Today on Twitter….
- 16:52 Day too hot, too much to get done, and too much caffeine consumed. #
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- 13:11 Writers who don’t take opportunity to send sample pages w/ their query baffle me. Are they just not reading our guidelines? #
- 13:28 .@amydezellar I think the default is (and should be) don’t send pages unless they’re asked for in the agent’s guidelines. #
- 13:34 .@writerscanvas When there are conflicting guidelines, always go with ones on the agent’s own web page (if they have one). #
- 13:36 .@jjochwat I’d instead assume that if the agent wanted to be able to see pages, they’d have put them in their query guidelines. #
- 13:49 .@SpookCentral If you haven’t finished your novel, don’t query. Possible exception is if you’re already well-published. #
- 13:51 Yes, I am apparently avoiding reading queries by answering questions about queries. I’m going to stop soon. Really. #
- 13:53 @ianthealy LOL #
- 14:00 @RissaWatkins I usually judge worth of an anth. credit based more on publisher and editor than sales numbers. And, for me, never a negative. #
- 14:08 @KissMyQuery Probably personal pref. issues, but things can quickly engage reader other than main conflict (voice, prose, characters, etc.). #
- 14:09 Thanks for the #FollowFriday nods @Writers_Cafe @DoctorCara @RuthanneReid #ff #
- 14:09 Okay, going to turn off twitter so I can get work done (and hopefully head out a bit early to enjoy gorgeous weather). #
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Today on Twitter….
- 20:09 Explaining in your query that your novel is perfect and you’re not open to input? Bad idea. #pubtips #
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Today on Twitter….
- 14:49 Great sample pages are more important to me than the query letter itself, so make those opening pages really sing. #pubtip #
- 15:34 To clarify my last tweet, I still care about query letter, but for me pages have more weight. Query does still matter. #
- 15:35 @sarahlapolla Because they are foolish? #
- 15:45 @sarahlapolla Unfortunately, I don’t think those two things are mutually exclusive. #
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Today on Twitter….
- 12:39 Good: New $149 B&N Nook Wi-Fi Bad: Still doesn’t read .doc or .rtf, and so is useless for me bit.ly/bb0ILU #
- 13:53 Don’t include quotes from rejection letters in your query, no matter how flattering they may be. #pubtip #
- 17:19 Dear Sony, please get in on the BN/Amazon eReader price war. Thank you. #
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Today on Twitter….
- 09:41 Damn. RT @PublishersWkly: Author Jose Saramago has died, at age 87 nyti.ms/9ikoFJ #
- 12:43 RT @BookEndsJessica: don’t tell me in your query why you think I will reject you #pubtip #
- 12:47 RT @GuardianBooks: Nobel laureate José Saramago dies, aged 87 bit.ly/bJVYAb #
- 12:48 Okay, that was a lot of retweeting. Umm…sorry. Apparently the people I follow are esp. clever today. #
- 12:51 Thanks for the #FollowFriday nods @jaysubject and @sarahlapolla (who you should definitely be following) #ff #
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Today on Twitter….
- 12:52 In case you hadn’t heard yet, SlushPile Hell is great: slushpilehell.tumblr.com/ #
- 15:52 Wait, where did the day go? #
- 15:53 I’m glad at least I was able to do my part for the well-deserved fame of SlushPile Hell. #
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Today on Twitter….
- 14:09 If you don’t think "X pages and synopsis" means send both, maybe it’s time for a visit to Conjunction Jct: youtu.be/mkO87mkgcNo #
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Today on Twitter….
- 10:07 Very much this. RT @ElanaRoth: This is important: if you already have an agent, don’t query me! Leave your agent first! #
- 10:08 RT @barrygoldblatt: Opening your query letter with "seven other agents have requested my mss" is #queryfail in more ways than I can count. #
- 11:54 Can quickly update our info at @agentquery, but can’t fix incorrect info (client repped by wrong agent) at @QueryTracker? What’s up w/ that? #
- 15:53 RT @tobiasbuckell: Monica Valentinelli is making sense with a post called ‘E-Books Are Not Liquid Gold:’ bit.ly/ar3qhY #
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Today on Twitter….
- 11:39 Weekend work reading accomplished: Zero. I know I’ll end up regretting it, but it was nice to give my brain an actual break. #
- 11:45 Great! RT @BookEndsJessica: @bookendskim and I try to dissect personality traits of agents ow.ly/1K1gY you decide if we got it right #
- 13:44 A teenaged protagonist does not necessarily make a novel YA. #
- 13:44 RT @NathanBransford: Receiving a ton of queries treating capitalization & punctuation as optional. Unless you’re ee cummings: they’re not. #
- 13:52 @ianthealy IMO, YA is usually differentiated from adult by 1) MC’s voice 2) overall tone/language of novel 3) how plot points are handled. #
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