Querying writers: I'll be away June 2-19. I'll respond to queries by June 24 if I'm interested in more. No response = decline. #querytip

Responding to queries biggest problem I am seeing: not saying what is it about. So many tell me nothing about the plot! #querytip

So true. It's super sad for us, because we WANT to love it, but alas. #querytip #HoneYourCraft #DoYourResearch twitter.com/epubagent/stat…

Oy vey. Giving us a headache does not help you. #querytip twitter.com/epubagent/stat…

The secret to writing a successful query letter: manuscriptwishlist.com/2016/05/the-se… #querytip #askagent #GetPublished #writingtips

#querytip save yourself the R and research agents you query. I don't rep straight adult fiction. Only SF/F, Romance & select historical

Hot tip! 2 new agents at Jennifer DeChiara Literary! bit.ly/1s4Tjz7 #literaryagent #querytip #MondayBlogs @scbwi #amwriting

I've signed & sold authors that I'd previously passed on. Take heart. Keep going. <3 #querytip twitter.com/LitRejections/…

I delete all e-mails that are addressed, Dear Agent. #queryfail #querytip

#querytip: no need to tell me in your query that other agents have req'd fulls. I req based on my own taste, not others' interest. Really!

Put yet another way: if I called you, and you pretended to be a fictional person, I’d have to hang up pretty fast. #querytip #pubtip

At best, writing a query as your MC sounds trite. At worst, you’ve completely discombobulated the reader, i.e. me. #pubtip #querytip

I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a query written in the voice of the main character be successful. Like, ever. #querytip #pubtip

And there you have it! @maseditor is amazing, too! #querytip twitter.com/maseditor/stat…

Yep. Agents -- within the same agency -- compare notes on everything. *rubs hands Mr. Burns style* #querytip twitter.com/alecdshane/sta…

I love short novels. But short novels usually end up short because they've been edited, not because they were submitted as tiny. #querytip

And guess which one of those options it usually is. #querytip

And so if you only have 60K words: that means either you have a meticulous manuscript, or that you really have only ~50K words #querytip

And so I am going to assume that in any ms., like 85% of those words are, well, ready to publish. Just how it is. Editors edit. #querytip

Almost every manuscript that hasn't seen a professional editor at a publisher can be cut substantially, no matter how short. #querytip