Keir Alekseii
Literary Agent
Azantian Literary Agency
Associate🔥Agent for @jenazantian | Cat wrangler 🐈 | 🇹🇹 gyal | Intersectional feminist✊ | #ADHD | she/they bi/pan 🌈 | Opinions my own. Layout @ana_scribe
Literary Agent
View Post
identities, one identity might inform your lived experience more so than others (example: being a brown woman always exerted greater influence over my life than my sexuality did, or my neurodivergence).
So, consider this if...
Literary Agent
View Post
As a POC it is more likely that I relate to stories by other POC, which is something to consider before querying me, though I wouldn't decline a story solely because it's not written by BIPOC.
That said, not all marginalizations are equal and when you have intersecting...
Literary Agent
View Post
From the DMs (msg cut for length): Does marginalized backgrounds include white LGBT folks?
Short answer: yes. White folks from marginalized backgrounds are welcome to query me.
Long answer: LGBTQ, DIS, ND & other such voices are still marginalized even when also white. BUT...
Literary Agent
View Post
William Michael (writer) @OhlidalWilliam
@KeirAlekseii 2 questions if I may...How long after your initial rejections can you submit a rewritten version of a story that got rejected?
Are shorter stories more cost-effective?
I've reduced my novel from 112,000 to 82,000 making a harder-hitting faster-paced book. Does it help?
As for shorter stories, this one is incredibly subjective. Both 112k and 82k seem like good lengths to me, depending on what the age category & genre are.
Whether a faster paced novel helps or harms you in the query trenches depends entirely on the individual agents. I...
Literary Agent
View Post
Keir Alekseii is OPEN TO QUERIES @KeirAlekseii
FAQ🧵:Q: ALA's rules say that I can only query 2 agents per MS. If you ❤️ my pitch but I've already queried 2 agents at ALA with this MS, can I still query you?
A: Unfortunately, you should not query me if you've already queried 2 other ALA agents. HOWEVER...
To start, some common questions are answered here: twitter.com/KeirAlekseii/s…