Naomi Davis
Literary Agent
BookEnds Literary Agency
Eternally optimistic Literary Agent at @Bookendslit Genderqueer 🏳️🌈 ND; I laugh & love relentlessly. Repped by the phenomenal @4triciaskinner
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BookEnds Literary Agency @bookendslit
@NaomisLitPix wants to see a South-Asian inspired #Adult #fantasy.If you send me this, please include #MSWL in the title line of my submissions form so I see it right away!
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Sarah Guan @Sarah_Guan
YES, THIS. #MSWLI’m a multilingual person who often translates for loved ones whose first language isn’t English. It’s a whole set of social interactions and levels of access to systemic power that shape communities and conflicts.
I’d love to see this examined in #SFF. twitter.com/lindseyhall17/…
#MSWL!! This sounds fabulous.
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Lindsey Hall @LindseyHall17
#MSWL fantasy w/ a translator protag. There's so much power in language-- how they translate for a ruler effects a whole kingdom, eg. I want to see the nuances & consequences of deciding how & what to translate, word play between languages, times when translation falls short#MSWL MSWL MSWL!! Yes, please!!!! In a wild and complex and twisty fantasy world with politics and intrigue!
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Sarah Guan @Sarah_Guan
#MSWL!I’m imagining one of these exorcists getting caught up in some epic political struggle, and the others admonishing, “Don’t be such a drama queen! Our family sticks to lesser demons and dead commoners for a reason! Stop meddling with dead emperors!” twitter.com/philipjboyes/s…
Mutual #MSWL lol!
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Naomi Davis @NaomisLitPix
But when agent screws up, authors sometimes have trust issues.I get it, totally. Please don't hesitate to query me & talk opwnly if you were recently impacted by 1 of these events where an agent didn't do their job according to industry standards.I would love to see your work. 2/#MSWL Adult and YA fantasy, sci fi, romance. Picture books featuring diversity, food, or fun word play. Middle grade based on unique mythologies, and always, diversity across all spectrums including LGBTQ, authors/characters of color, and neurodiversity. Queryme.online/naomidavis
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Naomi Davis @NaomisLitPix
I love:• fantasy that sweeps me so deep into another world I forget who I really am
• sci fi that makes me question my entire reality
• the above, in such an explosive/expansive way transitioning back to real life feels impossible
• characters who linger beside me for weeks
Reminder: #mswl
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I mention ARRIVAL/STORY OF YOUR LIFE a lot in my #MSWL wishlist tweets. Thus, I get a lot of queries comping these. Let me explain a little bit about what caught me in this story and why I love it so much. It's not the "time travel" aspect necessarily 1/
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Naomi Davis @NaomisLitPix
Ways fantasy can be dynamic without relying on Tolkien-inspired landscapes, creatures, or Chosen One tropes:- Add a second power to the world that isn't humans. Be creative with this: perhaps the king must confer with the birds or frogs before charging to war.
More about my adult fantasy #MSWL - Query me if your story fits!
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Naomi Davis @NaomisLitPix
#MSWL high stakes, character driven fantasy w/intricately realized worlds, unique fantasy/magical systems&new creatures. Fun, original political systems, visually dynamic settings, characters with emotions that rip me from my life and plunge me into the pages.Still looking for that perfect adult fantasy project! Query me if you've got it! #MSWL
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Safa Shaqsy @safashaqsy
@NaomisLitPix What kind of YA fantasy fiction you want to see in your query box?Same as all my adult fantasy #MSWL Tweets! :-)
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I am absolutely overjoyed by the number of queries I'm receiving about non-neurotypical characters, or by non-neurotypical authors.
Keep that coming #amwriting folks, in all genres and age ranges! #mswl
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Naomi Davis @NaomisLitPix
Ways fantasy can be dynamic without relying on Tolkien-inspired landscapes, creatures, or Chosen One tropes:- Add a second power to the world that isn't humans. Be creative with this: perhaps the king must confer with the birds or frogs before charging to war.
Because I suck at organizing tweet threads on mobile: here's an expansion of my #MSWL for fantasy (adult, but I'll consider YA too) #amwriting #amquerying #querytip
I'm not trashing established tropes in fantasy.
I'm saying: Do not feel bound by them.
Fantasy is limitless.
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Naomi Davis @NaomisLitPix
Ways fantasy can be dynamic without relying on Tolkien-inspired landscapes, creatures, or Chosen One tropes:- Add a second power to the world that isn't humans. Be creative with this: perhaps the king must confer with the birds or frogs before charging to war.
As always: this long thread is just my opinion. But I hope this thread further fleshed out why I want concepts of fantasy expanded for my #MSWL - FANTASY IS LIMITLESS. If you're #amwriting fantasy or at #querytip stage, this thread is what I would love to see. #askagent
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#MSWL adult fantasy (epic/high) in world inspired by less-seen-in-SFF cultures. No vamps, weres, witch/wiz, god/Angel, fae/elf, elemental/spellcasting etc tropes - instead show me NEW magic, NEW creatures, or wild twisty fantasy world/political structures.
Queryme.online/naomidavis
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A wonderful list of literary agents seeking SFF: #querytip
tckpublishing.com/literary-agent…
If you are planning to query me, be sure to check out my #MSWL threads, as I have specific wants and do-not-wants in SFF!
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Naomi Davis @NaomisLitPix
#MSWL high stakes, character driven fantasy w/intricately realized worlds, unique fantasy/magical systems&new creatures. Fun, original political systems, visually dynamic settings, characters with emotions that rip me from my life and plunge me into the pages.In case you missed it: my updated #MSWL for Adult Fantasy! I love how so many writers respond to these and query me. If you write adult fantasy and your work fits the preferences in this thread, QUERY ME! #amwriting #amquerying #querytip
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Naomi Davis @NaomisLitPix
Please remember: no matter how closely your project matches an agent's #MSWL, the writing quality and execution of the project is what ultimately makes it produce an offer of rep.A quick reminder!!!
I posted my fantasy #MSWL in a Tweet thread yesterday. Looking forward to seeing queries!
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Show me something bizarre and outside the normal, with a dynamic fantasy structure, journeys and trickery and twists. Show me how cunning, courage, and wit can make any character's magic win - or save - the world. Show me dialogue that sparks with character and voice. #mswl
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Naomi Davis @NaomisLitPix
#MSWL high stakes, character driven fantasy w/intricately realized worlds, unique fantasy/magical systems&new creatures. Fun, original political systems, visually dynamic settings, characters with emotions that rip me from my life and plunge me into the pages.So show me a chef, a medicine woman, a food runner, a hairdresser, a shoemaker, an assistant who has the potential to outshine their superior but has yet to discover/reveal it. Let their magic be small but let them find a way to make it ignite in their favor. #mswl
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#MSWL high stakes, character driven fantasy w/intricately realized worlds, unique fantasy/magical systems&new creatures. Fun, original political systems, visually dynamic settings, characters with emotions that rip me from my life and plunge me into the pages.