✨🧡COVER REVEAL🧡 ✨
Absolutely obsessed with this gorgeous cover for my upcoming dystopian novel, COVALENCE — coming October 15! Add it on Goodreads now and stay tuned for pre-order details.
@OBPublish
Writers, if I pass on your query, please do not submit another query for the same project calling me names for passing on your story. This is unacceptable and completely unnecessary. I read every query and make these tough decisions like every agent. Rudeness is uncalled for.
✨SURPRISE✨
Thrilled to announce my promotion to Junior Agent at
@BookerAlbertLit
!! MSWL link in bio and thread coming soon. I’ll be open to queries on September 1!
I’m so excited for this next step and cannot wait to read your stories!
#amagenting
#WritingCommunity
✨Announcement✨
We are very excited to announce that Rebecca Lawrence and
@andiesmithbooks
have been promoted to junior agents! They will be open to queries September 1st. Please check out our website to submission details.
So thrilled and excited to have them with us!
✨BOOK NEWS✨
I'm so excited to share that THE BONDED SERIES, my YA dystopian trilogy, has found a home with
@OBPublish
! Arielle's enthusiasm and passion for my story has blown me away and I'm so excited to bring this world to life with a local press.
#WritingCommunity
#bookdeal
#MSWL
🧵 before I open to queries on Friday!
I will be open to most genres of YA and Adult including but not limited to contemporary, romance, thriller, speculative, dystopian, issue-driven, fantasy, eco-fiction, sci-fi. Here's some things I'll be keeping my eye out for. (1/8)
Apparently I was the first offer on a manuscript that’s taken over Twitter this week with offers and while I wasn’t the lucky agent, I am this author’s biggest fan and can’t wait to buy this book one day.
Query update! I've officially read all queries submitted on Sept 1. There are about 30 from this day in my maybe pile that I need more time to consider.
Some stats for being open for one week!
Total queries to date: 756
Rejected: 367
Requested: 4
Maybe: 38
Unread: 385
Writers, I cannot stress enough how important it is to sign with an agent who loves your story. I’m reading my client’s MS for the third time and am absolutely still obsessed with this book. This feeling is everything!!
Happy Friday
#WritingCommunity
! It’s official, I am now ✨OPEN TO QUERIES✨!!
#MSWL
and QM link in bio. Please feel free to check out my previous MSWL and transparency threads for more info on my process and what I’m looking for.
3..2..1.. SUBMIT!!🤩
Thursday Transparency 🧵before I open to queries next week!
I'm so excited for this next step in my career as an agent and can't wait to read all of your stories. As an author who's been on the other side, I wanted to provide some details about my agenting process. (1/11)
All I will say is I am a baby agent and I love my clients. I love what I do and I’m so excited to do this for a very long time. We all have to start somewhere but that doesn’t mean our passion is uncredited.
✨NEWS✨
I'm so excited to announce signing my first client
@bellaphelps25
! When Bella's YA fantasy hit the BA inbox, I was immediately pulled in and unable to put it down. I can't wait to be a champion for her and this story.
Editors, get ready!
#WritingCommunity
#amagenting
Query update! As I’m nearing almost 500 queries from the weekend, my original timeline of answering queries within a week may not be feasible😅
I’m going to do my very best but will go ahead and say it might take me 3-4 weeks to get back to you. You all came in ready!!🙌🏼
I’m almost caught up on queries, but taking a brief break as this really caught me off guard. If I pass on your story, I truly am rooting for you and hope you find the right agent one day. Agenting is hard, and it’s mostly an unpaid job. We do it because we love it, we care.
Y’all weren’t kidding when you said you were ready!! Nearing almost 300 queries on Day 1. Cheers to all of you and your wonderful stories. Will be reading from the beach this weekend!🥂✨
#WritingCommunity
Happy Friday
#WritingCommunity
! It’s official, I am now ✨OPEN TO QUERIES✨!!
#MSWL
and QM link in bio. Please feel free to check out my previous MSWL and transparency threads for more info on my process and what I’m looking for.
3..2..1.. SUBMIT!!🤩
Also, please don’t feel the need to personalize your query! If you want to tell me about your cats or favorite Disney movie, I’ll geek out for sure, but excited to read your submission either way.🤗
#WritingCommunity
I'm such a sucker for it.. I'll be in and out of
#pitdark
today and if I ❤️ your tweet: submit your query, synopsis, and first 3 chapters below. Please add PITDARK in the referral column.
Well.. turns out I’m a sucker for a good pitch, so I’ll be scrolling through
#PitDark
today! If I ❤️ your tweet, please use my QM form and submit query, synopsis, and first 3 chapters. Add “PitDark” in the referral box.
I love it. Rejections suck and forms don’t help. We use them for capacity reasons, but that doesn’t make anyone feel better.
