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@MAGHwrites
she/her. associate agent @ Azantian Literary Agency and SFF writer. ✡️. Hoyas 🏀. Nationals ⚾️. Recovering Nagano '98 apologist 🥈⛸.
If I "like" your pitch, please feel free to DM me with a link to the pitch and I'll send you a query link.
Sooo… y’all are scooping these up like crazy and we are almost full!!! Don’t forget to sign up if you’re interested in some 1:1 coaching ✍🏼 #amquerying #writingcommunity
🗣️ COACHING SESSIONS with me and @vickyweberbooks are now LIVE!!! If you’re a writer with: • a great idea but no clue where to start • a solid WIP but feel stuck on direction • a need for another set of eyes before you query This could be your opportunity! ✨
Illustration was done by the wonderfully talented Elaine Ho who also has a book of their own coming out called 'Cry, Voidbringer' ❣️
❣️ COVER REVEAL ❣️
Thrilled to be at the @WritersDigest Annual Conference today and tomorrow! I’m taking pitches all day today and tomorrow, which means I have a bunch of slots left. Feel free to sign up. :)
Andie and I are almost booked up! I wasn’t expecting them to go this fast so if you’re interested, fill out the form to snag your spot while you can!!! 😍🥳
So many writers reached out yesterday 🥹 If you’re wondering what the 1:1 coaching includes: 🗓️ Four 1:1 sessions + feedback 👯♀️ Choose me, Andie, or both We're ONLY offering this for August—so if you're in, now’s the time! 🔗 in comments! #writingcommunity #amwriting
Reason I transferred seamlessly from academia to commercial publishing #472974:
Never forget, the first draft isn’t supposed to be perfect, or even very good. It’s supposed to leave you convinced you have the intellect of a walnut
happy ✨ cover reveal day ✨ to THE IRON GARDEN SUTRA! The first time I finished my readthrough, I loved it so much that I had to call a friend at 2am and cry about it. I can’t wait for you all to be crying too. Read an excerpt below! ⬇️
Vessel likes meeting people. They just often happen to be dead when he gets there. We are thrilled to reveal the cover (and an excerpt!) of A. D. Sui's The Iron Garden Sutra, out from @ErewhonBooks on February 24, 2026! reactormag.com/cover-reveal-a…
Check out our exclusive cover reveal for Thoughts Be Bloody, a queer, trans Hamlet retelling from @dawbooks . You can also read an excerpt from the book here: nerdist.com/article/though…
Pleasepleasepleaseplease if you get an offer of representation, tell every agent you've queried who hasn't passed on your book! Please don't assume it's a pass!
Publishing is mostly a long draught, but when it rains, it pours. 👀
I'm so excited to announce my new role as Commissioning Editor @MacmillanKidsUK, where I'll mainly be acquiring and editing YA for the First Ink list! This is a dream job for me and a welcome return to my London publishing roots. 🧵thebookseller.com/news/kesia-lup…
I'm proudly Jewish and proud to have ranked Mamdani #1. This Mamdani-Lander coalition has been a JOY. I can't wait to vote for Mamdani in the general! And to NOT vote for the man who sexually harassed 12+ women as governor!
so proud of my friend! <3333 ☕️🐦⬛
I am THRILLED to announce I am now represented by Kat Kerr at Donald Maass Literary Agency. Kat's passion for my writing and characters won me over completely. I can't wait to start working with her on this manuscript and future ones 💙
Viking Penguin is hiring an Assistant/Associate Marketing Director, with a focus on nonfiction titles published from Penguin Life, The Open Field and Viking imprints! Job posting can be found here: jobsearch.createyourowncareer.com/PRH_US/job/New…
SO PROUD OF @graceviallwrite!! LOVE YOUUUUU ❤️❤️❤️
Head of Zeus (@HoZ_Books) has triumphed in a three-way auction for @graceviallwrite’s charming and uncanny debut urban fantasy, (Mostly) Human Resources 👇 thebookseller.com/rights/head-of…
Reminder I’m closing to queries a week from tomorrow!
I’ll be closing to queries on May 31 and plan to be closed all of June to catch up. Can’t wait to see your work!
Authors, agents should give you a *minimum* of two weeks to get back to them about accepting or declining an offer of rep. If you need more time, ask for it! No agent should be pressuring you to sign immediately. Take the time you need and DESERVE.
My incredible friend and outstanding member of the writing community Karis Rogerson really needs this potentially life-saving treatment. Please donate if you can, and share regardless! Karis is so special and we're so lucky to have her. L nk in the thread. <3