I received over 800 queries in five days and am now closed to queries until I go through all of them. I've read 100 already!

Sweater weather.

Breaking news: The Trump administration over the weekend ordered states to stop distributing full food assistance benefits for November to the 42 million low-income Americans risking food insecurity.

Breaking News: The Trump administration told states to undo any steps to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, threatening financial penalties if the states do not comply. It was unclear how that would affect the program.

President Trump is seen in the Oval Office after a man collapsed during a White House event. The event on lowering the costs of weight loss drugs resumed after an attendee collapsed, prompting administration officials to pause the event and usher reporters out of the room. nbcnews.to/47KinRo

Reminder that I'm closing tomorrow at 10 pm EST.

Another secret able to be shared! So happy to announce a four book audio deal for client J.E. Larson on her Valdor Romantasy series!

Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.

Congratulations to artist María J. Guarda. Her picture book, PALOMA FLIES AWAY has been nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration! This beautiful book leaves a forever imprint @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @carnegiemedals.bsky.social @stormliterary.bsky.social carnegies.co.uk/illustration...

I'm now open to queries at querytracker.net/query/Michel... !! Do not send queries to my email as they will be deleted. I'm open until 10 pm EST on November 7th, accepting all Middle Grade and Young Adult. Also accepting Adult Mystery, Fantasy, Romantasy, Science Fiction and Horror.

YESSSS @dhawkinsauthor.bsky.social OMG!!!! @stormliterary.bsky.social

Check out a few new releases from Storm Authors @chuckstorla @dhawkinsauthor.bsky.social and Holly Whitmore! All clients of @jennaschmenna.bsky.social

Since I open to queries next week, I'll answer questions until Wednesday at 5 pm EST. You can ask about my wishlist or publishing in general.

So, uh... turns out putting This Princess Kills Monsters on sale actually worked.

Donated to the local Food Pantry today.

Ebooks of This Princess Kills Monsters are currently on sale for $1.99 (or equivalent) across all platforms! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/753910...

Facts. op: dejoncampbell (via IG)

Inside the Hermitage, the winter palace where Tsar Nicholas II and his family lived before they were executed—in a country where Russians were starving.

Agent day: editing in morning, scheduled chat with a client and another chat with an editor, logged editor passes and notified clients, made notes on a contract, updated WFH agreement, sent some subs.

"A 60-year-old couple earning $85,000 may have to pay $31,000 for a health insurance plan in Kentucky... $28,000 for a plan in Oregon... $44,000 for a plan in Vermont..." www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

A Cuban man deported by the United States to Eswatini is on a hunger strike at a maximum-security prison having been held there for more than three months without being charged or having access to legal counsel under the Trump administration’s third-country program. https://to.pbs.org/4hnLSwE

It's always going to be a thrill to find client books in bookstores! And it's bright yellow so you can't miss it! With an adorable old hound dog!

Happy Book Birthday @emilysoderberg.bsky.social

I love listening to book podcasts and this was a good one!

“The Purdue student newspaper owns its own presses” is the sound of engines revving

Wisdom from Schoolhouse Rock.

Administrators at Indiana University baselessly fired the student media director and ordered the student paper to cease its print edition, so it'd sure be a shame if this excellent digital front page were to be widely shared today issuu.com/idsnews/docs...

I'm going to open to queries from November 3 through November 7th or until I receive 1,000 queries submissions! I'll be open to all MG and YA genres, plus Mystery and SFF, including horror, in Adult. Looking forward to reading! My website will be updated shortly with more details.

A restraining order was issued YESTERDAY by a federal judge barring detention of journalists in this district unless they refuse to reposition themselves and are given adequate time to do so, or there’s probable cause they’ve committed a crime.

I think this is another day that I need to take a break from national news.

Manchildren

Excited to share the news of new audio books for client Vera Raye's second romantasy duology! Good to working with Blackstone again!

Thinking more and more about reopening briefly to queries, but I would be very slow replying. Would you rather I opened and just took three or four months to respond or longer?

The government shut down last night and House Republicans were on vacation.

So uh this is going to be the biggest day of mass protest yet

Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear in Congress’ newest member in order to delay a vote on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files. www.axios.com/2025/09/29/m...

Had an editor say urban fantasy may come back in a year or so. 👀

Look at this video. Take a long, hard look at this scene. Masked federal agents, armed like soldiers on a battlefield, a dozen of em, taking down & detaining one immigrant. On our streets. Take a long, hard look at this. And then pass it on to others. This is Trumpism. This must not be who we are.👇

Alexander Hamilton could not more accurately describe Trump and the danger to liberty of such a man.

Agent day: posted a deal announcement on the Storm Insta account, read 50 pages of a client manuscript due next month, meetings with an editor and a film agent, call with editor on a deal memo, short walk, answered emails, not sure where the day went!

No Democrat should vote to keep the government open unless ACA funding is restored for the millions of Americans at risk of losing health coverage next year. Remember that this funding is on the chopping block because Trump and Republicans want to give the richest Americans a giant tax cut.

We have just one week left until a Republican government shutdown. Democrats are ready to pass a bill that keeps millions of Americans from getting kicked off their health care. Trump and Republicans won’t even come to the table to negotiate.

Getting boxes of client books never gets old! @emilysoderberg.bsky.social

Here's a secret: I really like reading contracts. Which is probably super weird. I prefer the contracts over negotiating deal memos.

The @washingtonpost.com story on Tylenol & autism leaves out a MAJOR 2.5M sibling-controlled study of children in Denmark, which "found no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy was associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

I'm getting a lot of queries in my email. First, I'm closed to queries and second I only take queries through Query Manager.

Keep the pressure ON!

Anyway, the operator also mentioned that the system to cancel Disney+ subscriptions is down. So if you think you canceled, double check. The process involves multiple confirmation emails. If you only received one, you might be stuck halfway.