Mostly applicable to picture books: your query letter shouldn’t be longer than the manuscript. Just a thought. #querytip

If you’re going to mess around with made-up names, make sure they look pronounceable. #querytip

The personalization on this submission made me LOL. Not required, but great way to get my attention & make me remember you. #querytip

Today on the blog: 10 COMMON QUERYING MISTAKES mariavicente.com/post/127069220… #querytip #querying

Query = 3 paragraphs, not 10. #querytip

Some tips for writing a FANTASTIC PITCH in your query letter: mariavicente.com/post/994774449… #querytip

So true. #querytip twitter.com/LH_Writes/stat…

Queriers, I understand the impulse, but trust me: it's not in your best interest at this moment to list DIVERGENT as a comp title. #querytip

Stop telling me what your book is about and start showing me. #querytip

If you're going to tout your writing and literature credentials in your query you should probably nail basic grammar. #querytip

Gents: I would not recommend referring to your female protagonist's 'shapely behind' in the first sentence of your novel. #querytip

Just as a general #querytip I'm extremely leery of spec fic that's like A WORLD WHERE THE [HETEROSEXUALS/MEN/WHITE PEOPLE] ARE THE OPPRESSED

SF/F Triple Crown winner @ann_leckie shared her query for ANCILLARY JUSTICE, and man is it a good one: annleckie.com/2015/08/12/my-… #querytip

That's "MISTER" Whom It May Concern, to you, query writer. #querytip

I try to be low-key about all the variations of my name I get in queries, but “to whom it may concern” makes me want to scream. #querytip

Don't hire someone with no credentials to edit your manuscript. Always -- if you choose to do so at all -- hire on recommendation. #querytip

New on the blog: What You Need to Include in Your Synopsis mariavicente.com/post/126500337… #writerwednesday #querytip #writetip

If the word query is not in my email address, you've sent your query to the wrong place. #querytip

Writers, please don't have someone else query for you. #querytip

I don't understand why an aspiring author would continue to query me after I have said no, several times. Automatic delete now. #querytip