Alec Shane

Literary Agent

Writers House

Literary Agent at Writers House, LLC. Wannabe Patriots sportswriter. ashane@writershouse.com

Alec Shane
@alecdshane
Literary Agent
Literary Agent at Writers House, LLC. Wannabe Patriots sportswriter. ashane@writershouse.com
100 MSWL
1 AskAgent
346 Queries
122 Tips

Q1: YA about a young Hollywood starlet who gets caught up in a scandal. Writing isn't bad, but I'm seeing a lot of these

Alec Shane
@alecdshane
Literary Agent
Literary Agent at Writers House, LLC. Wannabe Patriots sportswriter. ashane@writershouse.com
100 MSWL
1 AskAgent
346 Queries
122 Tips

Q10: I know it's very popular trope, but honestly: how many super hot guys with a huge, dark secret exist in this world?

Alec Shane
@alecdshane
Literary Agent
Literary Agent at Writers House, LLC. Wannabe Patriots sportswriter. ashane@writershouse.com
100 MSWL
1 AskAgent
346 Queries
122 Tips

Q9: Query for Jodi Reamer, "Jodi Reamer" is in a completely different font than the rest of the letter; clearly a cut and paste email blast

Alec Shane
@alecdshane
Literary Agent
Literary Agent at Writers House, LLC. Wannabe Patriots sportswriter. ashane@writershouse.com
100 MSWL
1 AskAgent
346 Queries
122 Tips

Q6: Adult mystery about missing librarians, 40K words - way too short. 40K is MG territory

Alec Shane
@alecdshane
Literary Agent
Literary Agent at Writers House, LLC. Wannabe Patriots sportswriter. ashane@writershouse.com
100 MSWL
1 AskAgent
346 Queries
122 Tips

Q5:YA coming of age, author compares herself to John Green. Nice confidence, but you just set the bar CRAZY high. Careful w your comp titles

Alec Shane
@alecdshane
Literary Agent
Literary Agent at Writers House, LLC. Wannabe Patriots sportswriter. ashane@writershouse.com
100 MSWL
1 AskAgent
346 Queries
122 Tips

Q4: Medical thriller written in the present tense. I love the present tense, but it's hard to pull off. This author doesn't quite have it

Alec Shane
@alecdshane
Literary Agent
Literary Agent at Writers House, LLC. Wannabe Patriots sportswriter. ashane@writershouse.com
100 MSWL
1 AskAgent
346 Queries
122 Tips

Q3: MG adventure story about hidden Revolutionary War treasure. GREAT premise, but the writing isn't there. Too bad.

Alec Shane
@alecdshane
Literary Agent
Literary Agent at Writers House, LLC. Wannabe Patriots sportswriter. ashane@writershouse.com
100 MSWL
1 AskAgent
346 Queries
122 Tips

Q3: Horror novel that opened with a creature stalking through the night. How about a horror novel that opens with a character I really like?

Alec Shane
@alecdshane
Literary Agent
Literary Agent at Writers House, LLC. Wannabe Patriots sportswriter. ashane@writershouse.com
100 MSWL
1 AskAgent
346 Queries
122 Tips

Q2: I'm sure that this is a very good New Adult romance...but I don't know why you sent it to me.

Alec Shane
@alecdshane
Literary Agent
Literary Agent at Writers House, LLC. Wannabe Patriots sportswriter. ashane@writershouse.com
100 MSWL
1 AskAgent
346 Queries
122 Tips

Q1: Exclamation points everywhere. I would actually have no problem with the exclamation point being made illegal and carry with it jailtime