Tory Hunter
@PartyFreckle
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Developmental editor for fiction | Query letter critique service | Lives at desk | Wishes humans didn't require sleep
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New Manuscript Critique Service page is live! This will be my new pinned tweet. Thanks for any shares, and get in touch if you'd like to discuss a critique! ☕
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Publishing industry: You need a fresh, unique concept to stand out.
Writer: Okay. Here you go.
Publishing industry: I'm sorry but I'm just not sure how to market this.
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*braces for unfollows*
Unpopular opinion: telling people who are too poor to afford an editor that they're not allowed to self-publish is elitist, classist, snotty garbage, and I encourage the underprivileged to take that shot, make that money, and tell the world to piss off. ☺
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Writers, I want to play a game:
Comment with the first sentence of your book + buy link.
Read through the other first lines and ❤ your favorite (not your own!)
RT to get more writers involved.
Let's see who has opening line game!
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Raise your hand if you're going to be self-publishing a book in 2019. ✋✋✋
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I'm not a one-book girl. ☺ If I fall in love with *your* book next, I'm gonna be just as loud about it. I have an Amazon gift card and I'm going to be buying a couple new books in the coming days. So pitch me your story. **No links!** RT so I'll have lots to choose from? 😍
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Raise your hand if you will be querying literary agents in 2019.
Also curious to know if you:
have queries out now
have a query ready
plan on writing a query soon
This is just to get an idea of how many of you are in the agent-seeking business or will be soon.
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Yo. So I have like 2.8K more followers than I'm following and I want to follow back those of you who get all up in my tweets. So I'll follow any writer or publishing world person who likes or RTs or comments on this here tweet.
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The perennial Colleen Hoover discourse has made me realize something. As an editor, I find that 90% of authors have the writing chops to be traditionally published, and the 10% who still need to grow will get there in no time if they keep at it. Authors see lackluster writing
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Literary agent: Sorry but this isn't for me.
Writer: Actually you are the intended recipient.
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Things that don't matter for fiction writers who want an agent and a traditional book deal:
Your following
Your website
Your Instagram
Your popularity
Your tweets
Your age
Your degree
Your lack of a degree
Your social skills
Things that do matter:
Your book
Your query letter
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I've got to stop being so closed off from you guys. Here are my problems:
1) Death in the family
2) Someone very close to me walked out of my life for good
3) I parted ways with my literary agent
All within the last three months. There. That's the story of Tory. 😕
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I'm writing this book from the POV of a male author who describes women badly. Title: I'M DOING THE BREAST I CAN
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*agent finishes manuscript, sits back*
Agent: Oh my God. Wow. This book . . . this book could go to auction. It's amazing. Wait, let's just make sure . . .
*checks writer's Twitter*
Agent: DANG IT. Only 327 followers. Oh well.
*trashes manuscript*
Never happened. Not once.
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I want to follow back a bunch of writers so I suppose I should start with those who are active. If you see this and want a follow back, I don't know, engaaaaaaaage. Wtf. I'm sleep-deprived. 😂
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Raise your hand if you would be interested in submitting a short story (any genre except the dirty kind) for consideration to be included in an anthology alongside yours truly.
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I'm gonna hit 8,000 followers today! 😮
That's like a million people! 😀
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So I've been keeping a secret, but I can't wait any longer.
My novella, TO BE FRIENDS, will be available June 1st.
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Hey you, writer. Want me to buy your book? Post the link here. I'm in a book-buying mood. I post screenshots of my purchases.
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If you're reading this tweet, you're not reading or writing a book. Shame.
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Hey guess what? Since I joined the
#WritingCommunity
six months ago, I've supported other writers every way I can, including giving away close to 100 copies of their books. THE LAST LETTER is my debut, and I will proudly promote the fuck out of it until it comes out. ☺
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The next person who's a dick to me is getting written into the book as a one-armed zombie who can't even eat people because his jaw is missing and his shoelaces are tied together.
