Anna Sproul-Latimer
@annasproul
Literary Agent
Founding Partner, Neon Literary. Get in, loser, we’re making it art. neonliterary.com
28 MSWL
95 Tips

Lincoln Michel @TheLincoln

The 10 best selling books of the decade. lithub.com/these-are-the-… pic.twitter.com/m4mKsiUXEj

Like @kate_mckean, I am thrilled people are buying books! This also helps me explain the economies of agenting nonfiction vs fiction. NF is like $20 ante blackjack, a combination some skill and luck with forecastable-ish pay. Fiction is giant wager slots! #pubtip

BookEnds Literary Agency
@bookendslit
Literary Agency
A literary agency repping bestselling, award-winning, & int'l published authors and illustrators for children & adults. Empowering creators to achieve dreams.
66 MSWL
53 AskAgent
127 Tips

Our final video of 12 Days of Videos! -- The Best and Worst Times to Query youtu.be/tdNaF5Bulsc via @YouTube-- and with that folks, have a wonderful holiday season. We'll see you in January. #querytip #writetip #pubtip

Elana Roth Parker
@ElanaRoth
Literary Agent
Kidlit agent w/ @LDLiterary . @aalitagents communications committee. Avid quilter. Still not Elena. Open to queries. She/her.
107 MSWL
3 AskAgent
196 Tips

Man, a lot of queries came in yesterday. I hate rejecting over the holidays, so I take a pause in reading. You guys have my full permission to just wait until January to query. #querytip

BookEnds Literary Agency
@bookendslit
Literary Agency
A literary agency repping bestselling, award-winning, & int'l published authors and illustrators for children & adults. Empowering creators to achieve dreams.
66 MSWL
53 AskAgent
127 Tips

Day 11 of 12 Days of Videos: How Your Book Evolves (through the entire publication process) youtu.be/hgCpmkzqt7k via @YouTube #PubTip #WriteTip

BookEnds Literary Agency
@bookendslit
Literary Agency
A literary agency repping bestselling, award-winning, & int'l published authors and illustrators for children & adults. Empowering creators to achieve dreams.
66 MSWL
53 AskAgent
127 Tips

Day 10 of 12 Days of Videos: What Are Sub Rights? youtu.be/jain3Q5eHlc via @YouTube #pubtip

Naomi Davis
@NaomisLitPix
Literary Agent
Eternally optimistic Literary Agent at @Bookendslit Genderqueer 🏳️‍🌈 ND; I laugh & love relentlessly. Repped by the phenomenal @4triciaskinner
208 MSWL
214 AskAgent
183 Tips

Naomi Davis, literary agent @NaomisLitPix

I do wish I could be open to all the genres I enjoy all the time, but there are times when either my list is full in a genre at the moment, or I'm just not feeling excited about reading those stories at the moment. Either way, if you query me while open to it, I can get excited.

But when I am open to YA Sci Fi and I see a YA Sci Fi, and then I see in the query history you tried to query me under 3 other genres while I wasn't open to YA sci fi, it's not the best start to our relationship. A good 1st impression goes a long way in this industry! #querytip

Lynn Jones Johnston
@lynnjohnstonlit
Literary Agent
#LiteraryAgent repping journalists, teachers, healers, thought leaders, fire breathers & all-around good people. Board @aalitagents . She/Her
26 MSWL
118 Tips

I've never liked the term "platform" which feels one sided & impersonal. Think instead of building a tribe of people who follow you and feel invested in what you do. Being the leader of a tribe is a valuable asset in publishing. #pubtip

Samantha Wekstein
@SWekstein
Literary Agent
Literary Agent @TL_Agency . She/Her, Terp🐢, ENFJ, dog lover. Illustrators: wekstein-illustrators.weebly.com. Pitch to QueryManager.com/SamanthaWekste…
149 MSWL
124 Queries
88 Tips
Tara Gilbert
@Literary_Tara
Literary Agent
Literary Agent at @ktliterary | 🌈she/them | ✨magical | opinions my own | Gemini ☼ Pisces ☽ Capricorn ↑
245 MSWL
46 AskAgent
25 Tips

I love when an author queries me and knows their genre. Thank you to those authors. I appreciate that you don't try to hide behind another genre to get my attention. 😘😏 #amquerying #querytip

Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
976 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

#querystats the oldest query is from Ocotber 12th. Just requested more manuscripts so that submitted number is going higher but the oldest one is from August 29th. Slowly but surely. Gotta break for lunch now. Then coming back.

