#querytip Please don’t tell me about your other projects in the query—that should be saved for the call.

Just a #querytip reminder: I do not accept queries through email. Please make sure you are using my QM link per my sub guidelines. Queries sent to my email will be deleted unanswered. Having all my queries in one place allows me to stay organized and timely in my responses.

It's not a great look to speak poorly of the books you're comping to in your query letter.
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Hi hello how are you. Don't send me Nazi romances. Don't send me Nazi redemption arcs. I don't want them and if you send them to me I will never work with you on anything ever. #querytip #protip #askagent #writingcommunity #tellallyourlilfriends #cuzimsickofthisshit

Grammar and the Inferiority Complex: My latest questions whether submissions are really rejected based on grammar errors. #querytip #askagent marycmoore.com/index.php/2019…

It is always (always!) a good idea to go over your #queryletter one last time before you submit it #QueryTip #AmQuerying #WritingCommunity

Gentle reminder:

When using Query Manager, we’re able to see who else you’ve queried at our agency.

i.e. it’s very, very easy to tell when someone blatantly ignores our guidelines.

Don’t give yourself an automatic strike by not listening to what we’re asking for.

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Caught up on queries through the end of May. If you didn’t hear from me, try again! #amagenting #querytip

So #querytip, if you're sending to multiple agents in submissions (esp back to back) & you personalize by name but not the rest of your query, we notice. So if all three agents "have an interest in...." when we don't, you don't look great. Take that extra effort, it will show.

A rejection doesn't mean you're a bad writer or we didn't like your project. Just means I didn't have that burning-absolute-yes-gut-feeling that will fuel our efforts as we drill through revisions and then champion your project to publishers. #askagent #querytip

Send agents 1 pitch at a time. Pick your strongest manuscript.
But also, list all your other books in the query too. Ex. "I also have a completed adult SF space opera & a horror available upon request."
I actually SIGNED A CLIENT on one of the OTHER books he listed.
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Writers, if your book doesn't perfectly fit a specific MSWL item, that's okay! It's better to query because you think the book is a good fit in general than to try to cherry pick elements of a specific mswl to make your book fit. (Example in next tweet) #querytip

Check your email every day! You never know when you might get a request for further material, and it's easy for you to get lost in the mix if you're not quick to respond #querytip

Sending the same submission every day is not the way to get noticed by an agent. I look at every query in order and carefully consider each one. When I'm interested I will contact you. So repeat submissions, don't get a quicker read. Honestly, it's a bit of a no-no. #querytip

Query pet peeve: when someone I don't know asks for advice or suggestions or an opinion, like this isn't a job that I get paid for. Which is not to say I don't provide critique or advice unprompted, but the expectation that I should give it away to anyone who asks? No. #querytip

Loves of mine! If I ask you to please email me at my email instead of submissions & you need to follow up, please follow up at my email instead of submissions. There are many submissions, & I will not see it in a timely manner. #querytip #subtip

#querytip Follow the directions. Follow the directions. If your story is most pitchable when you lead in with Chapter Three, Chapter Three should be Chapter One

Seeing A LOT of submissions in my box tonight where the writer doesn’t know how to craft a query.

I’m talking all bio or trying to be clever with no pitch or saying they “don’t know how to do this.”

Do you research! You’re giving yourself an auto no! #amagenting #querytip

#querytip checking in constantly on the status of your MS will very likely speed up the response process, but you also aren't likely to like the response you get. You don't want to come across as overly demanding or difficult to work with. Publishing is a glacially slow business.

Dear #querying #writercommunity -
I heartily suggest you research each agent you query off their agency website and follow their specifications vs. tweeting a pitch at them and asking if they'd like to read your book.
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