you queried to remove your manuscript from consideration. #querytip #amquerying

Note: NLA will be CLOSED TO SUBMISSIONS for the month of December.
Queries sent after 5:00 pm MST Friday, November 30, 2018, will not be read. Please plan to query us after 8:00 am MST Wednesday, January 2, 2019. Happy Holidays! #querytip

If you have always wanted to try to write Middle Grade, now is the time. #querytip

#QueryTip If you get a request for a full or partial manuscript...

Before you send, do one final review and accept all track changes + remove any reader comments, etc., from the draft. #amquerying

Update: I’m completely caught up on all queries and working my way through a bunch of exciting submissions from October 10th. #Querytip #QueryUpdate

Adding to this, if you insist on including the five pages from the middle of the book in your query instead of the first five pages (as requested), you need a new beginning. If you can't win a reader over in the beginning, it doesn't matter how great pages 110-115 are. #querytip

Quick little #querytip: if you call an agency to ask about their submission process, and someone kindly takes the time to walk you through it, don't HANG UP when they say they'll have to read your letter before they decide. Can't wait to put your query right in the trash!

If you MIGHT be interested in requerying an agent one day down the road, it MIGHT not be in your best interest to respond to their personalized rejection telling them you “might” consider querying them with your next project. You never know when they MIGHT remember you. #querytip

FYI. I am so behind on submissions so I intend to close to queries tomorrow. #amquerying #querytip

#querytip Your novel does not need to be accompanied by an illustration, especially not one involving nudity

I’m biracial, so sending me a query with the word halfbreed in it is going to be a hard pass. I don’t care about the context. Any use of that word is not okay in my book. #querytip

#querytip A lot of the time, agents sit in very close proximity to each other. If you query multiple agents at the same agency, they're going to find out, and it isn't a good look for you.

#querytip #amwriting #writetip in both your query and your book, it's best to be specific and original about societal structures & evils. "The Organization" "The Kingdom" "The Darkness" "The Guardian" "The Entity" - as proper nouns, these feel not thoroughly developed enough. 1/

#querytip I am NOT the right fit for novels that use an epistolary format! It just doesn’t grab me; I need to be immersed in the POV, and epistolary dilutes that for me

(Plus, I’m pretty sure I’m scarred from reading every single word of CLARISSA in one month during college 🙈)

I’m caught up on queries through 10/9/18. That feels nice. #querytip #amagenting

Friendly #amquerying #querytip PSA: Please use fonts that are super simple to read, rather than artistic, regardless of what you hope will appear in the final book. I read electronically all day. Your fancy curly font makes my eyeballs turn to tapioca pudding. Thank you!

Hey, peeps. If I don't respond to your query letter after three weeks, it's a pass for that project. PLEASE DON'T TELL ME I MADE A MISTAKE OR TRY TO CONVINCE ME TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK. Be professional. Thanks! #querytip

#querytip. Clarifying an earlier tweet: When you query an agent, it’s best to only submit one manuscript for consideration in that email. Don’t query every manuscript you’ve ever written or even just two. Pick ONE manuscript to focus on in that submission.

Please don’t use my email to blind query me. I have a submission system set up to ensure you get a timely response. Using my email will get you no response. #querytip

#QueryTip A great title really helps to pique a reader's (or an agent's or editor's) interest (even if it gets changed later). Try to craft a title that raises a question in the reader's mind, and better yet, establishes tone and style. #amwriting #amquerying