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Last night I watched Sleeping Beauty with my 8yo boy.
8yo: omg he just kissed her!
Me: yeah to wake her up
8yo: you can’t just kiss people you have to ask first.
#myjobhereisdone
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When I was a baby agent an editor from penguin sent me a very nice rejection on a sub and I decided to walk away before responding.
My cat somehow walks over the keyboard and sends a reply to the editor.
It said “ u aSs”.
I’ve never mentally recovered. It was 11 years ago.
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14yo daughter had a sleepover. One of the girls couldn’t get over the fact we have hundreds of books on shelves. I went through a lot of books with her and she’s borrowing a stack. This morning I found she made her bed beside the shelves and fell asleep reading.
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I was actually going to try to go to bed early because work tomorrow is going to be crazy but now I'm seeing King Charles may have died on St Paddy's Day and I am not missing a second of Ireland Twitter until this is confirmed or denied.
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Six years or so ago I got a rejection on a client sub and walked away from my computer before responding and my cat walked across the keyboard and somehow sent “u ass” as a reply and I still think about that sometimes and wonder if the editor believed me.
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This is what’s wrong with humanity. A boy makes an observation on his own and he’s either a “cuck” or controlled by women.
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I hate every time I am reminded of this. It should be a dark forest-y green.
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@NicoleCLindsay
Multiple times I just smiled and let them coo all they wanted them I did the same to their stomach. Freaking broke them every time.
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I also find it funny how many men refuse to believe my son said this. They obviously haven’t followed me and seen his greatest hits tweeted over time.
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For 17 yrs my friend has been doing therapy to get pregnant. After her first treatment she found a kitten on the way home. Vixen comforted her through all the emotional and physical pain. My friend found out she’s finally viably pregnant this morning. Vix passed an hour later.
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Oh, dear. The NRA seem unhappy about the filibuster. I'll send them my thoughts and prayers.
#holdthefloor
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San Jose State University sent an email that a woman had her hijab ripped off by a white male with such force it choked her as she fell
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I think I’m going to open for queries in January! Just putting the finishing touches on opening the new agency.
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@MyImagination97
@cradock
@RoofBeamReader
I mean it was a mom joke.... about him not drinking until he’s older...
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I keep trying to use my
#womancard
but I don't understand how it works. Is there a man around to explain it to me?
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Sold a book yesterday. Got the offer letter for a new day job today after my layoff with a promotion in title and pay. (Vice President Marketing y’all!) Imma be able to afford my meds next month.
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Saturday is October 1st. That’s the day I officially, after ten years of being an agent, start my own small agency. I’m still working on things like a website and
@DustHansen
is making my logo. So, while everything is being sorted I’ll provide what details I can. 🧵
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She’s told me her friend would die to see my shelves. Let’s invite her! I might run out of books though.
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Prancer the 'vessel for a traumatized Victorian child" chihuahua has a literary agent! He and his mom Ariel have signed with me at D4EO. Ariel has always wanted to be a writer and we're working on Prancer's story of acceptance. Editors hit me up if you wanna learn more!
Good news: Prancer, the 13-pound gremlin Chihuahua who hates men and children, and was described as a "vessel for a traumatized Victorian child," has been adopted by a 36-year-old single lesbian in Connecticut.
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I don’t have a SoundCloud but you can follow the awesome couple that made the video on TikTok
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She just woke up. 11 am. She read all of The False Prince and started The Girl From Everywhere.
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She’s reading all these tweets and feels very cool to have gone viral. She’s very interested in books by Mexican authors about Mexican teens. We met a lot of neighborhood kids today who want books and have none. Seeking black and Vietnamese/Asian authors and books too pls!
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I’ve spoken with Leah, the author Cardigan was in talks with, and with many of you via DM. Cardigan will not be moving forward with the agency. Tonight is the first I have heard any of these things and none of them are okay. 1/
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If an agent says they are a champion for diversity and then declines to make accommodations (or at least attempt to do so) they are not a champion for diversity.