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If a vanity press wants you to pay them $4,000 to publish your book, you could
A) spend $2,000 on editing/formatting,
B) spend $500 on a cover, and
C) have $1,500 leftover for advertising.
If you have that kind of disposable income, trust me, say no to the vanity pub. 🙈
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I'm writing an essay on punctuation usage among women writers during menstruation in the 19th century.
It's a period period period piece.
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CAUTION: If you succeed at anything, some people will hate you for it.
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My critiquing prices start at **free** so hit me up because it doesn't get any cheaper than that. Now accepting partial and full manuscripts as well.
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I'm gonna do a newbie post for Follow Friday tomorrow. Reply if you're new to the
#WritingCommunity
and/or have under 1000 followers.
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Question: are you actively trying to build your Twitter following?
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TFW your four-year-old daughter wakes you up saying, "Mommy, someone's in the house," and you slowly creep down the hallway peeking into rooms holding a hairbrush as a weapon and then you remember you don't have children.
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One time my friend wanted to date a guy so I took her phone and did all her texting for her for days and they got married.
You should really let me help you with your pitch. 😂
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If you could have any famous author read your book, who would you choose?
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Friend: Would you run naked around the block for a six-figure book deal?
Me: Nah, I'd probably walk.
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Tory Hunter Books Terms & Conditions
By hiring me to critique/edit your work, you agree to the following:
If you become a famous author, I get to live in the attic of your mansion.
Must tell guests your mansion is haunted.
Must allow me to terrorize guests.
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New page is live with an updated list of editing services. 😀 Dust them boots off and come on in! 😂 Shares appreciated. This'll be my new pinned tweet. Hope you get a laugh out of it! ❤
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I'm buying more books today!
🔥❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥
Rules:
--Reply with your book link.
--Quote tweets don't count.
--Sharing is optional but oh so sexy.
😀😀 Lots of books!!! 😀😀
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Question for the
#WritingCommunity
:
Are you self-pubbing, querying agents, already signed with an agent, or seeking an indie publisher? If you're already a famous author . . . um, hi, how did you see my tweet, and can I come live in your mansion? 😂
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Writers, I want to play another game:
This time, tell me why *not* to read your book. Trash it as hard as you can.
Feel free to post link.
Feel free to ❤ funny ones.
You can pitch your book but can you *anti-pitch* your book?
😀😀 Sharing is caring. 😀😀
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What's your all-time favorite book ever?
Just one please! Feel free to tag the author if they still draw breath and have a Twitter.
❤
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If you don't outline. If you don't outline your outline. If you don't have an outline for your outline's outline. If you didn't inherit an outline written in the blood of your ancestors that was preceded by generations of outlines dating back to the Younger Dryas, you're a phony.
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I'm so excited!!! This is my debut!!! Pre-order is available now!!!
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New service available:
For $20 per 1,000 words I'll suddenly stop midway through your manuscript, look you in the eyes, and in a breathy voice tell you you're a genius before I throw myself at you and we make passionate love all over your scattered pages.
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Novels, novellas, and short stories published in 2020, please? Your book, someone else's book--I don't care. Anything and everything. I want to plan my off-hours reading for the near future. Will purchase what strikes my fancy and maybe review it. Buy links. No websites. Thanks!
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If you're a bitter, hateful person who likes to be mean to authors because you resent their well-deserved level of success, why don't you focus on improving your communication skills instead of trying to hurt someone who doesn't deserve it?
Asking for a friend.
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Writers, I want to play a game:
Scramble the letters of your book title.
Keep each word separate.
I'll try to unscramble.
😀😀 Game time! 😀😀
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Do you ever have a moment when the perfect sentence, the perfect bit of dialogue, the perfect idea just hits you out of the blue? Just happened.
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In a single tweet, explain to me why you're going to be the next writer I become creepily obsessed with.
😀
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Me: Why are there no naked zombies?
Friend: . . . why do you want to see naked zombies?
Me: Because surely people were in the shower, doing it, sleeping in the nude, changing clothes!
Friend: Are you sure you don't just want to see naked zombies?
Me:
Friend:
Me: SHUT UP.
