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Query Tip: Please be mindful of the font, text size and spacing in your query letter. Think about readability and use your best judgement. Not going to say Agents pass on hard to read queries but it doesn't help. (Comic Sans is not a good look) #LitAgentWisdom #QueryTip
Agented Authors make sure you know where your Agent is submitting your book and what the submission package looks like - if, god forbid, your book doesn’t sell and you switch agents, you will NEED this info (this applies to foreign submissions as well). #LitAgentWisdom
(3/3) This will typically involve a discussion with the Author and a formal introduction to the other Agent.
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(There was an active thread this weekend re: a “new” Agency touting this as a service with a referral link for Agents to “sign-up)
(4/) Hallmarks of a great query:
Note: #1 is a NEED to have, #2 - #8 are NICE to have
Important: think of your story overview as back-jacket copy - if you picked this book up at the bookstore, would you buy it?
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Reputable Agents do not charge for their services - they get paid when the Author gets paid. No agent should charge you for reading, developing, or editing your MS (or for taking your pitch). #LitAgentWisdom #QueryTip #AARCanonOfEthics
Top Ten Reasons We Pass On A Query (3/3):
10. Rambling/incoherent/Racist/Sexist/generally icky and/or out of touch
Not that we keep a secret scorecard or anything like that
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QueryTip (2/2): Although Agents might find reasons to say no they're actually looking (really hard) for reasons to say yes. #LitAgentWisdom #QueryTip
QueryTip (1/2): Writers can write mediocre queries for great books and great queries can be written for mediocre books - Spend as much effort polishing your query as you've spent polishing your book. #LitAgentWisdom #QueryTip
Foreign Authors, I have the greatest respect for book translators - when done well it is a true art form. Google translate, not so much #LitAgentWisdom #QueryTip
Query Tip: Although I appreciate the confidence, telling me your MS is "ready As-Is" and "doesn't need any work" isn't a great way to sell your query (especially if the query itself has typos) #LitAgentWisdom #QueryTip
Film math is substantially different from publishing math and streaming is it’s own hornets nest. Have to make sure that Authors are getting properly compensated for their IP #LitAgentWisdom #ChasingTheMoney
Query Tip: if you wrote a contemporary fiction novel 12 years ago and set it aside, consider updating the dates and references before dusting it off and resubmitting it #LitAgentWisdom #QueryTip #Dated
Query tip: It is exceptionally difficult to sell book 2 of a series when book 1 has already been self-published. Unless book 1 was successful and the Author has an established readership to market to, it’s just not sellable. #LitAgentWisdom #QueryTip
Agenting is cyclical, regardless of how an Agent defines their cycles they’re pretty much: pre-pub (in & out of contract), front-list and backlist - you need multiple clients in each cycle to be sustainable. Underneath it all is new client acquisition. #LitAgentWisdom
Query tip: you know it’s been a long week when someone calls the office looking to “hire a literacy agent” #LitAgentWisdom #QueryTip
Query tip: if you use the fact that your “first book” sold 100,000 copies as a hook (but don’t provide details), realize that your 30yo cookbook (only available used on Amazon) isn’t a great comp for your contemporary romance #LitAgentWisdom #QueryTip #DigitalFootprint
Query mash-ups I can’t un-see: Robinson Caruso meets Lolita - teen-age girl stranded on deserted island with man twice her age (surprise! It wasn’t written by a teen-age girl) #LitAgentWisdom #QueryTip
Query tip: Don’t create an email group of 100 agents and cc them all on a generic query (side note: Agents please learn the difference between “reply” and “reply all”) #LitAgentWisdom #QueryTip
Been getting a number of queries from “Nobel Prize nominees” - they don’t officially reveal names of nominees until 50 years later - I’m adding “Nobel Prize nominee” to my business card - prove me wrong #LitAgentWisdom #QueryTip
Query tip: word count matters - self edit - your debut Adult Fiction novel should not clock in at 190,000 words, especially if you want an agent to read it let alone rep it #LitAgentWisdom #QueryTip
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