Overall, you have limited real estate when it comes to your pitch. Make it count. If you have a question, find a way to rephrase it into a statement that causes intrigue instead. #writersofbluesky #writersofbsky

Had an amazing time at a conference this weekend and came away with my brain full of things to mull over and share. One thing, that I also keep seeing: Questions in a query letter. Yay or Nay? Answer: nay Real Answer: It depends. But usually nay. #writingcommunity #amquerying #writersky

THIS FRIDAY!!! Are you excited, #RevPit?! If you're gearing up to enter RevPit #10Queries, here's everything you need: ⭐Complete query letter ⭐First 5 pages of manuscript The query and first 5 pages will need to be uploaded to the form in one document and should be a standard manuscript format

Day 5 of #DVparty : Playlist! Lord Huron - Meet Me in the Woods Of Monsters and Men - Human Against the Current - silent stranger Halsey - Control #YA #H

I suppose it’s time for me to work on my DVPit pitches.

Might as well start the #DVparty !! Here's my moodboard for my very trans, very gay YA horror novel! 🎶you've got your demons and darling they all look like me🎶

Can set up and backstory work in chapter one? Author and literary agent Don Maass gives his short answer (no) and a highly qualified long answer, today at WU.

Coming soon to a query inbox near you... #agentsguide #amquerying

I try to focus this account so it's for my readers, but hey writers: NEVER sign a contract where the publisher keeps your rights indefinitely. For short stories, there should be a point when you can sell reprints. and NEVER sign your movie/TV/etc adaptation rights to a publisher. Those are yours.

If there are any literary interns or people trying to get their foot in the door for agenting/editing in trad pub, I’d love to swap support and ideas on balancing everything!

It’s October! Already. Will you be working on anything? I’ll need to finish a read-through of what I worked on in September (👀), then maybe dive into more writing, all while querying. Always keep swimming! But don’t forget to come up for air if you need to. #OctoberGoals #AmWriting #FallofWords

Happy 5am. Back to the grind. We have so much to do! ✨

reminder for querying authors that you owe it to yourself and to your work to be choosy. you do not have to query everyone. and you probably shouldn't. if someone is behaving unprofessionally on Twitter, they're probably not behaving much different in private negotiations. #amwriting #querying

Spooky Season is on at [s]Witch Bakery. Our sign reveal and fall gluten free menu is debuting at the Westside Santa Cruz Market

Haven't been on here much BUT I'm taking part of @zillawrites.bsky.social & @breebwrites.bsky.social Q4 challenge. I'm getting an early start bc I have a dental surgery on oct 1st (ugh) Had to add my cozy witchy vibes to the template inspired by Project Clouds☁️& lil cameo by @racquelk.bsky.social

I need a distraction, so AMA? I've worked in book publishing for over ten years, currently as a literary agent at Azantian, previously at Entangled, Stonesong, Triada US, Writers House, and NetGalley. Ask me anything you'd like, whether publishing-related or not :)

I don’t chase men, I chase literary agents RUN

The new Agent's Guide to MURDER NIGHT AT HOTEL ADAIR, my The Haunting of Hill House x The Shining #A #H project. ───── ⋆⋅🩸⋅⋆ ───── At Hotel Adair, the rooms are luxurious, the deaths are creative, and the check-out time is non-negotiable. ───── ⋆⋅🩸⋅⋆ ─────

Updated #editors guide to my soon-to-be #onsub dual pov eco-fantasy novel SALTSTONE 🌿 ✨ OUR WIVES UNDER THE SEA x THE WITCHER x PAN'S LABYRINTH When Olive’s nature-loving daughter goes missing, she accompanies a grumpy mercenary into the Wilds to find her. Rep: Ciara Finan

The new Agent's Guide to MURDER NIGHT AT HOTEL ADAIR, my The Haunting of Hill House x The Shining #A #H project. ───── ⋆⋅🩸⋅⋆ ───── At Hotel Adair, the rooms are luxurious, the deaths are creative, and the check-out time is non-negotiable. ───── ⋆⋅🩸⋅⋆ ─────

We’ll see how many of these I can actually accomplish! And hey, if I’m really lucky, one of those fulls will turn into an offer and I won’t even have to query my next book! ( #agentsguide pinned to my profile) #BitterEndChallenge #amquerying #amwriting

Here’s the template to put in your own goals: www.canva.com/design/DAGzJ...

