#DVpit inspired me to reopen to queries sooner than I'd planned... Starting Nov 2025, I'll be open to unsolicited queries the first week of every month! Still just YA + MG fiction... Really hungry for 🤩 debut voices... You'll be able to submit here: querytracker.net/querybeth #mswl

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hiiii #DVpit! remember me? lol i'm not open to queries right now, but i will be looking thru the feed for temptation! if i ❤️ one of your pitches and you'd like to query me, pls use this link: querytracker.net/query/queryb... let's do this thing!

#DVpit 2025 has officially begun! Today, Oct 8, 2025 from 8AM-8PM ET marginalized creators seeking out representation can pitch their completed manuscripts & portfolios to participating Agents & Editors! Don't forget to use #DVpit in your posts! Pls read rules before participating: dvpit.carrd.co

Today is #PreDV, the pitch practice event before #DVpit! Post your pitch drafts with #preDV from 8AM-8PM ET Post as many pitches or revisions as you need feedback on! Provide feedback for other participants on their pitches & make new friends! more info at dvpit.carrd.co #writersky

Good luck #preDV participants! I’ll be going through the hashtag and providing feedback throughout the day. I’m rooting for you all 🤍

“In some cases, the government appeared to rely on unverified tabloid reports about Khalil. In others, its claims were factually incorrect because of inconsistent timelines and mischaracterizations of his work history.”

A U.S. immigration judge ordered pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil be deported to Algeria or Syria over claims that he omitted information from his green card application, court documents showed. https://cnn.it/48sDWI2

BREAKING: Judge orders Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil to be deported to Algeria or Syria, alleging he omitted information from his green card application.

Don’t you dare call us fascists, they say, as they force people off the airwaves for criticizing them while vowing to crush and criminalize their opposition.

Hey 👋 Your local Philly kidlit editor here! I've got a few things up on the We the People fundraiser: 📚 A queer anthology ✍️ 50-page critique 💬 Publishing AMA Hope you'll check it out and consider bidding for several good causes! 💖 www.32auctions.com/organization...

✨Please share and bookmark!✨ In one week the We The People Summer fundraiser will begin to benefit #KidLit4Ceasefire families in Gaza and immigrant and trans rights! www.32auctions.com/WeThePeopleS... + A small thread of other ways to help that are now live and will be live long-term:

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✨pls share✨ I’m at $1,200/$4,000 of my goal this week to help evacuate Mariam’s mom. If you can donate and/or share, I would be so grateful! GFM: www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-hel... 32Auction: www.32auctions.com/KL4CAuction

✨Please help me spread the word as I try to raise $15K for families ASAP I will be doing a 50-page YA SFF intensive limited to 20 authors this summer for #KidLit4Ceasefire fundraising. It will be epic!!!✨ www.32auctions.com/organization...

Omggg Bessie!!!!!!! #ALAYMA

Hurray @randyribay.bsky.social !!!!

Let’s all watch together!!!!!! #ALAYMA

I have a book called THE FORGOTTEN SUMMER OF SENECA coming out next spring! It's about a girl who stumbles into a magical version of Seneca Village and has to solve a mystery about a missing girl!

Wow people really are here now. I gave up on this place a year ago but I guess I’m back! Looking forward to raging with yall.

I’m so worried about AI stealing my voice that when i get any calls from numbers i don’t recognize i always answer in a silly fake voice now lol

Not been here much, altho i do want to engage more! I’ve been mostly on IG (beth_phelan) if anyone wants to follow me there!

Authors, if you think Scholastic's "separate but equal" book fair plan is, perhaps, a BAD idea, please consider signing this open letter to them about it: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

YOU THERE, WHAT NEWS? That's right! I (and every one of my lovely clients) have moved to Looking Glass Literary and Media (lookingglasslit.com), and I couldn't be more over the moon about it! Quick thread about what this means (feel free to share on Twitter if you're still there) 🧵:

i started to care about my skin a few years ago and just kept piling on new products and now it feels like i am overdoing it... what are the truly essential ingredients that i should be applying? i'm 36, oily but not acne-prone, don't want to overspend but want good quality... help!? 🙏🏼

Sooo excited to reveal our agent line-up for the #askDVpit Q&A event, *only* on #DVpit's 2023 Discord! Don’t miss it on Sept 18 from 4-5PM ET! 🤩 Join our Discord here: discord.gg/cYd8T3tFvK

Hello Bluesky! We’re here! And we’re also on Discord! Numbers are even higher now but I won’t spoil it yet…. Join our party in Discord! More info: dvpit.com 🥳

WOW. In just over 5 days, more than 1,000 publishing community members have joined the #DVpit Discord server! And now, you don’t even need the link to join, as it’s discoverable thru Discord’s search! Clearly, this pitch event for marginalized book creators is NOT to be missed!

Wait i just realized we can’t DM on here, can we?

just when I think I'm finally out on Dark Academia, they pulllllllllll me back in https://www.tor.com/2023/08/01/cover-reveal-infinity-alchemist-by-kacen-callender/

Having access to mychart notes has really shown me how much doctors lie about what y’all talked about 😅

Bought new couch Got rid of old couch New couch won’t fit up stairwell Now no couch 😑

The bad place isn’t working for me right now so hi here’s another pic of my dog. Her name is beefy.

Ok idk how i wanna approach this app yet but I’m here! My name is Beth, I’m mid-thirties, recently married, literary agent for MG+YA, and i have an absurdly sweet dog. We live in Boston now after 16yrs in NYC. Follow me for random thoughts and questions, dog pics, and info on the books i work on!