Get Your Query On

Your read the title of this post, now go ahead and get your query on!

‪@MsMariaVicente “Don’t address your email “to whom it may concern.” You should know who you’re querying. ‪#QueryTip ‪#InternTweet”

‪@AgentShea “Instead of listing themes presented in your ms (ex: betrayal, death, family secrets, etc.), why not expose the overall message? ‪#querytip”

‪@laurenspieller “Print out your query and sample pages and read them. You’ll be amazed by how different everything sounds. ‪#querytip ‪#lessonsfromanintern”

‪@byobrooks “Writers, a blurb from a freelance editor you paid to revise your manuscript won’t sell me. Let your material speak for itself! ‪#querytip”

‪@jawlitagent “Btw, there’s absolutely no need to respond to a rejection. But if you do, make sure to be polite. You always meet twice in life. ‪#querytip”

‪@jennybent “#querytip Please don’t tell me your book doesn’t contain vampires. I can figure that out all by myself from the description.”

@jawlitagent “Dear writers, YES, I’m open to queries. No need to email to ask if I am. If I wasn’t, there’d be a VISIBLE hint on my website. ‪#querytip”

‪@gordonwarnock “*Unless it’s vital to your story. If his name is “Jeff,” pronounced “Chosen One,” then it would be good to know. ‪#querytip”

‪@gordonwarnock “This is a business letter. Don’t send the email equivalent of glittery purple ink on a perfumed page. ‪#querytip”

‪@evanjgregory “Imagine…” trick never works in a query. If it did you could write: imagine you’re reading the best query ever. ‪#querytip”