Today on the blog: Manuscript Formatting & Submitting Sample Chapters bit.ly/1F77c1B #querytip #writerwednesday

Pitching outside the box: relentlesswriters.blogspot.com/2015/05/pitch-… via @KitaraLeMur #pubtip #querytip

Query Prickles: How To Write Your Novel Blurb via @Mary_C_Moore bit.ly/1FA3ECp #querytip #pubtip

Try to avoid grammatical errors in your title. #querytip

#querytip: don't overload on the buzzwords. Islam, Holocaust, cyber crime, Vatican, terrorist, cancer etc. in one query? I'm tired now.

It has to be said: exclusive queries are awfully nice... especially when stated in the subject line! #querytip #grateful

#QueryTip = fantasy hook is NOT, "and they had many adventures." #true #queries

An hour of #querytip advice + a query critique. Sign up for HOW TO GET AN AGENT my Thursday @WritersDigest webinar: ow.ly/Mv8xp

#QueryTip example=RADIANT by @ksumnersmith is about a girl who sees ghosts + the ghost of a girl hunted for her power karinasumnersmith.com/novels/radiant/

#QueryTip = in epic fantasy show me the hook in addition to the world.

I'd like to motion that we officially ban Comic Sans from all professional emails. Okay? Can we agree on that for the good of all? #querytip

Your protagonist's name should probably stay the same throughout your novel. Especially in the query. #querytip

#querytip - if you mass-email me a query without addressing me directly in note, I'll delete without replying... Just got a ton of these

A query is not an essay about your novel. If you're serious about your dreams put in the work to achieve them. Or you will fail. #querytip

HOW TO GET AN AGENT, my @WritersDigest webinar, is next Thurs! Instruction + a query critique: ow.ly/Mv6H9 #querytip

Submission guidelines say "first 3 pages" = NOT "3 pages from the most exciting part of the book." #QueryTip ktliterary.com/submissions/

Real talk, guys: a query that claims "my book isn't like ANY other book out there" tells me that you likely don't read very much. #querytip

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Send me mass email query once, shame on you. Send me mass email query twice, pretending recipients asked for more -> junk mail. #querytip

#QueryTIp = Avoid saying, "heroine was surprised when..." in query letter. Show the hook, not the response to the hook.