Meet Edgar! www.agentsandbooks.com/meet-edgar/

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

if you're an author attending BookCon this year (or, to be honest, any other ReedPop events, which include NYCC), and would like to add your name to the letter: forms.gle/V7m2YbcGguAY...

something we've been working on for a few days! link to the full letter: tinyurl.com/bookconautho...

I loved this book!

the roomba has done like 4 laps of the apartment and I'm like go off, King

Please god no more AI ads

All sports should adopt hockey overtime rules: 60% of each side leaves the field of play, first to score wins.

Sacramento friends: we're launching the Notes from a Regicide paperback at Capital Books on February 17, 7:00 p.m. If you're thinking of investigating the Locus list, well -- it's a good time for it.

Sometimes you just need to go see a play in Bushwick with puppets about the Gowanus Canal. www.thebushwickstarr.org/gooey-program

Today's Q&A Thursday on Agents & Books asks: 1. Why do editors and agents hate rhyming picture books??? 2. What's a pre-blurb and does my query letter need one? #booksky #writersky www.agentsandbooks.com/q-a-thursday...

BTW I need a full @vulture.com piece on all the non-muppets in the audience on The Muppet Show, please.

a short story about a mouse and an owl

The new Muppet Show is a balm to my soul.

Can Mackenzie Scott buy WaPo now?

Hello, looks like independent publishers should beef up our books coverage. If you're into the idea of joining the @flaminghydra.com collective and writing a book review each month (800-2000 word range), please send us your ideas and some clips to [email protected]

Me too

Hey writers! March 14 I'm bringing back From Research to Draft, where we'll talk strategies for organizing and writing from research that will make you a happier and better writer. Early bird pricing through 2/8! jaimegreen.net/classes

My “get off your phone” app just told me I spent the equivalent of four days in January on my phone and my first thought was “man, spending four straight days just in my phone sounds great.”

"It's natural to want to preform a post-mortem on your book or submission to see what you did wrong so that you won't do it again....But I will never know for sure because there isn't just one reason why it didn't get picked up." via @katemckean.bsky.social www.agentsandbooks.com/when-should-...

When should you stop querying a book? www.agentsandbooks.com/when-should-... #booksky

Gmail search is totally fucked. It'll give me every single email I used "the" in if I search "Catcher in the Rye" but won't give me the email from 5 days ago from Poets & Writers without the ampersand.

A writing experience that seems universal but I've only seen one person write about it (@katemckean.bsky.social - buy her book if you're a writer, it's great) is the sense quite far into a draft where you lose confidence in it. I think it's very normal, but that's where I am today!

HI! Every Tor Books release from @annaleen.bsky.social and me is available thru @humblebundle.com for a few weeks! Get 2 books for at least $3 Get 4 books for at least $10 Get all our stuff for at least $18 This bundle supports the amazing TGI Justice Project! www.humblebundle.com/books/charli...

CBS News: A higher caliper of journalism.

Book 4 of 2026! This book was incredibly helpful and actually fun to read! Between devouring this (and re-watching all of "Younger" 😍), I now feel a lot closer to understanding the world of trade publishing. Thanks, @katemckean.bsky.social!

I have a new book idea and the only two things I know so far is that it’s called “Secretaries on the Moon” and someone in cat’s eye glasses is going to tell her boss “that spaceship’s sailed.”

Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college: 1. Latin 1-4 2. Creative Writing 3. Intro to Linguistics 4. Man’s Food 5. Rocks for Jocks

Can you surprise a literary agent in under 3,000 words? ✏️ This week's Reedsy Prompts contest w/ agent @katemckean.bsky.social is all about perspective. What twists will you bring to your story? 📅 Deadline: Feb 6, 11:59 PM EST 🔗 Join: shorturl.at/2nQTN #writingcontest #writingprompts #reedsyprompts

I’m in there too! Bid early and often!

It's Q&A Thursday! Today we tackle: 1. What will an agent think when they see I've published my first book with a hybrid publisher? 2. How can I get my traditionally published first book published again? www.agentsandbooks.com/q-a-thursday...

I need Jay-Den to show up on Snack Homies

Gonna see about suing them for infringing on my ancestor Thomas McKean's likeness rights

Anyone know of any adult novels about Harlem Rent Parties (and not “Passing”)?

In 1990, McDonald's ran a Happy Meal promotion that was apparently created by a smug, insufferable, time-traveling Bluesky poster from 2025!

TOMORROW! Join me for a virtual seminar with @mcnallyjackson.bsky.social on Thursday, Jan. 29 at 7pm ET where I will make the whole query process clear and manageable. Lucky participants will receive a LIVE query critique. (It's not as scary as it sounds.) www.mcnallyjackson.com/demystifying...

My writing group told me this week that I have to do something to my WIP that I REALLY don't like doing, but they are right and I'm going to have to do it. I'm going to have to NOT USE AN OUTLINE!!! 😱 😱 😱 The full story here: www.agentsandbooks.com/every-book-i...

I'm auctioning off a query letter critique and a year's subscription to Agents & Books as part of the Publishing for Minnesota fundraiser. Bid here! www.32auctions.com/organization...

A reminder — there are *millions* of social sites on the internet, like Storygraph for your reading and Ravelry for your knitting, etc. It’s only the biggest, run by the extremist fascists, that do these terrible things. Don’t define the internet by a handful of apps run by 5 sociopaths.

My writing group told me this week that I have to do something to my WIP that I REALLY don't like doing, but they are right and I'm going to have to do it. I'm going to have to NOT USE AN OUTLINE!!! 😱 😱 😱 The full story here: www.agentsandbooks.com/every-book-i...

I had a dream a friend was explaining their transition from female to non-binary as their “pivot to purple.” ☺️☺️☺️

What do you pivot to if you're already video?

A major publisher sent me a contract where a small amount of text (the proposed book title) was in Comic Sans and you bet your bippy I changed that.

Query letters are confusing and hard. Join me for a virtual seminar with @mcnallyjackson.bsky.social on Thursday, Jan. 29 at 7pm ET where I will make the whole process clear and manageable. Lucky participants will receive a LIVE query critique. www.mcnallyjackson.com/demystifying...

Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.

Just saw a Canva pitch deck template labeled as "grunge."

Raise your hand if you're an NYC parent and already going bonkers with remote school!

Biore should make face black blackhead strips for the skincare conscious football player.

Unrivaled co-founder and WNBA MVP Breanna Stewart held up an “Abolish ICE” sign during player intros ahead of Mist’s game this afternoon. Photo via @unrivaledwbb.bsky.social

Hi! Today at 4 PM PT/7 PM ET, I'm doing an online reading with the one and only @rozkaveney.bsky.social. It's gonna be so awesome. Zoom link in the comments here: www.facebook.com/stina.french...