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This is exactly how bad agents stay in power and continue to harm careers. If no one is allowed to publicly speak then information is buried and more people are put at risk. Criticizing me will not = rejection on your book if it’s a fit. We can all learn to do better w feedback.
If you're querying, complaining about agents on Twitter could hurt your chances. Some agents may be reluctant to sign someone who seems likely to put them on public blast if they make a simple error sometime (we're all only human) or just disagree on something.
#amquerying
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I just don’t wanna start over on a new network. I’m old. And tired.
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Y’all I’m crying so hard right now. I did it. I brought my A1c from 10.9 to normal in 8 months
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Husband: you can’t name your literary agency after our dog.
Me: hold my book.
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Here’s some things about (most) agents you may not have known. We are generally independent contractors. That means no insurance, no benefits, and no security. It also means we have a harder time qualifying for rental properties, cars, homes… Also our taxes are a nightmare.
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In the year of our lord Pedro Pascale 2024 can we please stop saying clean romance. Low heat, not spicy, anything other than implying the spicy is dirty.
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So my son does not believe I am older than Google. Last year he saw my floppy disc and asked why I 3D printed the save icon. I’m off to buy dentures and a new hip.
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If you’ve paid for a query package or edit from cardigan and not received it dm me and I will complete the work. If you have been negatively impacted by him and want to talk anonymously my DMs are open. If you’d like me to take a look at your query I can do that too.
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I'm asking for a generative AI clause in each new contract and have so far added addendums to one big 5 for previous contracts. It would be hard for me to allow an author to sign a contract without that. How is everyone else feeling about it?
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I don’t know who needs to hear this but find your kid’s lunchbox now. You don’t wanna open that on January 2nd at 7 am.
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Beans has not left my side since he got home yesterday unless my son is home and he’s glued to him. He was never a lap cat before. I think he has regrets.
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Since the comments came in SLJ (nine of which are mine) I’ve been ill. Physically ill. I realized I gaslighted myself and many other women were hurt because I did nothing. That’s the reason I’m saying this now. Because I’m sorry I did nothing. I hope you can forgive me.
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We all keep saying celebrity books make money for debuts but like no one has ever shown me the breakdown of advance, sales, profit, and allocation of profit. Maybe this is the truth of it but this could also be just another thing we believe because it’s been repeated often.
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Gave my son a debit card and allowance and he buys a complete plague doctor outfit
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It’s my balloon day! I would love if you would tell me about your favorite book that you think I should read.
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I set off in April to lose 100 pounds. I did my weekly weigh in this morning and I’m 45 down. As an emotional eater with anxiety it hasn’t been hard to channel those habits into other things but I’ve done it. I’m almost halfway to my goal.
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I want to be very clear here. New agents are great and some of the best champions. However, if an agent is new & not at an agency with a solid track record of sales to publishers that require agented subs it’s a red flag. There’s no one path to agenting but you cannot just start.
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What we aren’t going to do is go after each other for clout over something like a cover made with AI by a publisher. So many authors have zero say in the cover design.
I’m broken.
And I PRAY you will share my words so there can be more positivity here. A thread:
I’ve been bombarded with hate messages the last few days. I’ve been accused of supporting AI from an author which has resulted in absolute devastation to me…
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Hello. Legends and Lattes was amazing. Bookshops and Bonedust is even better. Please May I have more cozy fantasy recommendations? Also, can I have a TV series for Legends pls.
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Six years ago today I got my first check as a literary agent. It was for 17 cents.
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Hey guys. I’ll be gone from this earth at midnight when I turn to dust.
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@SuziSteffen
I promised her a ride to the library whenever. It’s really near. And she has my books.
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I used to be the agent making hella deals, going to every conference, doing classes and I learned after about five years no one is actually telling the truth. My autistic ass had a hard time with the public lie. So I kinda just stopped beyond my legacy clients.
