Fuse Literary
@FuseLiterary
Literary Agency
We are a full-service literary agency based in the Silicon Valley, with offices in San Francisco, San Diego, New York, Dallas, and Vancouver.
5 MSWL
382 AskAgent
31 Tips

Have publishing questions? Keep an eye out for an #ask4word today, answering all your #writetip, #pubtip, #querytip questions.

Sara Megibow
@SaraMegibow
Literary Agent
she/her Literary Agent at KT Literary. Reading, parenting, table top gaming, baking challah, hiking and wine tasting. Always LGBTQIA+ friendly!
17 MSWL
13 AskAgent
298 Queries
525 Tips

Marketing Tip: example of a clear, easy to navigate Tour page from @tiffanyreisz website. Do it like this! tiffanyreisz.com/tour/ #pubtip

Sara Megibow
@SaraMegibow
Literary Agent
she/her Literary Agent at KT Literary. Reading, parenting, table top gaming, baking challah, hiking and wine tasting. Always LGBTQIA+ friendly!
17 MSWL
13 AskAgent
298 Queries
525 Tips

Marketing Tip: update your author website at least twice a year. Include reviews, tour dates, News, book covers, buy links. #pubtip

Sara Megibow
@SaraMegibow
Literary Agent
she/her Literary Agent at KT Literary. Reading, parenting, table top gaming, baking challah, hiking and wine tasting. Always LGBTQIA+ friendly!
17 MSWL
13 AskAgent
298 Queries
525 Tips

Need help figuring out your book's genre? Imagine a bookstore. On which shelf do you imagine your book selling? #PubTip

Jessica Schmeidler
@TheWriteShadow
Literary Agent
My eyes sting, my hands are shaking, and the coffee is never strong enough... Welcome to my literary reality. Literary Agent, Golden Wheat Literary
10 MSWL
56 Tips

We just got a great pitch submitted! Is the next one going to be from you? ow.ly/yweSq @anaiahpress #pitchfest #amwriting #pubtip

Jessica Schmeidler
@TheWriteShadow
Literary Agent
My eyes sting, my hands are shaking, and the coffee is never strong enough... Welcome to my literary reality. Literary Agent, Golden Wheat Literary
10 MSWL
56 Tips

Good morning! Time to polish your 4 sentence pitch and head to ow.ly/yweSq . @anaiahpress #pitchfest #amwriting #pubtip

Lane Heymont
@LaneHeymont
Literary Agent
Literary Agent. Connoisseur of horror, schadenfreude, and caffeine. Founder of @TheTobiasAgency . Opinions are my own. (he/him)
65 MSWL
2 AskAgent
477 Tips

Whoever coined the term "fiction novel" needs to stop writing. A novel, by definition, is fiction. Know industry terms. #querytip

Emily S. Keyes
@esc_key
Literary Agent
Founder of the Keyes Agency, LLC. Bookish. Short. Invisible Disability. Brooklyn, NY. She/her
102 MSWL
1 AskAgent
36 Tips

Me sending you a form rejection does not mean, "Please send this same query with a different title as soon as you receive this." #querytip

Adriann Ranta Zurhellen
@AdriannRanta
Literary Agent
Agent, not so secret.
12 MSWL
1 Tips

"Dear Kirsten Wolflit literary." Swing and a miss. #slushpile

Gemma Cooper
@gemma_cooper
Literary Agent
Literary Agent. Book pusher, runner, Pollyanna, 1st person to ever have a kid (yes, everything he does *is* amazing!) She/her
20 MSWL
32 AskAgent
3 Tips

#querytip - put book title in the email subject line. I quickly scan my Q inbox when I log in first thing. Intriguing titles catch my eye!

Carlisle Webber
@carliebeth
Literary Agent
Literary agent at @FuseLiterary 📚 Princess on the outside, villain on the inside 🖤 She/her, Ms. 👸🏼
113 MSWL
10 Tips

Don't spend time telling me that your book has no vampires. I care about what's there, not what isn't. #querytip

Jennifer Azantian
@jenazantian
Literary Agent
Literary Agent. Stepmom. Mom to puppies Zuko and Iroh. Lover of the Fantastic. Occasional sharer of TMI. Queer. First-gen. 🇦🇲 (she/her)
67 MSWL
13 Queries
30 Tips

About once every three days, I get a query that talks about the books/authors I "publish". -_- #notapublisher #doyourreseach #pubtip

Michelle Richter
@Michrichter1
Literary Agent
@FuseLiterary Senior Agent. Murder=my fave. @PacePublishing alum. @SINCNational member. She/her. Query Manager link: QueryMe.Online/MichelleRichter
51 MSWL
9 AskAgent
1575 Queries
72 Tips

Don't know which blog/twitter/website said I'm interested in SciFi but they were misinformed. #querytip

Michelle Richter
@Michrichter1
Literary Agent
@FuseLiterary Senior Agent. Murder=my fave. @PacePublishing alum. @SINCNational member. She/her. Query Manager link: QueryMe.Online/MichelleRichter
51 MSWL
9 AskAgent
1575 Queries
72 Tips

Pet peeve #1=fiction novel. By definition, a novel is fictitious. #querytip

Michelle Richter
@Michrichter1
Literary Agent
@FuseLiterary Senior Agent. Murder=my fave. @PacePublishing alum. @SINCNational member. She/her. Query Manager link: QueryMe.Online/MichelleRichter
51 MSWL
9 AskAgent
1575 Queries
72 Tips

Writers, if I pass on your query, please don't respond with a query for another book. #querytip

Alexandra Penfold
@AgentPenfold
Literary Agent
Literary agent, NY Times Bestselling children's book author, maker of donuts + pies, lover of coffee.
8 AskAgent
80 Tips

I don't know about you but I've been loving @Michrichter1's #500queries. Writers, check this out. #querytip

Lane Heymont
@LaneHeymont
Literary Agent
Literary Agent. Connoisseur of horror, schadenfreude, and caffeine. Founder of @TheTobiasAgency . Opinions are my own. (he/him)
65 MSWL
2 AskAgent
477 Tips

In fact, don’t tell us ANYTHING! SHOW us everything. Even your word count and genre. Show us. Don’t tell us. #querytip #onrepeat

Lane Heymont
@LaneHeymont
Literary Agent
Literary Agent. Connoisseur of horror, schadenfreude, and caffeine. Founder of @TheTobiasAgency . Opinions are my own. (he/him)
65 MSWL
2 AskAgent
477 Tips

If you’re querying a YA or MG or a Children’s novel, please don't tell us what lesson readers will learn from it. Just don’t. #querytip

Michelle Richter
@Michrichter1
Literary Agent
@FuseLiterary Senior Agent. Murder=my fave. @PacePublishing alum. @SINCNational member. She/her. Query Manager link: QueryMe.Online/MichelleRichter
51 MSWL
9 AskAgent
1575 Queries
72 Tips

It's not appropriate to query agents from your day job's email. Get a free personal email account. #querytip

Lane Heymont
@LaneHeymont
Literary Agent
Literary Agent. Connoisseur of horror, schadenfreude, and caffeine. Founder of @TheTobiasAgency . Opinions are my own. (he/him)
65 MSWL
2 AskAgent
477 Tips

Keep it positive in your query. We'll feel more positive about you. Trashing other books and/or yourself is counter-productive! #querytip