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Every time a newbie to the
#WritingCommunity
posts that modest, introductory "Hi, I'm a writer" tweet, they get mob-swarmed. 😂😂😂
I love this place. ❤
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Omg.
Zombie book plot just hit me all at once.
I think I'm gonna do it.
😀
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For every major character death in tonight's episode of Game of Thrones, I will give away $25 in editing services. Winner will be chosen from those who retweet and reply to this.
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Give me advice without knowing the problem.
Aaaaand go:
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Now that I've hit the 10K followers milestone, this weekend will include:
-Announcement of 10 finalists for the full MS critique
-Book buying
-Giveaways
-discounts on critique/editing services
-maybe a surprise or two 😀
Thank you all so much. I'm really excited about it!!!
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achieve bestseller status and are understandably frustrated. I'm pound-for-pound a better writer, so where's my book deal?
It's not your writing ability. It's a combination of other factors, some you can control and others you can't. Things like timing and trends are out of your
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Who are my freelance editor followers, book cover designers, audio book narrators, and book review bloggers? I want to make lists for you all so I can help promote your business from time to time. 😀😀😀
Please indicate which one you are! Lol.
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A question befitting a Monday morning:
If you became a
#1
international bestselling author and that first big royalty check came in the mail, would you quit your job or keep it?
#WritingCommunity
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If you were starving and had no other option, would you eat human? You don't have to kill the human. In fact, the human's dying wish is that you eat them to survive. Would you do it?
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You know there's probably a spider within ten feet of you right now, watching you.
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Do you guys mind if once in a while I let out the cynical b**** inside me? She has things to saaaaaay. ☺
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Vein: a tube that's part of the circulatory system and carries blood to the heart.
Vane: a blade connected to a spinning axis that catches air or water.
Vain: everyone who thinks this tweet is about them.
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I mentioned at the beginning of the month that I had new plans for this year. Well, one of them has officially begun. I am now a Wattpad author and will be posting a work-in-progress as I write it with the goal of finding an audience there. I feel a bit exposed but I'm excited.
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Do you kill characters in your books? If so, what's the most brutal way a character has met their end?
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Okay so I guess after a year of bending over backwards to support other authors I'm not supposed to tweet about my fucking book. Nice.
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I just got an email from a company comprised of literary agents and editors asking if I'd be interested in partnering with them to help promote their services and they called me an "influencer." I'm dying. 😂
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Requesting positive vibes and good luck potions and liquor-spiked coffee today. 😕
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"Her breasts were like skin-wrapped sacks of fatty tissue, nipples the color of areolas. It was like seeing something totally hot but with double vision. Her bra barely contained them. She'd chosen the wrong size and opted to be uncomfortable all day just for my delight."
Lol.
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Hire me to read your manuscript and I'll take it to bed with me and make sure it knows how to deliver a proper clima--
Ahem. Hire me to read your manuscript.
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Want full requests? Come up with an idea you can convey in a single sentence that you feel in your bones will sell. A great example of this is Andy Weir's The Martian. The pitch: Castaway on Mars.
That's it. An agent sees that and is immediately interested.
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Question for the
#WritingCommunity
:
What do you think is the biggest problem with the average first draft of a manuscript? (Besides spelling/grammar/punctuation errors.)
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I want to give a shout out to the entire
#WritingCommunity
for being there for me during what's easily the hardest time I've ever gone through. Thank God I found this place when I did. I love you all. ❤
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I get the feeling a lot of authors think querying is a writing competition. It's not. It's a competition of imagination. You just have to find your Don Draper moment. The right idea and its proper execution.
Every writer has something unique to bring to the table.
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Good replies from agents:
--offer of rep
--request to schedule call
--full MS request
--R&R
--partial MS request
--personalized rejection
--form rejection (you wrote a book and had the courage to query so be proud and keep at it)
Bad replies from agents:
--if they hit on you
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Do not fear the literary agent. The literary agent senses fear, and then it attacks. With form rejections.
Eat, drink, and send queries, for tomorrow we die.