The way authors are having fun with it and using it to lift each other up is a new kind of resiliency. Keep ‘em coming. Can’t wait to see mine!!
It's fun seeing REDACTED rejection letter poetry. How hard the individual is hit by an otherwise well intentioned response.
I'm curious how the other side sees it.
@andiesmithbooks
has been wonderfully transparent, perhaps she can offer some perspective!
#amquerying
I'm working on edits for my client's MS and no matter how many times I read this project, I simply can't get enough. I feel so lucky to be in this position.🥹
#amagenting
Lowkey hoping that authors who sign with me are swifties so I can name our group discord channels after different eras 👀👀
I'm totally kidding of course...
• Published my first book with an indie press
• Got a 3 book deal with another small press
• Started a freelance editing business
• Became an agent and signed my first client
• Made so many wonderful friends in this community
Wanted to add to this because someone asked and I felt it was important to include here. I'll be asking for the standard query letter, synopsis, and first 3 chapters. BUT! I'm also including a space for you to add a link to a moodboard and/or playlist if you want to share!🤗
That's it! I hope that helped provide a bit more detail of what I'm excited about but only so much can fit in a tweet so if you think I'm a good fit, query away. My MSWL and QM page can be found at the link in my bio. I can't wait to see all of your projects in a few days!! (8/8)
My book comes out this month🥹
I was 10 when my dad died. Out of the blue, no notice, nothing. My family wouldn’t talk about it. I’ve lived with undealt grief for most of my life—this is my story. For me. For my dad. For all of us who’ve loved and lost.
Happy October!🎃
I am officially ALL caught up on queries for one month of being open.
Let’s get into the Sept stats📊:
Total queries: 1,266
Passed: 1,221
Requested: 45
Genres requested: (Adult) eco-fiction, fantasy, romance, thriller; (YA) fantasy, sci-fi, contemporary
Idk the fact that writers feel comfortable reaching out to me to ask questions or get advice about the industry even though I'm brand new to all this just makes me feel like I'm doing something right🥹 Always here for you
#WritingCommunity
🫶
Honestly… am loving agenting / editing / author life right now. Feeling so so lucky to have found this space and pursue something I’m so passionate about in many different areas.
TY
#WritingCommunity
🫶
Okay y’all
#Pitched
app looks amazing and could be a GAME CHANGER for the querying world. I hope a lot of agents get on board but I’m so excited to be apart of this!!
Wonderful writers, please only query me with one project at a time. If I pass on one, you are always welcome to query me again with the next but please wait for a pass before submitting multiple projects. Thank you!
You all are very kind, thank you. It’s authors like you lot that make this whole publishing thing worth it. Keep spreading your positive energy. Trust me, we see it.🩵
For months now, my feed has been full of book deals, agent announcements, and other author successes. 2024 is it, folks. Let’s keep going!!🤗✨
#WritingCommunity
✨BOOK NEWS✨
I am SO excited to share my debut Young Adult Contemporary novel about grief and loss is going to be published by
@EvernightTeen
!
Details to come, but feel free to follow me on IG at the same handle for the journey📚🫶
#WritingCommunity
#BookDeal
A very ✨special✨ 2023 announcement! 🥹
So excited to share I am the newest literary intern at
@BookerAlbertLit
! I cannot wait to dive into stories and learn so much from
@bluedragonfly81
🫶
Wonderful writers! As I continue to make my way through queries, please don't submit the same project multiple times in a row. I promise I read and respond to every query. There is no need to send the same query 5 times in a week. I will get to it, I promise! Thank you!
Hi lovely
#WritingCommunity
! I will be closing to queries on Nov 10 to catch up on my inbox and dive into the many (and wonderful) fulls I have so far. I’d love to get responses to these authors before the end of the year if I can.
The plan is to reopen early January. Thank you!
In non-writing related news, my sister-in-law got engaged this weekend! My hubby and I have been helping her bf plan this proposal for WEEKS and I am so glad it was a success!!🤩🥂✨
Just look how cute they are🥹
When I was a querying author, Helen was my dream agent. Now I get to work with her and we talk every day. There is no one like this woman and anyone in her life is LUCKY to know her. Helen is everything.
I was someone deeply impacted by recent events. I, like many others, noted a destructive and manipulative pattern of behaviour too late. This person inserted themselves into your life, either to become your friend or offered "help."
I am catching up on submissions and even if I pass on a project please know it’s the hardest thing to do!! And when I tell you I’m impressed by your writing, I MEAN it. I’ve been blown away by the talent that’s hit my inbox. If it’s not me, I know it will be someone soon. 🙌🏼
‼️Client Announcement‼️
I am so excited to welcome
@AJButlerWriting
to my
@BookerAlbertLit
team. Ambrielle’s thriller had me on the edge of my seat from start to finish and I can’t wait to dive back in.
My little
#SmithSquad
is growing!!
