Agent + Editor Meetings are live for November! If you're tired of form letters and want insightful advice, our kind, thoughtful (and even warm and funny) agents are here to help. We hope everyone gets requests like Erik, below! We love good news. Learn more: manuscriptacademy.com/consultations

Agent & Editor Meetings are now live for members! If you're tired of form letters and want to know how to *really* improve your work--why not ask an agent? Here are some reviews from our October 2025 meetings! Meetings go live for non-members Friday at 3pm ET.

I've got meeting slots available in November and would love to chat with you about your work!

Agent & Editor Meetings go live TODAY at 3pm ET for members, and Friday at 3pm ET for non-members. We have a really fun month of events! Check them out here: manuscriptacademy.com/calendar And we got so many lovely notes for last month! One of our favorites, below. 😃

Can't wait for this month! 📚#TenQueries Live with Agent Noelle Falcis Math 📖Live Queries & Pages Panel with Agent Nour Sallam ☎️Publishing Help Desk with Agent Jessica Sinsheimer 📝Write Together with Julie Agent meetings go live tomorrow/Wednesday at 3pm ET for members, Thursday for non-members.☕

Querying writers -- Please give yourselves some grace and stop fretting about a few silly typos in your queries. We probably won't notice them, we're not going to hold them against you, and if we DO hold them against you, you don't want to work with us anyway.

Want to work on tension, character & querying - for free? Check out our #MSWL live replay from last week! One attendee said “I feel like I just had an entire MFA course. Except MFA programs get snooty about 'genre fiction.' " Check it out! manuscriptacademy.com/mswl-live-ag...

I really like @manuscriptacademy.bsky.social. They have a plethora of authors and edits you can choose from to book meetings with to get help on query letters, query packages, and can help researching agents to query. They also have forums and monthly zoom classes with editors and agents.

Enjoyed the #MSWL Live Panel: Horror this afternoon! It was super informative!! Thanks @manuscriptacademy.bsky.social for the opportunity!

What an amazing panel! We loved it so much! If you have any questions about the scary aspects of your work, our #MSWL Live Panel: Horror with agents Linda Camacho, Erica Bauman and Tamara Kawer will be up soon!

Editor Ruqayyah Daud @borahaze91.bsky.social gave me an incredibly insightful live critique of the first 30 pages of my middle grade, novel-in-verse. Highly recommend signing up with her through @manuscriptacademy.bsky.social! Want beginning to be spot on before querying. #kidlit #writingcommunity

The forums have been super helpful for discussing comps!

Got amazing feedback from a @manuscriptacademy.bsky.social thing I did - really smart feedback, hyped to dig in to revisions and polish things up. It’s very motivating.

Just a few hours to go! Can’t wait to see the mini classes, query critique, and what these agents forecast for the horror genre. Plus, prizes! 🎁 Join us!

🎃 Horror writers! Our FREE panel is TOMORROW (Oct 28, 2pm ET) ✨ 3 top agents share horror #MSWL 📚 Mini classes on character/fear + tension/dread 🔍 Live query critique Featuring Literary Agents Linda Camacho, Erica Bauman & Tamara Kawer Get your free ticket: manuscriptacademy.com/mswl-live-ag...

The hardest rejection: "This is great...but not for me." Agents often say no to projects they know will sell. But what does it mean? Why would they do that? Do agents hate money? Your book? Books in general? No. Join Kelly Van Sant to walk us through subjectivity, love, and finding your best fit.

@inmargivoni.bsky.social Those all sound like great creative journeys! :)

In about an hour, we'll go live with agent John Cusick for our Comp Title Panel! Cant wait!

We are having a great time at the Comp Title Workshop! The class is over so I (Jessica) can relax a bit, and dive into the workshop forums today and see what everyone is up to! Tomorrow, comp title feedback panel with John Cusick. Can't wait to see what he says about your lovely comps!

Anyone else in our #WritingCommunity attending the Manuscript Academy Comps workshop tonight?✍️ Literary agent @jsinsheim.bsky.social is amazing--one might say InCOMParable😁! #5AMWritersClub #AmWriting #BookSky📚

What a great panel with Macmillan Editor Christina Lopez! What amazing work. Well done, writers! 🍁🍂💌 Replay will be up soon!

1:1 Agent Consultations are now live for non-members! If you're not sure why you're getting rejected--if you'd like "Try the following to improve your odds" advice--or if you just want to make sure your work is agent-ready before you send, we are here to help. manuscriptacademy.com/consultations

You’ve spent years writing something beautiful. Maybe even important. And now you have to turn it into ____ meets ____?! Yes, we think this is unfair too. Mostly because no one teaches you how. We’re here to help! Class + workshop + panel October 21-23: incomparable.manuscriptacademy.com

somehow i forgot to set up my october @manuscriptacademy.bsky.social availability but i *am* open and you can book with me below: manuscriptacademy.com/faculty-memb...

