Jennie Goloboy

Donald Maass Literary Agency

Literary Agent, DMLA. Charleston and the Emergence of Middle-Class Culture in the Revolutionary Era @ugapress '16, Obviously, Aliens @qospress '21. #vp20

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· 26 Feb 2020

I'm noticing a lot of queries in my inbox for things I don't represent, such as historical novels with no fantasy or science fiction elements, thrillers, and novellas in any genre (except for existing clients). I will not take on new clients with these kinds of books. #mswl

· 6 Jan 2020

I would love to see a book proposal for a non-fiction book about the history and politics of the concept of “nice.” #mswl

Nonfiction

· 25 Oct 2019

Tim Cooper @tcpolymath

* Parents died mysteriously
* Perceived as a wastrel playboy
* Incomparable manservant
* All interactions are with people with ridiculous names
* Constantly vanishing from social events without explanation
* Fear of intimacy kills romance

I'm convinced Bertie Wooster is Batman.

#mswl

· 24 Sep 2019

I am a huge, huge fan of historical fantasy, especially from unexpected places and times (like @kateheartfield's Armed in Her Fashion). I don't represent historical fiction with no fantastic elements. #MSWL

· 24 Sep 2019

I say this every #mswl, but I never get enough hard sf. I especially like hard sf based on the unexpected sciences, like @SueBurkeSpain's Semiosis series, based on her study of botany.

Sci-fi

· 24 Sep 2019

Happy #mswl day! I would like some genuinely fun history (not historical fiction!) for the general reader. I love "history of an idea" books.

Historical

· 18 Sep 2019

Sorry guys, despite working at DMLA, I don't represent mysteries. #MSWL

· 12 Jul 2019

Stephen Blackmoore @sblackmoore

Capricorn: Today you will be recruited by a shadowy organization that's so secret you don't even know you've been recruited.

#mswl

· 6 Jun 2019

I enjoy clean, transparent prose in the fiction I represent. I'm less of a fan of the heavily literary (though there are always exceptions!) #mswl

· 22 Mar 2019

Just a reminder: I'm a huge fan of historical fantasy, especially if you've got a setting I haven't seen before. #MSWL

· 9 Nov 2018

Why We Need Utopian Fiction Now More Than Ever io9.gizmodo.com/why-we-need-ut… via @io9 #mswl

· 4 Nov 2018

Jennie Goloboy @JennieGoloboy

Someday there’s going to be a great history book about the toxic effect of pro-wrestling style rhetoric on political discourse. twitter.com/kevinmkruse/st…

And if you’ve already written is great book on wrestling and politics, #mswl?

· 24 Oct 2018

Jennie Goloboy @JennieGoloboy

Dorcas Reilly, inventor of the green bean casserole, a Thanksgiving favorite, has died at 92 washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/10…

Why did I tweet this? Because sometimes technological advances aren't where we think. #MSWL

· 29 Sep 2018

In general, I’m the wrong agent for stories that are driven primarily by action scenes. This is because I have the visual imagination of a turnip. Dialogue-driven? Send it on. #mswl

· 29 Sep 2018

I have a weird bias against stories in which the hero is a gladiator who has to fight his way to the grand prize in the arena. I loved Thor: Ragnarok, but I think this plot generally works better as a movie than a book. #mswl

· 12 Sep 2018

I'd really love a rip-roaring history of book publishing, for example. #mswl

· 12 Sep 2018

This #mswl is for non-fiction-- I love business history. I'd like some fun business history for a popular audience. #twitterstorians, where are you?

Nonfiction

· 20 Jul 2018

By the way, I want to represent more history for a popular audience (hint, hint) #MSWL

· 19 Jun 2018

Sorry, I don't take on clients on the basis of a novella! #mswl

· 30 May 2018

I don't represent historical fiction-- sorry! #mswl