Bisky's Twitterling's Scribbles! discussion

Although most of us are self pubbed, some of us I know want to query work to agents too. On the 25th on twitter #pitmad is running again. I recommend searching the hastag and reading some of the articles. But basically (including #s of genre, audeince and pitmad) pitch your work in one tweet. Agents or indie publishers favourite it and you go to their profile to see what they want you to send.

Last year I got a favourite by an Awesome agent, but I snuffed up my query letter. But I did get an acceptance from an indie publisher but in the end it wasn't right for me.

This year I kinda know what to write so if I get my WIP to word count this week I'll pitch it.

I thought maybe if anyone wanted to practice here (there are other people to pitch to, to practice) you can. Or maybe some of you didn't know about it :]

I think it runs #pitmad #pitchmas every 3 to 6months :3 so if you're not ready, it will come around again.

I'm ready and have been putting stuff together to contact some agents. This is a great idea though - just need to sort out a mini pitch!

I've done it a couple times, although I'm not ready to query anything right now. It's tough to get your pitch down to 140 characters, but not impossible. Don't forget to count #PitMad and include your genre!

Thanks @S!

I'll be following this thread with great interest. I'm not ready for it this round, but maybe next.

@Bisky, I hadn't realized they did it more than once a year - good to know!

I think I finally picked two i'm going with. Let's just hope I don't change my mind again between then and now xp

Rules are: twice an hour, tweet your genre and audience with a hastag.

le example:

A werewolf and a shapeshifter working as detectives in London stumble upon a secret that threatens to unravel the universe #pitmad #UF #A

Been trying to update for ages but goodreads wouldnt let me on -.-

Ah. I've just found rules. That helps a bit. Didn't realise you could keep pitching throughout the day either. Thanks for the pointers too, @Bisky.

Keep going :D!

Gotta say, it's making my head explode with happiness that most of the best pitches have come from members of this forum :P

You are all mine and I love you *clings*

:D

... Don't leave ;-;

WELL DONE! :D I'm Soooooo happy for you. Talent shines through that's for sure! ^-^!

Did you want me to make some kind of query critique/advice thread? Just for some input xP Just an idea.

Hehe, only three were from publishers/agents though :] Only one I'm really considering :3

Ok, I have some letters to send. but I should really way until tomorrow xD It's late here :x

Just send people who want querying advice to my video I'm uploading tomorrow :p lol

Hahaha yes :p I ended up with 3 I'm considering sending to :3

Look at you go Bisky ^^

It was 6 but 3 wanted my whole MS. Not sure I'm comfortable with sending the whole thing straight away xD

I'm so jelly ;-; I didn't get a single one! *dramatic faint*

I ended up with a big fat zero too, even though there were a couple of retweets. I can take that as a good sign, even if I couldn't win over an agent or publisher. It's been an interesting experience.

Yeah it was totally fun ^^ and there's always next time! I think it's every 3-6 mo. :3 there were a lot of good ones out there, so ya know competition but such is life :)

Good luck to all who participate!

I haven't sent any letters yet xD They all wanted different things ._.

Just write a generic letter so you can send it to all of them at once! #terriblequeryadvice

Aaaahaaa xD It's taken me 12 hours to do one ._. I hope there isnt a time limit on sending them :[

Probably no time limit but most people have a generic letter they customize. 2-3 paragraphs of plot/stakes, one paragraph of word count/genre, etc. And maybe an opening paragraph of "I'm querying you because you are interested in X and I found you in y." I started my query letter in Dec, revised about a dozen times with help from the Absolute Write forums, and finally sent my first in May. Then I revised a couple more times.

Wait, we are talking about query letters. Right???