Mandy Hubbard
Literary Agent
Emerald City Literary Agency
Author of eleven novels. Founder of Emerald City Literary. Follow me for book talk… stay for pictures of my cows.
Literary Agent
Amelia Hollingsworth @ameliaHworth
#AskECLA What does YA crossover mean? Audience? Genres? Both?(But also to more directly answer the meaning- usually it's audience. Melding genres is usually just called "Genre-blending" not crossover. ) #AskECLA
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Shireen Hakim @ShireenWrites
@MandyHubbard @GarrettAlwert @LindaEpstein Hi Mandy are you looking for a graphic novel? ThanksI'm JUST starting to dip my toes in the Graphic Novel pool so won't be open to them for submissions in the near future, but I hope to expand at some point! #AskECLA
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Morgan Watchorn @mwatchornbooks
Hey, all! Any thoughts on the current market for (virus free) YA sci-fi/dystopian? Should I wait to query? #AskECLACould be challenging (the dystopian part). We saw the YA paranormal boom 2007-2010, followed by Dystopian, and Paranormal is just inching back now. If it's fresh/different though, it could definitely work. #AskECLA
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Melanie is revising (again!) Fishbane @MelanieFishbane
@MandyHubbard @TherezaDSWrites I have a question about waiting, following up and resubmitting. How long is too long? There are some I've never ever heard back from. Or asked for full and then nothing. I'm assuming I should just move on. :) #askECLAI always respond on EVERY sub, but I can be dreadfully slow on fulls. Definitely a follow up or two, and then you can mentally move on, but may still see responses from stragglers. A lot of writers get passes after they have an agent! #AskECLA
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Amelia Hollingsworth @ameliaHworth
#AskECLA What does YA crossover mean? Audience? Genres? Both?The key on "crossover" is to do the "main" thing WELL, and then naturally crossover to other audiences. Ex: "YA crossover" should be an amazing YA novel that appeals to YA audiences, and then it expands to adults naturally. Don't start out trying to be both things. #AskECLA
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Hannah Grieve @Hannah_Grieve
What’s the number one thing that attracts you to a manuscript? Voice? Story? A feeling? #askECLAI think voice is maybe the simplest way to boil it down. It's that intangible thing that just clicks and draws you into a world or a character's head. I love when I'm ALL IN within the first few sentences! #AskECLA
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Thereza Dos Santos is NaNoWrimo-ing! 🎃✍️☕️🍂🇨🇦 @TherezaDSWrites
Hello! Thank you for this!I have a YA Shakespeare retelling, contemp with magical elements. My first lines are straight out of Romeo & Juliet. Will agents know this is not a permissions issue if my play source is over 100 years old?
#amquerying
#askECLA
Any good agent should understand basic copyright laws. (If they don't, not an agent you want to work with. Copyright is something we advise our clients on-- like whether to use their legal name or pen name, negotiating that the pub is required to register, etc). #askECLA
Literary Agent
Mandy Hubbard @MandyHubbard
It's #AskECLA time! Bring on your publishing questions, I will be answering alongside @GarrettAlwert and @LindaEpstein (who is joining us shortly!). To start, quick submissions policy info to follow.In general, ECLA reps PB through YA, though @GarrettAlwert and I do not handle the PB/Chapter books side (That's @LindaEpstein!) Garrett and I both handle MG and YA, across pretty much every genre. #AskECLA