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Is it just me or was December
#writingcommunity
much friendlier and happier than January writing community? I'm seeing a lot of things that are about to result in unfollows. I don't have time for snark, resentment, or cruelty. I'm here for books and writing only. Try me.
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The only way I'll actually write a zombie novel is if a looooot of people say they want to read it. If I commit, I will follow through and do it, and doubters will be written into the story as the infected.
But I need encouragement. Should I really do it?
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Me at a job interview:
Interviewer: So what makes you a good fit for this job?
Me: My tweet got like 300 ❤s.
Interviewer:
Me:
Interviewer:
Me: . . . 50 RTs.
Interviewer: We'll let you know.
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Reader: Why did you kill that character?!
Writer: I was pissed off that day.
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Why I'm single:
When I date someone new, he has a two-week window to save me from an oncoming train or gang of bikers or I break up.
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In a couple years, the bestselling (traditionally published) novels will see a return to sweeping, epic tales of fantasy, sci-fi, coming of age, historical, etc. with big word counts. Readers will crave longer, more immersive books that provide real escape.
Bet on it.
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Self-publishing writers, I'm doing sneaky research for a friend and need your help! Shares for more votes are lovely and admirable. ☺
What's your genre? Feel free to elaborate!
Fantasy/sci fi
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Mystery/suspense/thriller
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Other (comment)
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hands, but if you're seeing no action from agents at all, you need to embrace the harsh truth that your concept might not be fresh enough, you might be writing in an outdated style, your execution might need work, or you might need to move on and write the next book.
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Conspiracy theorists are silly to think that the Coronavirus is a plot to implement 5G and secretly microchip us all with a mandatory vaccine so the Illuminati can track our every move and control us, but I'll be damned if that wouldn't make one hell of a novel.
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I do not have a thing for zombies.
I do not have a thing for zombies.
I do not have a thing for zombies.
I do not have a thing for zombies.
I do not have a thing for zombies.
I do not have a thing for zombies.
I do not have a thing for zombies.
I do not have a thing for zombies.
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Here's the deal. I helped a couple people with their PitMad pitches. ALL of them got likes from agents. I can't take credit 'cause they all have rockin' good books, but I'm throwing it out there again: if you want help, hit me up. It won't be free, but it will be cheap. Peace. 😎
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I work 10 to 14 hours a day, but it doesn't feel like work. Today I read part of a full MS, edited a synopsis, did a 2nd pass on two queries, worked on an author's outline development, and wrote an article to meet requirements of an SEO plugin. Now I'm like, "Yay! What's next?!"
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I thought about going out into the world today, where people mingle.
Scary, huh? 😬
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I'm offering a new service! For a reasonable fee, I will get drunk and live-tweet my reading of your book. DM for rates.
#ScarFreckParty
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I started this account two years ago in the middle of the night at a time when I was miserable and working a shit job and completely lost in the world. I now operate a full-time editing business out of my home and I'm the happiest I've ever been. It's still so hard to believe.
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If a major publisher decided to get buck wild and create an imprint committed to having no concern for the market, that imprint would probably dominate the market.
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Unpopular opinion: women are no better at writing men than men are at writing women.
It's just that men don't get all the ❤s and RTs if they point it out. Instead they get attacked.
This has been Real Talk with Tory Hunter.
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Literary agent: Sorry, I don't think this is the right fit for me.
Me, giggling: That's what she said.
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Guess what? 😀
Can you guess? ☺
Caaaaan you? 😎
💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
😀😀😀😉😀😀😀
I GOT A HORROR NOVEL!!!!!
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If you CAN afford an editor, sure, you should hire one.
If you CAN'T afford an editor, don't worry. There's no correlation between hiring editors and getting an agent. Don't listen to anyone who says otherwise. They're just trying to scare you because they're desperate for gigs.
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One thing is certain: resenting those who have achieved what you want brings you no closer to getting it for yourself.
Disclaimer: This thread doesn't account for factors like discrimination, bias, elitism, and accessibility issues in the industry.
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