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Shireen Hakim @ShireenWrites
@MandyHubbard @GarrettAlwert @LindaEpstein ok thanks for letting me knowYep! The market for graphic novels is continuing to grow which is SUPER exciting! It felt more "niche" when I got into publishing ten years ago... but more and more big 5 pubs are looking at them. #AskECLA
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Amelia Hollingsworth @ameliaHworth
#AskECLA What does YA crossover mean? Audience? Genres? Both?(But also to more directly answer the meaning- usually it's audience. Melding genres is usually just called "Genre-blending" not crossover. ) #AskECLA
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Shireen Hakim @ShireenWrites
@MandyHubbard @GarrettAlwert @LindaEpstein Hi Mandy are you looking for a graphic novel? ThanksI'm JUST starting to dip my toes in the Graphic Novel pool so won't be open to them for submissions in the near future, but I hope to expand at some point! #AskECLA
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Morgan Watchorn @mwatchornbooks
Hey, all! Any thoughts on the current market for (virus free) YA sci-fi/dystopian? Should I wait to query? #AskECLACould be challenging (the dystopian part). We saw the YA paranormal boom 2007-2010, followed by Dystopian, and Paranormal is just inching back now. If it's fresh/different though, it could definitely work. #AskECLA
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Melanie is revising (again!) Fishbane @MelanieFishbane
@MandyHubbard @TherezaDSWrites I have a question about waiting, following up and resubmitting. How long is too long? There are some I've never ever heard back from. Or asked for full and then nothing. I'm assuming I should just move on. :) #askECLAI always respond on EVERY sub, but I can be dreadfully slow on fulls. Definitely a follow up or two, and then you can mentally move on, but may still see responses from stragglers. A lot of writers get passes after they have an agent! #AskECLA
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Amelia Hollingsworth @ameliaHworth
#AskECLA What does YA crossover mean? Audience? Genres? Both?The key on "crossover" is to do the "main" thing WELL, and then naturally crossover to other audiences. Ex: "YA crossover" should be an amazing YA novel that appeals to YA audiences, and then it expands to adults naturally. Don't start out trying to be both things. #AskECLA
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Hannah Grieve @Hannah_Grieve
What’s the number one thing that attracts you to a manuscript? Voice? Story? A feeling? #askECLAI think voice is maybe the simplest way to boil it down. It's that intangible thing that just clicks and draws you into a world or a character's head. I love when I'm ALL IN within the first few sentences! #AskECLA
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Thereza Dos Santos is NaNoWrimo-ing! 🎃✍️☕️🍂🇨🇦 @TherezaDSWrites
Hello! Thank you for this!I have a YA Shakespeare retelling, contemp with magical elements. My first lines are straight out of Romeo & Juliet. Will agents know this is not a permissions issue if my play source is over 100 years old?
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Any good agent should understand basic copyright laws. (If they don't, not an agent you want to work with. Copyright is something we advise our clients on-- like whether to use their legal name or pen name, negotiating that the pub is required to register, etc). #askECLA
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Mandy Hubbard @MandyHubbard
It's #AskECLA time! Bring on your publishing questions, I will be answering alongside @GarrettAlwert and @LindaEpstein (who is joining us shortly!). To start, quick submissions policy info to follow.In general, ECLA reps PB through YA, though @GarrettAlwert and I do not handle the PB/Chapter books side (That's @LindaEpstein!) Garrett and I both handle MG and YA, across pretty much every genre. #AskECLA