Najla
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Literary Agent. I write a little each day. I read a lot each day. Real life is the best fiction. Grateful for publishing friends.
Michigan
Joined March 2012
Need good examples of well-written first chapters that check a lot of the 'must-have' boxes, I am curating a list for the #WritingCommunity . As always, feel free to suggest some more for me to add and share.
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I won’t be participating in #PitDark, but friendly reminder that I am always on the hunt for horror and open to queries again on November 1st☺️
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Just a reminder that I am open to queries... so even though I'm a bit strapped for time today and won't be able to lurk around #pitdark as much as I'd like 😭, you can send me your query here: https://t.co/RTbcBCJIvS Horror, gothics, dark fantasy, thrillers, adult, YA--I wants!
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The next #PitDark, a pitch party for "darker" literature, is in five days (Oct. 30)! Ready? Rules: https://t.co/nGtOh1TrzC
#amwriting #WritingCommunity
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Another agent opening up for the fall. See below.
…ANYWAY I am surprise opening to queries from underrepresented/marginalized writers ONLY! If you’re an underrepresented writer and think we would be a good fit, use this link to query me! 🤩 https://t.co/7atMrNtOw2
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Agent, editor, and writer friends and colleagues, consider volunteering (editing, judging, marketing, cover art), and/or writing for a collaboration fundraiser. More details coming. 🍉
I have a new project: The Everything Bagel Anthology: An anthologoy of (sometimes Jewish) resistance in times of genocide and fascism Looking for volunteers, all proceeds to be donated to the Palestinian people. Please share! https://t.co/4WaXgy9MZt
#writingCommunity #dogood
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Stacy is open for queries. Stacy shepherded some of my favorites like THE BOOK WOMAN OF TROUBLESOME CREEK.
I’m not on X much these days, but temporarily hopping back on to say that I am once again open to queries! You can find my submission guidelines and email address on Publisher’s Marketplace and the Writers House website. I look forward to reading your work, thank you!
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The amazing @jenazantian did it again, and found such a gem. Anything quirky, imaginative, and cross generations, esp characters that push/pull against Gen X, Millennials, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha behaviors, norms, perspectives, etc., I'd love to see more in my inbox.
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Anyone have a potential comp to Peter's recent deal? Crime/mystery police procedural set in a non US location, inspired/influenced by a real event?
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Though Maggie isn't on X much, she knows I am one of her biggest fans, and guess what? She opens for queries the first of October.
aevitascreative.com
Maggie Cooper - Agent at Aevitas Creative Management.
If you 😍 genre mash-ups, you'll 💕 Alice Murphy's sassy contemporary-meets-historical, complete with Coney Island make-out, live elephant, & supporting cast of queer anarchists! 🎙️🔖🐘Coming 2025 from @UnionSqandCo: https://t.co/Yqxt4O89Zt
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I will be dipping in when I can.
Upcoming pitch events (that I know of): Sep 30—#PicantePit—@PicantePit Oct 3—#IndiePit—@IndiePit Oct 8—#DVpit—check 🦋 Oct 21—#SFPit—@SciFiPit Oct 30—#GhostPit—@GhostPitchEvent Nov 5—#QuestPit—@QuestPit Nov 13—#MupPit—@PitMup Nov 22—#WIPPit—@WIPpitch Nov 30—#WriterPit—@WriterPit
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Anyone have a project ready for this ⬇️ or something like this?
stories set in distant futures wanting to return to Earth and experiencing humanity, alternating timelines, backwards timelines, or dual timeline that interweaves a present-day investigation with a historical crime. 2/4
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🔥 The Bloomsbury Mentorship Programme is now open! 🔥 We’re looking for aspiring unpublished fiction writers from underrepresented backgrounds who are trying to establish themselves as authors. Find out more: https://t.co/cPXm88IJWk
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Bethany is still open for queries. 📩
QM Update: My earliest query is August 10th and I still have some fulls from July to finish reading and respond to. I respond to every query and try to give feedback on fulls. Thanks for your patience if you’re waiting to hear back. The post-Labor Day rush is real! 😂
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And, they are open to queries!
We're proud to see two #SerendipityLit titles included on @sljournal 's list of 35 Impressive Nonfiction Elementary Titles of 2025! Congratulations to jessica Care moore, @darecoulter, @GordonCJamesArt, and @QuartezHarris1! Read it here: https://t.co/lXECl2YtEj
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Ali's open to queries! YA writers ⬇️
I am now also open to Contemporary YA Romance. After fully submersing myself in The Summer I Turned Pretty (TSITP) both the series & books, I'll take a heavy dose of male yearning & emotionally aware (internalized like Conrad or external good too) male leads please. #MSWL
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Lauren is open to queries. 😱❤️🔥
If you're writing horror romance, I really want to see it. #mswl #WritingCommunity
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I met Tommy recently, and he's just as nice IRL as he is online.
No more secrets! I'm so excited to announce that I'm a literary agent with @roseclifflit, and I'm open to queries on Friday! Huge thanks to Jessica Berg for the encouragement and mentorship! MSWL below!
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New Agent Alert. Meet Bowen Gillings. Open for Queries: Fantasy (High/Low/Epic/Grimdark/Noblebright, et al.), Thrillers & Suspense, Action/Adventure, Historical Fiction, Light Sci-Fi, Military Sci-Fi, and witty, humorous voices writing any of the above. https://t.co/S2YQMU59VN
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stories inspired by lesser known professions and crafts (builders, designers, architects), musicians/artists/creators, daredevils, athletes, new takes on leadership and development, lessons learned from life/work/sports/etc. 4/4
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Nonfiction. Send in your narrative nonfiction, memoir, biography, immigrant stories, cultural commentary, people in history, 3/4
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