#QueryTip - read something the agent represented before querying her/him. Not a deal-breaker, but it shows you did your research. #pubtip

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#QueryTip = Read the agent's personal submission guidelines on her/his website before sending the query. #pubtip

Never make a decision out of desperation or rushing. Being patient is rough, but bad (legally binding) decisions are worse #pubtip #querytip

#Querytip Know your hook! Show the reader a compelling reason for reading your story. #Queryparty @CorvisieroLit

#Querytip Your query is an introductory letter to you and your work. Forge a connection w/agent, It shouldn't be a synopsis. #queryparty

Be sure your tenses don't change mid-paragraph, or really at all. #querytip #Queryparty #CorvisieroLit

#QueryTip from @corvisierolit's #queryparty: Following trends and being aware of them is excellent & it should help you write some unique.

#QueryTip from @corvisierolit's #queryparty: When querying fiction tell the agent the genre of the work and word count. This is a simple one

of all I've signed from Slush, none were a gimmick. Just straight forward, guideline following, well written queries. #querytip (2/2)

I see many YA queries that comp to classics: WRINKLE IN TIME, etc. Great bks, but YA has changed since then. Newer comps = better. #querytip

Sometimes a query looks great, but I'm just not interested in it. That should be the easiest rejection to write, but it isn't. #querytip

I'm tired of dystopians. Especially ones with an elite class ruling over a lower class. Then there's a conflict between them. #querytip

#querytip Avoid excerpt/quote from your book in your query. I know it's done in cover copy, but it doesn't work for queries. Just confusing.

Make sure the photo on your email account is professional. I've seen some interesting photos alongside query letters. #querytip #100QUERIES

#querytip If you call yourself a bestseller, I need to know which publication. If you call yourself award-winning, I need to know the award.

Read about new #literaryagent @vselvaggio1 over at JDLIT agency here: bit.ly/1DwH9i5 @scbwi #querytip #amwriting #kidlit #yalit

I'm receiving a lot of queries for YA SF/F. I don't rep YA material. I write YA (methinks?) so I do *not* represent it. #querytip #amwriting

Starting ur story with a dream is not only cliche, but a nasty trick. Scary monster in the woods? Cool! Oh wait, never mind. #querytip

"Louis L’Amour received 200 rejections before Bantam took a chance on him. He is now their best ever selling author..." 0__0 #querytip