Watch this video for more details: youtu.be/iogxiih5cfU?...

For the 4th quarter, I’m going to accomplish my goals out of SPITE and I’d love for you to join me! I’m doing the #BitterEndChallenge with @zillawrites.bsky.social and here are my goals! I’ll also post an editable template for you to add your own goals and the YouTube video! #amquerying #amwriting

Reposting to celebrate that my book GUMIHO won third place in the horror/paranormal category at the PNWA writers contest! And it also now has Big 5 editor interest! ✨️ #amquerying #H #R

Feeling saucy, made a sneak peek #agentsguide for my Bisexual Pirates (birates) Romantic Fantasy, SCULPTOR OF THE WAVES #OV #OwnVoices #WIP #AmWriting #F #FR #LGBT

We love green smilies in the morning!

MURDER NIGHT AT HOTEL ADAIR is officially my most requested project. Milestones from the first 45 days: 🩸 Editor full request 🩸 Agent reading it in a day and wanting to throw the book across the room at the ending 🩸 16% request rate 🩸 agents not open to unsolicited manuscripts requesting the full

Writing is amazing, but publishing is a different story. If you’re going to put yourself through publishing, make sure you write the stuff you love. Always.

Sometimes the bravest thing a writer can do isn’t finishing a book—it’s starting the next one after the first didn’t go as planned. #writingcommunity #amwriting #amquerying

Writing a query letter is a different skill set than writing a book! Even if your query letter skills are stellar, it’s subjective—good agents and editors are readers! What works for one may not work for another. Keep that chin up, and if you need some professional help click the links in my bio.

Presenting the #AgentsGuide to my #gothic #horror novel THE BANSHEE OF CLAN MURTAGH 🖤 #AmQuerying starting TODAY! The black sheep of a powerful family pursues a doomed romance with the banshee who's haunted his estate for generations, even as the black plague closes in. 🥀

In case it needs to be said again: Fuck fascism. Love is love. Trans rights are human rights. Support teachers. Free Palestine. In science we trust. Yall means All. Black Lives Matter.

Hanging out at the barn is our new favorite thing. Now I need to figure out how to write while the kids play in the hay.

#SUBMISSIONCALL Submissions are now open for an anthology centered around Queer Joy! All proceeds will go towards saving a queer and disabled danmei author in China. For more info on submission guidelines, check out: savingqueerjoyanthology.carrd.co

for my fall #mswl i’m really looking for indigenous writers! literary fiction, upmarket, horror, thriller, grounded fantasy or speculative (adult, please!). my queries are open and i am ready to read! @manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social #amquerying

Turns out, this year my birthday falls on a Full Request Friday! So if any #litagents who have me in their inbox wanted to give me the BEST birthday gift ever 👉👈...just saying, it would probably be some kind of good omen right 😉? #amquerying #Sirensong #fullrequestfriday

Are you a marginalized author (or the editor/agent/publicist of one) who has a trad pub YA or adult SFF/H book coming out Sept 2025 - March 2026? This book critic wants to know about it! Small press strongly encouraged. bookjockeyalex.com/contact/

YOU WEREN’T MEANT TO BE HUMAN is out today 🪱 My horror novel about worms, cults, unwanted pregnancy, Roe V Wade, undiagnosed autism, and trans men’s invisibility in discussions about reproductive justice… I can’t believe it’s on shelves. Thank you ALL 😩💕

better things are possible!!!!

New Books today!! Let's Celebrate! Full list in the alt text, descriptions, discussion, and a shopping list on my Patreon

'Tis the Season

We're a few weeks out for #Pitblk! Be on the lookout this week for info on how to pitch! #booksky #writersky #writingcommunity

Anyone up for an #askagent Post your questions below and I will do my best to get to them. No I’m not on my elliptical, but typos will probably still happen because I don’t have my glasses on 😂

September project…

I've decided to post here like I'm on tumblr. Live laugh love.

I refuse to give em dashes to the AI

Time is running out to enter for a chance to win a physical ARC of #thishousewillfeed so get on over to Goodreads and do your thing #goodreadsgiveaway #writingcommunity #newbook #booksky