Polly Becker
@PollyEBecker
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Working on the novel. London by way of Chicago. Always reading and always writing. #WritingCommunity #Writing 📚 🇺🇦
London, England
Joined July 2009
10 UK literary agents currently open to Young Adult (YA) fiction submissions (2026) https://t.co/1lWpPlPx9K
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10 UK literary agents currently open to Young Adult (YA) fiction submissions (2026) https://t.co/1lWpPlPx9K
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10 UK literary agents currently open to women’s fiction submissions (2026) https://t.co/oiR0FG9QtY
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10 UK literary agents currently open to women’s fiction submissions (2026) https://t.co/6BUfpGDhyr
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10 UK literary agents currently open to women’s fiction submissions (2026) https://t.co/6BUfpGDhyr
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10 UK literary agents currently open to romantasy fiction submissions (2026) https://t.co/kV0J77oJHu
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Two books on a table, old photos on the wall, and suddenly you’re thinking about what never happened as much as what did. Life After Life and A God in Ruins are masterpieces of contingency and aftermath. Here’s why we should talk about them more. https://t.co/aOvjm9Y1QO
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We pretend we don’t judge books by their covers. We do. We just call it intuition. New on Tangled Prose: what covers really do, how design trends shift, and five books I’m eyeing purely on cover energy. What was your last cover-led preorder? https://t.co/sVBcHtEFNB
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Loved Lonesome Dove? My advice: read it, sit with it, and leave it alone. The sequels and prequels don’t compare. If you want another epic literary Western, turn instead to Cormac McCarthy’s Border Trilogy. https://t.co/yrE8ud3gIm
#lonesomedove #literarywestern #whatoreadnext
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So, you've got an offer from a literary agent. It is an amazing moment. After the champagne has settled, the real work begins: deciding if this is the right person to guide your writing career. https://t.co/ro2PVA5cZc
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Finding a literary agent can feel like whispering into a void. But the process isn’t mystical. It’s navigable. I’ve written a post breaking it into five honest steps, from manuscript to submission. If you’re querying, then this one’s for you. https://t.co/6p0jmply7Y
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Finding a literary agent can feel like whispering into a void. But the process isn’t mystical. It’s navigable. I’ve written a post breaking it into five honest steps, from manuscript to submission. If you’re querying, then this one’s for you. https://t.co/6p0jmply7Y
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A landmark moment: Julian Barnes is soon to publish his final novel. If The Sense of an Ending was your way in, here’s where to go next. Six essential reads: #BritishAuthors #BookerWinner #JulianBarnes
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Some books don’t just stay with us—they split us open. Why do we return to the novels that devastated us? A reflection on rereading books that broke us, and what it means to revisit them later. https://t.co/q85ToIOJtG
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Some books don’t just stay with us—they split us open. Why do we return to the novels that devastated us? A reflection on rereading books that broke us, and what it means to revisit them later. https://t.co/q85ToIOJtG
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There’s a particular kind of reading that sits in the in-between. I’ve written about the books I reach for when things feel undefined — Didion, Williams, Robinson, Cusk, Keegan. A quiet post on liminal reading. https://t.co/DNVJC3tyTI
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There’s a particular kind of reading that sits in the in-between. I’ve written about the books I reach for when things feel undefined — Didion, Williams, Robinson, Cusk, Keegan. A quiet post on liminal reading. https://t.co/DNVJC3tyTI
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Donna Tartt hasn’t published in a decade. She rarely speaks, never posts. And yet her influence is everywhere. Why we’re still obsessed with Donna Tartt and her novel The Secret History. #DonnaTartt #DarkAcademia #TheSecretHistory
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