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It’s official . . . ✨ I’m an AGENTED author!! ✨ I’m so stoked to share that I signed with a literary agent for my novel (Project Graveyard). I’m excited to start this new phase of my publishing journey, and I hope my stories will make it into your hands soon!! 🖤 Thank you @kristenbertoloni for believing in me!! And thank you to @stacy.clay.writes and @carolina_castillo_author for helping me make this video and sprinkling champagne on me haha. #writingcommunity #writersofinstagram #literaryagents #traditionalpub #publishingjourney #writersofig

this query got a 67% request rate + 3 offers of rep😱 also head to my substack (🔗 in b1o) to see me break down every sentence and why I think it worked Dear [Agent], I am excited to present my Adult/Upper YA crossover romantic fantasy novel, MADDER LAKE, complete at 109,000 words. It has the anonymous yearning of Divine Rivals, the examination of the foreign student experience of Babel, and the lush dark atmosphere of Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries. [Personalization]. At Xenra, the world’s top magic painting university, blending art and the arcane is commonplace. But for Ayla, a homesick immigrant, commonplace isn’t good enough. Not if she wants to graduate with a lucrative patronage and afford treatment for her dying mother back home. When the school cancels her scholarship, she’ll do anything to stay at Xenra—including asking her privileged rival Constantine to team up for a painting competition that would guarantee her tuition. Except there can only be one winner—she’ll have to beat him in the final round of the contest. Her only hope is a mysterious canvas she finds hidden in the school—a canvas that can turn anything painted on it into reality. With the power to change the art market (and perhaps the world), it’s the perfect way to stand out among her peers. But as Ayla investigates the canvas, she discovers that she’s not the only one working on it… Constantine, desperate to rejoin his family after being disowned years ago, has found it too. They anonymously collaborate on it—and pass wordless confessions through its brushstrokes—all while butting heads on their joint project. As her mother’s condition worsens and Constantine’s powerful family threatens their shot at the competition, Ayla needs to figure out the canvas and secure her win, once and for all. But unraveling century-old secrets risks the very fate of her people, so Ayla and Constantine must each decide if winning is truly worth selling out this magic—and each other. [Bio] #writersofinstagram #amquerying #agented #iwroteabook #bookstagram

My husband reads my first drafts chapter by chapter as they’re written. It’s so motivating to know that someone else cares about the world I’m creating & wants to know what happens next! Everyone say, “thank you, Mr. James.” ••• I am an agented author represented by UTA Publishing. My contemporary romance novel, INCOMPLETE, is the first in a series of three interconnected stand-alones, following three brothers in the fictional small town of Violet Hills, TX. Some tropes to expect in “Incomplete” are: 💜Dual POV 🤍 Single dad 💜 Forced proximity 🤍 Small Town …stay tuned for writing updates & more! #authorgram #author #writer #writersofinstagram #debutnovel #firstdraft #aspiringauthor #wip #romancebooks #romance #contemporaryromance #smalltownromance #workinprogress

and that’s on discovery writing! ••• I’m an agented author represented by Greenstone Literary ✨ stay tuned for writing & publishing journey updates <3 #author #writer #aspiringauthor #authorgram #romancewriter #romance #romancebooks #smalltownromance #contemporaryromance #authorsofinstagram #writingcommunity #bookish #bookrecs #romance #lovestory #publishing #bookpublishing #wip

If you are an aspiring author/illustrator, you’d like to choose a literary agent, opposed to an illustration agent. As you may know, most publishers in the US don’t accept any unsolicited manuscript. They often require author/illustrators to be agented for their submission. Some illustration agencies provide the editing assistance, but it’s not as common as you might think. That’s why you’d need a literary agent. When I started out, I didn’t know much of the difference between illustration agency and literary agency, so if you already have a plan to go into the author/illustrator path, then you may want to reach out to literary agencies! #illustrator #kidlit #kidlitillustrator #illustration #authorillustrator #career #agent #agency #childrensbook #childrensbooks

It’s called THIS SAFE DARKNESS 🌒 I’m currently knee-deep in book edits trying to do this story justice. Does this sound like something you’d read? 🫶 ____ Keywords: bookstagram • fantasy book • new adult fantasy • ya fantasy • fantasy romance • writers • writing community • literary agent • agented author • writing a book • writing advice Tags: #bookstagram #fantasybooks #fantasyromance #bookrecommendations #tbr #goodreads

My first update as an agented author! Here’s a little behind the scenes of what’s next for me! Let me know in the comments what questions you have about querying, signing with an agent, and where I am in the process!

It took writing 12 books to get agented/published and I don't take anything about writing for granted 🩷 ✨ ✨ ✨ #booklover #booksbooksbooks #author #booktok #authorcommunity #authorgram #authorlife

Ahhh! I’m so excited to announce I’m an agented author again! #bestnewsever #canweskiptothegoodpart #amquerying #querying #agentedauthor #authorlife #writerlife #writingcommunity

still can’t believe i’m agented 🥹 and as i said in my previous post, absolutely NOTHING is set in stone with anything else, but there are some exciting convos happening and i’m over the moon about that in itself. thank you again to everyone who has believed in me and my nightmare book since the start and keep your fingers crossed for me going forward! #authorlife #authorsofinstagram #bookstagram #nightstrider #sophiaslade

If you’re writing, you’re a writer — not someday, not when you’re published. Right now. Keep going. Your story matters. Follow along as I head out on submission as an agented author with my debut novel, sharing the real journey of writing, revising, and publishing. #writingcommunity #amwriting #debutauthor #writingjourney #author

Well, friends.. I’m one step closer to making my pipe dream a reality (,: After one of the most difficult decisions I’ve ever had to make, I’m beyond excited to announce that I’ve partnered with Sera Rivers at Spielberg Literary for my adult speculative romcom LUCKY, LUCKY ME! I poured my heart and soul into this story and I truly couldn’t ask for a better agent to champion it. I know this is really only the beginning of the long journey to getting published but I’m so thankful for everyone who has already supported me along the way. Huge shout out to my friends and beta readers who volunteered to read so many rough drafts of all my books and still believed I could do this. To my critique partners for constantly inspiring me, pushing me, and letting me vent unfiltered. To my husband who is the very reason I write romcoms (and was able to find the time to even do so). And to all of you for being here! I could post screenshots for days and it’s because of this community that I never gave up after a hard year filled with rejection and constant editing. Here’s to the ones who dream hehe now, onto the next step.. I hope you’ll stick around! #writergram #bookstagram #bookcommunity #writersofinstagram #bookreels #querying #publishingjourney #romcoms #agented