#Querytip Manuscripts should be completed before you query. Otherwise it's a waste of everyone's time.

Amateurs usually shouldn't tell professionals how to succeed. #SharkTank #QueryTip #writingtips

If I get to the end of your query and you haven't told me the title of your book, that's a problem. #amquerying #querytip

Today's oddest query touts the novel's "brand integration" potential for Chili's Restaurants. This... does not inspire confidence. #querytip

Also, don't denigrate an entire genre as a way of trying to show how much better your book is. Especially a genre I rep. Nope. #querytip

Yes, you're standing out from the crowd when you don't follow sub guidelines. But not in a good way. Follow. Sub. Guidelines. #querytip

I know my interests. I'm glad you found me. But focus on how your novel fits into that & snag me with YOUR own words, not mine. #querytip

#pubtip #querytip #lifetip save terms of endearment for those to whom you are actually endeared. I'm not "darling" if we've never met.

#querytip: implying I'm stupid for not seeing the potential in your query will not make me reevaluate. Try revising & resubmitting instead.

So instead of saying you are seeking rep. to an editor, you might say, you're seeking publication or something similar. #querytip

On that note, if you say you are 'seeking representation' it's a sign you copied and pasted. Editors acquire, not represent. #QueryTip

Personalize your query, it shows that you did your research and care about who you are submitting to. #QueryTip

If 1st line of query disparages your chosen genre, I'm judging you the rest of the query. Disparaging doesn't make yours unique #querytip

The subtext and moral ambiguity of this show is on point, and what I look for in fiction. #QueryTip nybooks.com/daily/2016/04/…

If you compare yourself to a NYTBS author in your query had better bring it, otherwise you are setting yoursellf up for failure #querytip

There are resources available to define sub-categories of mystery, romance, and SFF. Use them to find the right agent 4 u. #querytip

Know what genre your book actually is, and what an agent reps. Don't understand the terminology? Research it! #querytip

Before you sub to someone, do your research. Make sure they are right for you! #QueryTip

Reminder: you should NOT be #querying multiple agents at the same agency. #querytip #amquerying #amediting

(Yes. I have. More than once.)

(Queryiers? I'm never sure.)

(Be nice, not rude [and many of you are nice! Keep it up!])
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