Query pet peeve: "This is a unique take on _______" wherein there's nothing about HOW the take is unique. #querytip

#querytip If your query includes the phrase "I just finished writing," stop, delete your email, and revise.

+1 #querytip twitter.com/redsofaliterar…

The most "marketability" info you should inc in a query is 2-3 comp titles (from the last 5 yrs, successful but not HARRY POTTER). #querytip

If you want to send me a project exoticising Asian women, please don't. #querytip

Occasionally I get queries that specify exactly which publisher the author expects their book to sell to. Cart waaay before horse. #querytip

Related #querytip: having someone's email address is not the same as having permission to add them to a newsletter list. This is spam.

Regular #querytip reminder: don't try to sell copies of your self-published book to the agents that turned it down.

And remember: any #querytip is often not the only reason I am passing or requesting material. I'm sharing what I can. #100Queries

Closing To Queries March 1st-August 1st marycmoore.com/index.php/2016… #querystats #querytip #slushpile

Go, go, go! He's awesome! #querytip #amquerying #subtip twitter.com/petejknapp/sta…

Writer's Crutch: Is Your Character Dreaming? Wake Them Up marycmoore.com/index.php/2016… #writetip #pubtip #querytip #askagent

#QueryTip = don't quote another agent in your query. "So-and-so liked it" reads to me as "so-and-so passed on it." #queries

"Because I don't want to deal w Googl and cell phones" is not a good answer to "Why is this book set in the past?" #querytip

Today in the queries: lots of already self-published novels, lots of rhyming PBs, lots of kids named Kai. #truth #querytip

In order to be a great writer you need to put your ego aside. #querytip #writetip #LIFEtip

Just got a query saying something is MG/YA. #querytip -it isn't.

#querytip Don't write in all caps, also please don't threaten me.

For the love of Pete, have someone who knows NOTHING about your book read your query and tell you if it makes any sense. #querytip #pubtip

Your #query should be about the book and less about you. I’m sure you’re tremendously interesting but I’m here for your book. #querytip