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Last night late at 7-11 I paid for an older woman’s stuff cause she was drunk af and couldn’t work her card and the men in line behind us were getting antsy after the fifth try.
This morning she was there again and handed me a warm tamale she made for me in case she saw me!
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I’m 50 pounds down since April. I took a month off and just maintained. I went from a 20 to a 14. four more months of me going hard to hit my final goal. This is one of the hardest things I’ve done as an emotional eater with anxiety but I’ve grown as a person while shrinking!
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My son walks up to me at 6:45 am before I’ve had my coffee and adhd meds and says “when you brush your teeth that’s the only time you clean your skeleton” and he just walks away.
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Don't tell an agent you have an agent offer in hand if you do not. It will 100% not work in your favor.
1. A lot of us are overwhelmed and will just back out.
2. If we would ask for an R&R we can't now because you have an offer.
3. It sucks to start a relationship on a lie.
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@kaitfeldmann
I told the head of a really huge children’s imprint “love you bye” as we got off the phone when he called to congratulate me on a sale.
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Here's a super sucky truth. If your agent leaves agenting and dumps their entire client list that doesn't mean you'll be picked up by another agent at the agency. Agents are contract workers who probably have full lists of their own. It's a horrible sitch for everyone always.
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I keep subconsciously doing things on October 1st. 13 (or is it 14) years ago I became an agent. Last year I opened my own agency. This year I’m opening to queries. It’s just a random day…
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No one is being paid to protest. NO ONE IS BEING PAID TO PROTEST. No. One. Is. Being. Paid. To. Protest.
#NoOneIsBeingPaidToProtest
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I’ve been randomly crying all day and feeling very off. A deeper depression than I normally experience. Then, I realized the date and a mother’s heart knows what her brain doesn’t. My son Chase died at 8 days old 19 years ago today. He was born 8 weeks early and gave a good fight
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There should be adult stickers for when you do shit. I just got my inbox down to 7 from 40 and marked 30 things off my to-do. Like someone high five me already.
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I just really wish everyone in publishing would stop speaking in absolutes and making tiny subjective things a painful fear for authors.
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Society has taught me that these things are are harmless and it’s my fault for feeling badly over it. I completely stopped going to conferences after that. Because also at comic con a man that had followed me to 3 conferences in a row showed up on the steps screaming my name.
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This man found my home address and sent me gifts. He followed me to three states in three months. He was the scary one. I told myself my interaction with Dashner was my own imagination because he didn’t step over bounds like this guy, right?
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But I lost a little piece of bravado. Because Dashner made me feel not like an industry peer and more like an imposter. I’ve sold over 100 books at that time I had sold 27 and I felt like I didn’t belong. I left and cut my conferences from 10 a year to 1.
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Romantasy and fantasy romance are the same thing. It’s the same thing. It doesn’t require spicy content. It can have spicy content. Never blindly follow publishing advice from any expert. Yes, that includes me.
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Picture this. It’s 3 am and I hear hissing from my bedroom window. A cat was in my fenced back yard. Finally, the cat distribution system has chosen me. I grab my shoes. I turn the outside light on. Open the door with love in my heart. An opossum is hissing at a garden snake.
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I just called a gym and they wanted $307 a month for a family membership so I ate fried chicken and had a beer for $30
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I asked Bob today if I could be a senior agent and he said I’ve been one the entire time I’ve been at D4EO so I read very well.
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I get that it’s frustrating but I’m also allowed to have work life balance. Client work comes first and requested material next.
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Great news guys! Husband has said no more day job for me. Since we are moving to VA and it’s more affordable there I can focus solely on my agenting. Be ready in June when I get back to the thing I love the most!
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Bought a new router tonight and the kids begged me not to name the connection something “stupid”. Our last one was Wu-Tang Lan. So this one will be Pretty Fly for a WiFi.
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Just remembered I once took on a jr agent who signed too many too quickly. I shut her down on signing. She threw a fit and went to a new agency where she continued to do that. The work became too much. That agent was Danielle Smith and I think we all know how that went.
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