Sarah N Fisk

I'm going to be honest and say very, very few books fit in both ya or adult. It has to do with filter. Is it a teen telling their story directly or is their story filtered through an adult lens?

Phone number so we can call if we need to. Address maybe so we can put it on the agency agreement, which we like to prepare before the call. It's often optional tho

Some agencies they do, others they don't. Some only more junior agents need approval

No, everything is tough. I don't think ya is harder than adult in any given fiction genre

"Swashbuckler" is a sub sub genre. So go up to subgenre and look for that

People submitting to me? Idk if it would cover a whole class but just a sentence: "read more books in your genre"

Writers in general: I really want to teach avoiding publishing scams more

Upmarket lower/light touch of fantasy is in high demand, but the number of editors taking straight, classic fantasy seems to be really small

Not yet!

A clever, charismatic con artist who is not a cis man

At Tobias, we often share in house via querymanager. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't query other agents after a rejection because we don't always know what the others are looking for.

NA should be about the themes related to the journey of becoming an adult. however, the na market is extremely small in trad publishing. some are still saying "NA isn't a thing." so a lot of na is sold as adult

for the actual pitching process? no. there are just a lot fewer places that actually publish novellas, so the market is very small

1) i can't say one or the other sells better. editors have their preferences. there's a market for both (i like them sexier, personally)
2) cursing in ya is fine. HOWEVER, if it's the kind of book that will go on state library/school lists, cursing can keep it off of them.

just make sure you see what they say about nudging. for example, my guidelines say not to nudge me unless i announce i'm past the date you submitted. use the info available to you. you can often see on querytracker (even the free one) where agents are in their inbox

there is no one best way. it's what works for you and works with your skillset. i always recommend learning from a lot of different people about promo, take what works for you, and leaving the rest behind.

yes. there are just SO MANY people writing it that it is crowded. ⬇you and me

for a novel, the bio portion isn't that important. if you have a personal connection to something in the book, you can mention that. if you're a member of a writing group, you can mention that.

I think that's outside the bounds of a question i can answer on twitter. both markets are tough. all markets are tough right now, tbh. write the one you can't stop thinking about in the shower <-my personal method

A lot do, but if they haven't said they're closed, go ahead and send if you have the time. They'll just go into the queue of they're not reading right now.

I have seen one agent get mad because authors queried them during holidays when they weren't closed and ... (cont)

Very very very little. For fiction, the book is the thing. Nothing else really matters