Kim-BOO-rly 👻
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Stonesong
associate literary agent + social media @StonesongNYC **currently closed to queries** opinions mine (IG: @kim_lindman )
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Adding some specifics to my nonfiction #MSWL, I'd like to see pitches and proposals for books about:
- divorce
- parenting, esp. through a cultural lens
- re-parenting or deprogramming
- relationships (all kinds, romantic and non-)
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Dr. Lisa Munro @llmunro
There are only a small number of writers I trust to write about adoption in ways that feel real and authentic and they're all adopted people themselves#MSWL: fiction AND nonfiction about adoption by ***adoptees***!!!!!!
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picking my wine for dinner and it made me think I'd love to rep a wine book that gets super nerdy into chemistry or biology as it relates to taste/smell of wine and wine grapes (think terpenoids, anthocyanins, yeast strains). who's writing this? #MSWL
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grace 🦔 wants to live in oscar isaac's beard @prosebforebros
I need more stories about revenge where the protagonist gets told "no, you need to stop, you're better than this!" and instead of agreeing and putting the knife down they say "no I'm not" and slit their enemy's throat instead.my fiction #MSWL in one tweet
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Kim - OPEN to queries! @kim_lindman
I talk mostly about fiction on here, but you all should know I also rep nonfiction and want more of it! a few general topics I’m into: food, beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, environment, farming, how to be a better person, investigative journalism...last day to send fiction queries for a while! I'm looking for more nonfiction at the moment--you can find what I'm looking for in that area via my #MSWL tweets or my bio (stonesong.com/kim-lindman)
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Kim - OPEN to queries! @kim_lindman
that sweet sweet combo of literary and crime pic.twitter.com/oGStsPg7asI'm very close to closing to fiction queries, but in the meantime, please send your literary crime novels #MSWL
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I think Fresh was one of the best movies I’ve seen in a long time 😌 please send me your horror in this vein #MSWL
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I would be incredibly interested in a nonfiction book examining a purportedly "Western" invention and its actual roots elsewhere (or, a compendium of these!) #MSWL
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I want to see more stories where the characters embody that “I have decided to become worse” quote. real “I’ll give you something to cry about” energy
#MSWL
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that's all I can think of for now! I hope this helps the
#amquerying crowd and that I'll see some great queries Feb 1!
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in fiction and nonfiction, I particularly want to see more BIPOC, disabled, LGBT+ authors (though please don't feel pressured to disclose anything you're not comfortable with)
more indigenous/non-Western culture, mythology, and tropes
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more loves: affairs (not about romance), extremely harsh settings, apocalypses, characters labeled as "crazy" who turn out to be right, sabotage, order quickly devolving into chaos, thelma & louise themes
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I do love: fables, gallows humor, absurdism, unsettling atmospheres, unreliable narrators, sympathetic villains, anti-heroes, adventures, revenge-plots, twists that make the reader say "it all makes sense now!"
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I'm not the right agent for these kinds of novels: reproductive horror or dystopia, high fantasy, multi-generational family sagas, drama surrounding music or singing
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adult books only!
I'm NOT looking for PB, MG, YA, NA or kid lit in any form. I'm also NOT looking for romance or poetry or historical fiction.
(no, your book will not be the one that convinces me to rep [category I don't rep], and I won't/can't respond to those queries, sorry.)
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Kim @kim_lindman
here’s a (highly incomplete) thread of my favorite books! #amquerying authors, if your manuscript could be comped to any of these, you should definitely query me!I've updated this thread with some of my favorite books, for comps, etc
twitter.com/kim_lindman/st…
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novels with contemporary settings need to contain at least one of the following elements: mystery, suspense, thriller, horror, or any kind of speculative something
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Kim @kim_lindman
when I reopen to queries, I'm hoping to see a lot more nonfiction! investigative journalism, cookbooks, self-help, climate/environment, + anything that makes a niche subject accessible to a broad audience#MSWL
I really, really want to see more nonfiction!
twitter.com/kim_lindman/st…
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Okay, I'm still working on responding to submissions from 2021, but I'm on track to reopen to queries on February 1! A reminder of and some updates to my #MSWL ⬇️
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are there any books that give the vibes of #DontLookUp ? if not, #MSWL