Comp titles are so hard! Stuck in research and panic? We can help. 📖Day One: Live Class with Agent Jessica Sinsheimer 📝Day Two: Workshop Comps with fellow writers + agent guests 📚Day Three: Comp Title Feedback Panel with Agent John Cusick (he's amazing!) incomparable.manuscriptacademy.com

@angelapenadahle.bsky.social Thank you for the share! :)

I’ve got meeting slots available this month!

1:1 Agent Consultations are now live for non-members! If you're not sure why you're getting rejected--if you'd like "Try the following to improve your odds" advice--or if you just want to make sure your work is agent-ready before you send, we are here to help. manuscriptacademy.com/consultations

If you’ve got speculative fiction that blends literary with commercial appeal or cozy stories with a twist, Noelle wants to hear from you! 🌟 She is especially interested in narratives that explore marginalized voices and sibling relationships. #WriterCommunity #MSWL youtu.be/uxLPyDAerKI

We were lucky enough to speak with Penguin Random House editor Tyiana Combs, our newest faculty member, about where she sees publishing going--and what she's love to see in her inbox in 2025. Her insights, #MSWL & more here: youtu.be/kE9FK63tp0k?...

@amberbairdpdx.bsky.social Thank you Amber! :)

Our October graphics look so cute! And what a fun month we have planned: 🍂InCOMParable: A New Approach to Comps 🍁Live Panel with Macmillan Editor Christina Lopez 🎃 #MSWL Live Agent Panel: Horror ☎️Publishing Help Desk (for all your un-Google-able questions) More here! manuscriptacademy.com/calendar

Next week! Our panel with agent Bridget Smith, agent at JABberwocky Literary Agency is TUESDAY, 8:30pm ET / 5:30pm PT. Members, login to send your work and view the event at manuscriptacademy.com/live-events Hope to see you there! In the meantime, happy weekend!

Kelly is doing such a great job reviewing these queries! We love seeing her insights--and seeing the moments where she likes it, it's done well, but not for her. It's an important lesson! "Not For Me" ≠ "Not Good"!

Members, send your queries! The lovely and talented @agentkellyvansant.bsky.social will (kindly!) go through member pitches tomorrow as if it's a real inbox--and you get to see what she thinks, what she loves, what piques interest--and what works are optimized for agent-speed reading. Join us!

I'm going to consensually and compassionately go through a sample inbox of queries sent in to @manuscriptacademy.bsky.social and narrate my thoughts as I go, to show you what one agent's (mine, specifically) process looks like when considering queries.

Okay, one thing I'm particularly excited for is the #YourQueries event next Wednesday with agent @agentkellyvansant.bsky.social! Kelly will go through member queries at inbox speed--and (kindly!) narrate her thoughts and honest impressions as she goes. Can't want to see what she thinks! ☕️

Just realized something cool: We completely, admittedly, overuse leaves and books and coffees and orange this time of year. Amazingly, it's been nine years, and no one's complained about our graphic design yet!

This class on finding the hook of a novel taught by editor Raqayyah Daud @borahaze91.bsky.social was gold! So many concrete examples of great hooks from well known novels and interactive exercises to work on our own pitches. #writingworkshop

After last night's class with @manuscriptacademy.bsky.social and editor Raqayyah Daud @borahaze91.bsky.social , I woke up this morning with a whole new idea for the hook for my book. I'm feeling excited and ready to face the query trenches again! Thanks so much!!

friendly reminder that i’m open to critiques!

Yay Bri! So happy to see you there cheering on and helping your fellow writers. 🥰

What a wonderful class! Many thanks to @borahaze91.bsky.social for making it fun and practical to learn about The Hook of Your Book. Replay up tomorrow! Congratulations to the winners of our consultation giveaway, and do be in touch to claim your prizes!

It's almost here! The class we've been looking forward to for MONTHS! Join us tonight at 8:30pm ET with Ruqayyah Daud at Hachette Book Group to learn how the worst part of pitching ("So, what's your book about?") can turn into your creative superpower. hook-of-your-book-class.manuscriptacademy.com

We've been looking forward to this for months! Join Ruqayyah Daud's class, The Hook of Your Book, to learn not just how to pitch your work--but how to emphasize elements in your pages that help your book stand out. Learn more here: hook-of-your-book-class.manuscriptacademy.com

@norriswrites.bsky.social Thank you Norris! Nice to see you. :)

I think we can all agree that pitching is stressful, difficult, & a totally different skill than writing your beautiful story. But what if you could pitch better - AND use that knowledge to enhance your work ✨creatively✨? Join us Tuesday! hook-of-your-book-class.manuscriptacademy.com

It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood! And we get to start our September 🍁🍂 events with our Minister of Writing Happiness, Mary! Meet your new favorite critique partners + friends. After that, Ruqayyah’s class, The Hook of Your Book, next week! hook-of-your-book-class.manuscriptacademy.com

We have such fun events this month! 🍁🍂 I can't wait! More info here: manuscriptacademy.com/calendar

You can book a meeting with yours truly!