Cecilia Lyra
Literary Agent
P.S. Literary Agency
Storyteller & Storyseller / Associate Literary Agent @PSLiterary ✍🏽 Co-host of @TSNOTYAW podcast 🎧 Feminist. Latinx. Immigrant. Reader.
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In terms of non-fiction, I am looking for Psychology, Pop Culture, Science, Business, and Lifestyle from experts in their fields. Proven expertise is a MUST. I don’t like that we live in a world where platform matters, but it does matter. Include info on yours in your query.
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The thing that makes me keep reading is VOICE. Please send me your voice-y narratives. I want access to your narrator’s INNER LIFE. I should feel what they are feeling. They should feel ‘bad’ things (e.g. anger, envy, greed, etc.), too.
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I want to read stories that are dark + taboo. I ❤️ secrets and revelations. I ❤️ plot twists. I ❤️ reading about characters that grow up navigating two opposite worlds (class, culture, etc.). I do NOT like reading about perpetually happy, good, and moral characters (snooze).
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Does your story have a feminist angle? 💪Does it involve parentified children? Does your MC consider herself to be a bad person? Did she have to reinvent herself? I AM INTO ALL OF THIS.
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Is your protagonist unlikable? GREAT. Does she lie and pretend to survive? GIMME. Is she an overthinker and an overfeeler? WHY HAVEN’T YOU QUERIED ME YET? 😍
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I would love to read a novel that takes place in a boarding school. Authentic writing is a MUST so if you didn’t go to a boarding school your research better be so incredible as to trick me into thinking you did. (I am not easily tricked.)
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I love novels that deal with female relationships. Think: best friends; mother-and-daughter(s); sisters (incl twins!); sisters-in-law; mother-in-law and daughter-in-law; and girlfriends. Bonus points above apply.
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In terms of FICTION: I am a sucker for novels about dysfunctional families. Extra bonus points if they’re wealthy (think HBO’s Succession) because, let’s face it, reading about rich people in trouble is fun. Super extra bonus points if there’s an immigrant angle in there.
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My dearest #amquerying writers: I have new submission guidelines up on the @TRFNews website, so I thought it would be a good time to update—and elaborate on—my #MSWL all for Adult (I don’t rep YA, MG, etc.) (A thread).
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A story about an ethical sociopath #MSWL
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A story with as much chemistry and tension as #RunHBO 🔥
#MSWL #StorysellerHat
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After last night I want to watch a movie based on a book starring Shakira and J Lo. #mswl
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Psychology Today @PsychToday
Were you forced into adult responsibilities too young? Healing often begins by nurturing your inner child. Here's how. bit.ly/37BRcb4Stories about adults who were parentified children! #mswl
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I am not feeling well and so I've decided to rewatch Succession, specifically S2E8. L to the OG = the best medicine.
Also: #mswl to Succession-like stories.
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Best plot twist in one line:
"Take thee, Rachel."
😍 #mswl #iloveplottwists
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Kumail Nanjiani @kumailn
Trailer for the final season of Silicon Valley is here. It’s our biggest season yet, and the show ends in an extremely satisfying way. Watch and dare to disagree. Premieres Oct 27th. @SiliconHBO @HBO pic.twitter.com/uln2ORYBWJ#mswl : I want an #ownvoices sillicon valleyesque novel with more interesting characters, aka WOMEN. #WritingCommunity
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Julian Popov @julianpopov
The year is 2192. The British Prime Minister visits Brussels to ask for an extension of the Brexit deadline. No one remembers where this tradition originated, but every year it attracts many tourists from all over the world.I want a novel with this premise #WritingCommunity #MSWL
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The heartbreak that comes with saying goodbye to a friend. #MSWL #WritingCommnunity