#QueryTip: One question that every good query letter should answer is, why does this book matter RIGHT NOW?

#WriteTip (#QueryTip #HelpfulStepForYourReadersTip)

Include page numbers on your #WIP manuscript for easy reference. Your beta readers (as well as agents, editors, and anyone providing feedback on the draft) will love you for it.

#amwriting #amrevising #amquerying

#QueryTip: When I respond to an author saying that I'm open to future queries from them, I don't typically mean in the same week or the same month. Developing a project usually takes a long time, and I'm not always able to take a second look immediately.

Oh, this is a really smart question to ask yourself. #querytip

How to Conquer a Literary Agent's Slush Pile #querytip youtu.be/5CrICmJRuQY via @YouTube

If it's still available, we can reject it.

If it's still available, we can request it.

Keep this in mind when you think about "time" in a creative business. #pubtip #querytip

#QueryTip

I welcome the chance to see illustrated dummies. Sadly, my Query Manager form doesn't accept large attachments. Instead, please provide a (password-protected) portfolio link, Dropbox link or a Google doc link. I promise I'll click through to look!

Best of luck!

1/ I want to rephrase this #QueryTip, thanks to @a_h_reaume who took the time to explain the exclusivity of my language use here.

When possible, agents definitely appreciate it when MSs are formatted in a standard and easy to read way, to the best of the author's ability!

The better approach is just to be true to who you are and what your book is. Everything else feels disingenuous and a little manipulative. #querytip

Do Genres Limit a Writer? youtu.be/l5slCC7GSLs via @YouTube #querytip #writetip

#QueryTip: If your book is the novel you wrote during the pandemic, that's fine, but your query letter is probably not the time to share that! Most novels take years to get right, so an agent may be rightfully skeptical if your work is just a hatchling.

Whether I'm your agent or not, I want to be helpful and transparent in this industry. Please reach out. Please ask questions. I will help however I can. #amagenting #querytip #amquerying

...I read the synopsis. If that shows me I'm excited about where it's going, I request. If I read synopsis & am still unsure, I check comp titles&author bio etc.
At ANY stage of this, I might decide it's not for me.
But by including all, at ANY stage you have a chance to hook me.

#QueryTip: I've been corresponding with authors just this week who have been asked for exclusivity by an agent on a query sub, and who have been asked to pay a signing fee to join an agency. These are NOT standard requirements! 🔺Red flag! 🔻

#QueryTip: If you want to pitch an agent, do so through their preferred channels - not off the cuff at a conference, or on social media, or during a lunch date! It's totally appropriate to let someone to know to EXPECT your query, but following protocol keeps us organized!

#querytip about me:

I believe in the power of #revision. Unless a project is outside my expertise and taste (or too close to something I already represent), if I pass, no means not yet, and I encourage #writers to take the time #revise and then return to me.

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I believe good stories sometimes hide behind slow starts. So ask your CPs when they finally “fall into the story,” where they can’t stop reading. Figure out how to start there. Agents don’t have⏰to find that spot when reading samples! Don’t miss opportunity #writetip #querytip

Oh... and follow submission guidelines please. Nothing makes me sadder than an unsolicited query in my inbox that I have to delete because they didn’t follow the rules like all the other authors
#QueryTip #WritingCommunity

Query Tip: Make sure you include a query letter with your submission.

#QueryTip #amquerying #WritingCommunity

The Rules for Resubmitting to Agents #QueryTip youtu.be/f7v1baEQkl0 via @YouTube