#querytip
Put your whole name and links in your signature. I've requested manuscripts based on research done after looking at links. Just a first name signature makes me wonder if you really understand the business side of writing and take it seriously.
#amquerying #amwriting

It is never a good look to slide into an agent’s DMs to pitch your work, even if your DM admits “I know you said not to do this.” This has happened to me five times in the past three days. Don’t do it. Use the proper channels. #amquerying #querytip

A quick warning that I'm going to be closing to queries a week from today and will be closed for the entire month of August. Please plan accordingly! #querytip

Friendly reminder to please NOT pitch agents directly on Twitter, FB, DMs or any social media unless they specifically ask you to do so. Agents have FORMAL CHANNELS for submitting your work--please use those instead. Don't clog up our mentions with pitches. Thank you! #querytip

I've been in the query trenches before, I know how difficult it can be. Keep a spreadsheet of your queries. When you query multiple times with the same project, I assume you are not mindful of how you present yourself and lazy about the process. #querytip

#SFFpit tip: have different pitches for the same book. Sometimes that first pitch might not have enough info to connect with an agent, but the second one does! Sometimes if I'm on the fence about a pitch, I check the author's feed to see if there's another one! #querytip

If you watched last week's video on why agent's don't give feedback on queries, you'll want to watch the follow-up! -- Why Agent's Don't Give Feedback on Submissions #writingcommunity #querytip youtu.be/ywCXETaAlAw via @YouTube

Talking Down About Others & Yourself. Agent @ericsmithrocks shares three surprising query letter mistakes: bit.ly/2MPYka6 via @PubCrawlBlog #querytip #pubtip

#QueryTip re: comp titles: when I see “none” or “can’t think of any” or “totally original!” it doesn’t intrigue me; it worries me. Worries me that you aren’t well read in your genre or don’t want to put in the work to research. I get what you’re trying to say: (1/)

#QueryTip: Especially true for nonfiction: Think long and hard about your title – a misleading or imprudent title can paint your writing in a less flattering light.

#QueryTip unless I specifically request to see your manuscript again after certain changes are made, please don’t send that manuscript again. If I passed, it’s because it didn’t hit fundamentals of what I’m looking for, not because it needed another round of edits.

Truth. Make me fall in love with the premise and then the sample pages. Your bio might be interesting, but the writing is what’ll hook me. #amquerying #querytip #writingcommunity

I don't represent adult books. So if you are acknowledging that fact IN YOUR QUERY then why even waste your time and query me? Do yourself a favor and query an agent who does represent what you are writing. #amquerying #amwriting #querytip

Always include plot & stakes in your query letter. You can be the nicest person on earth in your intro, but I still have to know 1-what your novel’s basic hook & plot are & 2-what’s at stake for your characters & their world. I don’t have time to search for it! Auto no. #querytip

I often get the sense that writers are trying to flex their lyric/descriptive muscles as hard as possible in the first paragraph of their manuscript--which almost always ends up making it a pass for me. #querytip

#QueryTip: Be positive and self-assured! Expressing doubt about the quality of your manuscript is not going to inspire confidence in the agent you’re trying to hook.

The longer I agent, the longer I realize the query is a promise. When you make a promise to someone, it’s usually important, there’s something behind it that matters. When you FULFILL that promise, good things happen. #querytip #writetip

Here is a weird #querytip for #amquerying authors.

Most of you will be aghast, I'm sure.

But for the rest of you: DO NOT try to be flirtatious with me in your query. Do not make it about my looks. I can look like a Tolkien Uruk-hai and STILL sell your books.

Be professional.

Just want to re-up this because I think about this a lot and it's very very true (with necessary caveat that if the situation changes; you have an offer of rep; etc., that is totally 100 percent fine). #querytip

#querytip and #synopsistip
They are two different things. Do your research. Your query is not a synopsis.

Also, YOU GOT THIS!