#Subtip - Make sure you accept/reject all your track changes and remove all comments in your document before submitting. I've come across several that are a visual rainbow of track changes, and it makes it almost impossible to read.
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#Authors-- you MUST know where you book is going to fit on shelves. If you don't, it means that you're not reading enough. Know your genre, and know it well! youtube.com/watch?v=-CCw5f… #QueryTip #AmQuerying #AmWriting

Hey writers, a heads up: I used to have a lot of records on manuscripts I'd previously read, but since I moved, I don't have them anymore. If you're querying me because I previously read another ms (please do!), it would be really helpful if you refreshed my memory! #querytip

Your query is just as important as your book-- workshop it. revise it. get a critique partner for it. Only send it out when it's 100% ready. #QueryTip #AmQuerying

Speaking only for myself and not all agents, but honestly if you know an agent wants something specific that shows up in later books, I think it's fine to mention that in the query letter! Certainly I would love to know. #querytip

I will be reopening to queries on Monday, July 29th. Polish those pitches! In the meantime, I'll be tweeting some updates on what I am (and am not) looking for. #askagent #querytip

Hope this latest blog post helps authors view the process in a different light #querytip #askagent
Literary Agents Query Too: marycmoore.com/index.php/2019…

Great conversation here! When to follow up with agents considering your work, and how to go about it.
#amquerying #querytip #WritingCommunity

#querytip: 250 words isn't a lot of space so here's the quick and dirty on things to include:

Word count (check sources to make sure yours is in the ballpark for your genre)
Genre
Main characters
What's at stake
Twist
Your writing bio

Go get 'em, tiger!

But there's a difference between a query letter pitching a character who grows, and pitching a Hero who then, in the sample pages, unironically views women as prizes. Author Awareness makes a difference. #querytip

Dear Authors,

Please don’t use italics for your query letter.

Signed,
An agent who probably needs glasses

#querytip #SlushInsight

One common mistake I’m seeing in some of my adult SFF submissions is main characters lacking a concrete personal connection to the plot #writetip #querytip

One more #querytip: "start with the action" is popular writing advice & as a result I receive many queries that start in the middle of a fight (or flight) scene.

-looking for other people's clients. And never getting paid. I love you all, I really do, but consider when you're asking for a professional's free labor, please. This is the etiquette part. #subtip #querytip

-about something we very likely can't help you with and which adds to our submissions workload in a way that... uh... won't make us money. Consider submissions is important bc we're looking for clients, but if I regularly do this back & forth, at some pt #subtip #querytip I end-

-people we know, AND we want you to succeed. When you email back to ask us this, you're adding to our submissions inbox. Mine currently has about 3,000 emails in it. Sometimes I get it below 1,000 & two days later it's back over. #subtip #querytip you're asking us to dialogue -

-in addition to our own tastes. If it made sense to recommend you query another agent (or agency, which is what you're really asking us on some level, to send you to our competition), we probably would have done so. We actually do think about our friends #subtip #querytip and-

A baby bit more inbox etiquette! If someone sends a pass on your work, please don't respond asking to recommend you to someone else. This seems rude of me to say, on its face, but imagine an agent already is usually thinking about the market & who would buy it -#subtip #querytip

Aside from that, it’s very frustrating to read a query carefully and reply thoughtfully only to have someone say they already accepted an offer. And that’s just me being really honest with you.

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Please be kind. #querytip