✨I HAVE AN AGENT!✨
So excited that I’m now represented by
@andiesmithbooks
of
@BookerAlbertLit
! I was blown away by Andie’s passion and vision for my twisty thriller. She’s going to be an amazing champion for my writing. Now onto edits and getting this book on sub soon! ☺️
Alright it’s too fun not to join in!
#WritersofTwitter
👋🏼 I’m Andie, I write young adult stories sometimes set in our world and other times found in a futuristic society, where there’s always at least one dead parent.
The first book of my dystopian trilogy is out in October!🌆🧡
Hi, I’m Madison! I write spooky stories with a heavy dash of swoony romance. My favorite writing spot is a theme park because rollercoasters cure writer’s block 👻🎡💜
#WritersofTwitter
In case it's helpful, I'm now up on QT for searching and tracking purposes. You should be able to go back into your query and enable auto-tracking if this interests you. Thank you all for your patience!
ATTN EVERYONE‼️
Today is a super fun pitch event and I think we need to flood the feeds with our wonderful pitches and stories that are VALID and MEANINGFUL. Let’s not give *that* person one more ounce of attention. This is OUR community.
Jump into
@PoppUpPit
now!!🍀✨
‼️Client Announcement‼️
Thrilled to welcome
@wisterialrose
to my
@BookerAlbertLit
team!! Megan’s asexual Beauty and the Beast reimagining took my breath away in the most rewarding and captivating way. Can’t wait to see where it goes!!
Hi everyone, please do not send queries to my email. When I open in September, I’ll be using QueryManager. Any queries sent to my email will not be considered. Thank you!
In my feels today as one year ago I got the email to publish LUCKY ENOUGH—a story about losing my father. Today, on the anniversary of his passing, I got to tell him about it.
Grief is an ongoing battle, but I’m grateful for days like these when I can feel him with me.💜🪻
Every time I get to dive back into one my author’s manuscripts I have this moment of pure awe and gratefulness that they said yes to ME. That I get to work on such incredible stories by incredible writers and help bring them to life. I will never get tired of this feeling.
Tomorrow I cross the stage for the second time and get to hang up one of the many hats I wear — thank you, MPA!🎓⚔️💛
#UCF
@UCFALUMNI
peep the cap
@jordanfisher
No, YOU rewrote an entire 60k book in exactly one week after major plot and character restructure. Couldn’t be me.
But it is. And I am so damn proud. Sending this baby off to my betas and can’t wait for all the ✨thoughts✨
#amwriting
#amrevising
I love when I’m giving feedback and the author’s response is “omg, YES! And what if I do xyz?” and then we just go back and forth in excitement and ideas of how to make their story stronger. Such an amazing feeling✨
Excited to share I'll be taking pitches alongside other amazing agents at the Writing Away Virtual Retreat on Sept. 24! Looking forward to my first pitch event as an agent and hearing all about your stories.
@WritingRefuge
#PitchEvent
#WritingCommunity
#Editors
! As I get ready to open to queries, I’d love to chat with some of you to get to know you and what you’ll be looking for. Would love to connect when you’re available.🤗
#amagenting
Well, sitting at the airport so figured I would go ahead and drop that
#MSWL
before I reopen to queries on Monday! It’s been updated here:
What I am actively searching for when I reopen:
From day one I’ve made it clear that I will always be transparent and honest about my agenting process and growth in this industry. We couldn’t do what we do with you, writers. Thank you all for showing up today to ask questions, post pitches, and support each other endlessly.
Every time I message an author I have to remember that people actually have lives and aren’t glued to their email like me 😅 *obsessively refreshes inbox again*
The last few weeks have been a whirlwind and I am beyond thrilled to welcome
@TristenWrites
to the
#SmithSquad
!! I have been a fan of hers for so long and the fact that we now get to work together is a dream come true. I’m so excited to help her share more stories with the world.
Ecstatic (& still a little in shock) to announce I am now represented by literary agent
@andiesmithbooks
with
@BookerAlbertLit
😁✨️
Andie's passion for my writing & HOLIDAYS GONE BY feels surreal in the best way. I can't wait to work with her on this & many more projects! 🥹💜
Plans for 2024:
-sell my wonderful client’s book
-sign more clients (and sell their books)
-finish secret sapphic fantasy WIP
-write 2nd dystopian book
-throw a huge release party for COVALENCE
-grow my editing business
-graduate with my Masters
She’s busy but she’s READY!✨
Plans for 2024:
-Sell Ya dark academia thriller
-write and sell proposal for next adult rom com
-edit books 2 and 3
-go on sub with YA fantasy or adult fantasy
-debut
-sell foreign rights??? And sub rights?????
If I have one piece of advice for the
#WritingCommunity
, it’s always be open to feedback. You never know where your story will go and how much better it will become because of ONE small idea based on received feedback. It’s everything, folks.🥹🫶