BookEnds Literary Agency
@bookendslit
Literary Agency
A literary agency repping bestselling, award-winning, & int'l published authors and illustrators for children & adults. Empowering creators to achieve dreams.
66 MSWL
53 AskAgent
127 Tips

Day 9 of 12 Days of Videos: Why You Need a Literary Agent youtu.be/0xgmYcsgMXg via @YouTube #writetip #pubtip #querytip

Anna Sproul-Latimer
@annasproul
Literary Agent
Founding Partner, Neon Literary. Get in, loser, we’re making it art. neonliterary.com
28 MSWL
95 Tips

My favorite #pubtip for authors feeling anxious about Twitter publishing discourse: each author and book project is a microbiome, a teeming mass of factors good and bad. You are probably right about inefficiencies and privilege blindness where you spot them. But...

Saba Sulaiman
@agentsaba
Literary Agent
Senior agent at Talcott Notch Literary. Eternally recovering from maternity leave. Probably hiding somewhere eating cake. Closed to unsolicited queries. @pocpub
131 MSWL
7 AskAgent
2 Queries
47 Tips

Saba Sulaiman @agentsaba

good morning, here is a thought that every well-meaning "diversity advocate" in creative fields need to sit with 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 twitter.com/samsanders/sta…

2019 was a wild year (another baby! books are pubbing! the world's on fire!) but we had some great times on here, y'all and i, so here are my top #writetip + #pubtip tweets

beginning with

a thread on challenging our notions of universal narratives

twitter.com/agentsaba/stat…

Shannon Hassan
@ShannonHassan
Literary Agent
Literary Agent at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency @MarsalLyonLit ; Board member @DairyArts .
14 MSWL
11 Tips

#pubtip for #authors: Make sure your agent is reviewing your royalty statements, and you are too! Catching errors = $$ in your pocket. I’ve caught a couple this week!

BookEnds Literary Agency
@bookendslit
Literary Agency
A literary agency repping bestselling, award-winning, & int'l published authors and illustrators for children & adults. Empowering creators to achieve dreams.
66 MSWL
53 AskAgent
127 Tips

Day 8 of 12 Days of Videos: How Literary Agents Prepare to Offer Representation youtu.be/oL4jCgf4Xtc via @YouTube #querytip #pubtip

BookEnds Literary Agency
@bookendslit
Literary Agency
A literary agency repping bestselling, award-winning, & int'l published authors and illustrators for children & adults. Empowering creators to achieve dreams.
66 MSWL
53 AskAgent
127 Tips
Anna Sproul-Latimer
@annasproul
Literary Agent
Founding Partner, Neon Literary. Get in, loser, we’re making it art. neonliterary.com
28 MSWL
95 Tips

Good morning! Today’s #pubtip: don’t be myopic. At all stages of the process, is one of the most impt habits of mind you can cultivate. Narrow focus on one enthusiastic pursuing editor, one time frame, one issue: all of these things usually hurt the quality of your book and deal.

Lynn Jones Johnston
@lynnjohnstonlit
Literary Agent
#LiteraryAgent repping journalists, teachers, healers, thought leaders, fire breathers & all-around good people. Board @aalitagents . She/Her
26 MSWL
118 Tips

Why do some books on Amazon come up first in searches? The algorithm is a black box but we know the number of reviews is a factor. If you’re an author, encourage readers to leave reviews. #pubtip

BookEnds Literary Agency
@bookendslit
Literary Agency
A literary agency repping bestselling, award-winning, & int'l published authors and illustrators for children & adults. Empowering creators to achieve dreams.
66 MSWL
53 AskAgent
127 Tips

Day 6 of 12 Days of Videos. We're halfway there. Today's topic: How to Choose Your Comp Titles youtu.be/WIWqybXMFoY via @YouTube #writetip #pubtip #querytip