Jess Dallow

Literary Agent

Brower Literary & Management

new yorker. associate literary agent at @browerliterary & cat sitter. she/her. opinions & tweets are my own. πŸ’—πŸ’œπŸ’™

Jess Dallow
@jldallow
Literary Agent
new yorker. associate literary agent at @browerliterary & cat sitter. she/her. opinions & tweets are my own. πŸ’—πŸ’œπŸ’™
142 MSWL
26 AskAgent
9 Tips

Carol Gore @CarolGo40107621

@jldallow How do you prefer query letters to be structured? Word count/genre/other stats up front, right into the hook, or otherwise?

For me personally, I prefer right into the hook and then stats after. However, as long as you have a good hook for your story and get me interested and wanting more, the order really doesn't matter to me. #askagent

Jess Dallow
@jldallow
Literary Agent
new yorker. associate literary agent at @browerliterary & cat sitter. she/her. opinions & tweets are my own. πŸ’—πŸ’œπŸ’™
142 MSWL
26 AskAgent
9 Tips

Soph @SophiaDerise

@jldallow How important has Twitter (or any social media platform) been in helping you to find authors and manuscripts that you're excited to work with?

The only writers I search for is non-fiction where having a platform is important. Otherwise, I just find clients through contests, conferences, or my query inbox. Social media is good to have, but I wouldn't pass on someone because they don't have it. Unless it's NF. #askagent

Jess Dallow
@jldallow
Literary Agent
new yorker. associate literary agent at @browerliterary & cat sitter. she/her. opinions & tweets are my own. πŸ’—πŸ’œπŸ’™
142 MSWL
26 AskAgent
9 Tips
Jess Dallow
@jldallow
Literary Agent
new yorker. associate literary agent at @browerliterary & cat sitter. she/her. opinions & tweets are my own. πŸ’—πŸ’œπŸ’™
142 MSWL
26 AskAgent
9 Tips

Meryn Lobb @bluntbiblio

@jldallow How do you feel about the uptick in β€œupper YA” and why do you think NA isn’t taking off as a category (other than romance)? It seems the obvious solution, but people still appear to be steering clear of defining books as NA.

The market became over saturated with NA so quickly and it fizzled out. Upmarket YA can just be considered crossover now. I’d love to see more college aged novels. It’s such an important time in our lives. #askagent

Jess Dallow
@jldallow
Literary Agent
new yorker. associate literary agent at @browerliterary & cat sitter. she/her. opinions & tweets are my own. πŸ’—πŸ’œπŸ’™
142 MSWL
26 AskAgent
9 Tips

AJ @ajormon

@jldallow If you’ve requested & turned down material from a writer, are you more or less excited to see a new manuscript from them?

I go through so much material that there’s a chance I won’t remember, but I do always like knowing if you’ve sent a query or manuscript to me before. I take each new project under consideration, so there’s no bias from my end when it comes to previous work. #askagent

Jess Dallow
@jldallow
Literary Agent
new yorker. associate literary agent at @browerliterary & cat sitter. she/her. opinions & tweets are my own. πŸ’—πŸ’œπŸ’™
142 MSWL
26 AskAgent
9 Tips