#querytip: When I'm in the middle of an inbox plunge, an opening paragraph that's basically a wall of rhetorical questions kills your query.

Three queries in a row mentioned that their spouse loved the book. That is nice, but does not matter. #querytip

Seriously guys. Don't insult other genres in your query. Especially when they're ones I rep. It does not endear you to me. #querytip #pubtip

From the blog archive: 10 COMMON QUERYING MISTAKES mariavicente.com/post/127069220… #querytip #amquerying

Pitch one novel, not your entire collective work/WIPs. #querytip

Telling me your book sucks isn't a good idea. Just saying. #queryfail #QueryTip

Trish will be working partnered with @agentsavant for now. She's looking for romance; diversity a big plus. Take a look! #querytip

From the blog archive: BREAKING DOWN BOOK CATEGORIES mariavicente.com/post/115201046… #querytip #publishing

16 Query Tips From Literary Agents: "Dialogue’s only purpose is to move the story along." wp.me/p4SsOO-md0 via @theryanlanz #querytip

A #query can take many forms, but sending a one line description and then "Interested?" is not one of them. #querytip #pitchingtakeswork

For the love of Pete, don’t paste your query into an email as an image. The text function works just fine. #querytip

to sell on proposal. This doesn't really happen unless you're already an established author or a celebrity. 2/2 #querytip

And #querytip should anyone have related questions twitter.com/noblevalerie/s…

Checking in on a full manuscript after a month or two is too soon. Three months is often the standard. #querytip

Query one at a time -- and don't send them back to back! #querytip twitter.com/drunkenbadger/…

.@kk_writes wrote an awesome blog post on what to ask a literary agent when you're offered representation: kimgraff.com/2015/09/07/10-… #querytip

Grateful to the writers who listen and willing to work as a team to make the best possible proposal we can. #querytip

Of the last 30 queries I read, only 3 had hooks. Hooks make such a difference. Figure out what your hook is and include it! #querytip

Make sure your query makes sense - just read about a dozen of very confusing queries. Had no idea what main story was. #querytip

Authors-Don't change character names/details to match the agent you're querying. Happens more than you think and it feels stalkery #querytip