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✞ 🇭🇹 literary agent @rootliterary || pan🌈 || i’m the ultimate hype woman™️ for great people & great books—she/her✨📚🌗
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I am officially open to queries again! 🤗
As a refresher, I represent high-concept, commercial & upmarket fiction for adults, young adults, and middle-grade readers.
Here are some things I'd love to see (a thread 🧵)
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👀🎉 I HAVE NEWS! 👀🎉
As of 2021, I am officially joining the phenomenal
@RootLiterary
team as a full-time agent! I’ve long admired the team, each agent, & their list. This opportunity is really a dream come true & I’m looking forward to what’s next. Let the hustle begin! 💪🏾😏
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I’m just a girl, staring at her TBR, wishing I could read faster.
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Hi all,
It’s 2021 and I think it’s about time that I share I am OPEN for queries at
@RootLiterary
!
Right now, I’m particularly hungry for adult rom-coms, mysteries/thrillers, and contemporary fantasy.
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sometimes i wonder if people realize that agents put their hearts on the line for their clients’ projects too.
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Putting out an
#MSWL
call for marginalized creators and all of the beautiful intersections therein 🧡
I'd love to see more projects in book club fiction, thrillers, mysteries, suspense, romance, SFF, and horror for middle-grade, YA, & adult readers! Genre blends too!
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New year, time to share a new
#MSWL
thread of things I’d love to see this year.
I am actively looking for: Adult, YA & MG.
And I am eager to support commercial and high stakes stories featuring BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, disability, and neurodiversity representation.
(A thread)
1/?
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OK, can we have more romances where the love interest doesn't have "rippling abs" or "taut muscles," but is instead curvy, warm, soft, and teddy-bear like pls?
#MSWL
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ok, i need all of my fellow publishing professionals to sound off with ❤️🔥⚔️ if you also love and want more fantasy romance or romantasy.
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@Chrisader
@dishooomm
“I think you should go over there and go count something” 🤣🤣 best alternative to “mind your business” I’ve ever heard. I love this movie!!
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I will never get sick of ONLY ONE BED in my romance for the following reasons:
a) it's always good
b) the REACTIONS!!
c) will they share or will someone sleep on the couch
d) WHO will make the first move
... I promise I'm a professional.
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So I’ve been an agent for almost two years now, but I’m still utterly shocked/star struck when other publishing people I admire know who I am and I don’t think that will ever stop 😂
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SO PROUD OF
@camilliemill
🎉🎉
This book is Black joy in its purity, laugh-out-loud funny, and has authentic diversity rep, disability rep, and LGBTQIA+ rep.
I'm so so in love with this book and can't wait to share it with the world next summer! 🤗💛🍾
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It’s officially my one-year anniversary at
@RootLiterary
! I can’t believe it 🥰
Time is literally a joke, but I’ll never be over the fact that I have my dream job & I get to work alongside a team of the funniest, kindest, most badass, and dedicated agents. 🌿💛✨
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I stumbled across a post online that said:
“Take care of yourself. Take care of the vessel that carries your soul. It’s beautiful and should be treated lovingly.”
Idk I just really needed to hear that today and thought someone else might need to hear it too 💛
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Publishing quite literally has two speeds—glacial or chaos hurricane.
My Friday has definitely been a chaos hurricane but in the greatest way possible 😂
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this job is hard, but believing in and supporting my clients is the easiest part. they are so kind and passionate, so talented and dedicated, that I know they are going to achieve amazing things even in this chaotic publishing landscape and these uncertain times ♥️
~the end~
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On August 13th, tune in to this panel of literary agents chatting about everything from non-fiction and SFF to YA and picture books with
@kurestinarmada
@adriamgoetz
@JessicaMileo
@maureen_moretti
We'll be covering it all! (or as much as time allows)
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hi all ~ putting out a call for
#mswl
items I want to see more of:
(especially featuring marginalized POVs & casts by marginalized writers!)
• contemporary romance/ rom-coms in YA & Adult with wit, heat, humor & heart
• thrillers/mysteries/suspense in YA & Adult 1/?
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I need a laugh today.
Ok so tell me you grew up in a POC household without telling me you grew up in a POC household.
I’ll go first. I woke up to “GOLLLLLLLLLL!” more than “good morning!” 🤣⚽️🏟
Your turn ⤵️
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subtweet to myself and others:
pls remember to celebrate the little victories ✨
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hi
#amquerying
&
#WritingCommunity
folx,
i’d love to see more:
• contemporary stories for MG-Adult
• rom-coms, especially in YA (queer & diverse). I want a BIPOC f/f story so badly!
• twisty YA thrillers and horror (& adult, always!)
#mswl
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I’m getting vaccinated today?? pls send positive vibes and brunch inspo pics to get me through.
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not really an
#mswl
, but can more romances talk about being attracted to someone's voice?! because it truly is a gamechanger ❤️🔥
(recs are also welcome!)
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I'm in my dark fiction era!
#MSWL
Give me all the horror (!!), mysteries, & thrillers, especially highlighting marginalized POVs (BIPOC, disabled, LGBTQIA+, & all the intersections). I've been so fortunate to read some for fun & for work, but I'm still feeling insatiable!
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It's been so hard to work myself up to reading. There's so much going on in the world and in this industry right now.
We're all just doing our best. Have some grace with yourself and others 💛
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The worlds bleak, let’s distract ourselves.
Name one of your favorite genre tropes.
I’ll go first.
I love two people destined to kill each other from birth in any fantasy ⚔️😂
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Just a friendly reminder that it is
#PrideMonth
and there's no one way to be queer. Whether it's not safe for you to be out or you're still figuring out what label feels right, you are valid.
xoxo from your friendly, chaotic pansexual pal 🌈💛
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non-publishing person vs publishing person
my dad: i was reading this book earlier.
me: oh cool, how many pages was it?
him: 100.
me: oh, so you finished?
him: no...it's 100 pages.
me: yeah...100 pages
we are not the same 😂😂
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After much discussion, I resigned from the inQluded virtual panel that was scheduled for July 24, and I will not be working further with inQluded in any capacity. A full statement from
@JamesAkinaka
,
@writersyndrome
, and myself:
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Welcome to
@RootLiterary
and
#TeamSamantha
,
@literarilyjess
! 🎉
This book is an amalgamation of my favorite things: romance & coffee❤️🔥☕️ and boy oh boy! It’s an absolute delight! I’m so so excited to work with you on all the amazing things to come 🤗🎉💖
I have news!🥂
I’m delighted to announce that I’m now represented by
@samanthashnh
at
@RootLiterary
! Samantha is absolutely brilliant, and I’m so honored to work with her on HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT (my steamy rivals-to-lovers barista romance) and future projects!
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This job is hard, but my clients are so fucking talented. Full stop. I feel so lucky.
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you ever pick something up to start reading, and then all of a sudden you're like:
"oh no! this requires all my attention. i must shower and get in a cozy corner to read this because this is gonna be a✨ r i d e✨"
or is this just me?
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Welcome to
#TeamSamantha
, Camille 🎉🤗♥️
You guys are NOT ready for this laugh-out-loud, very Black, and very inclusive adult rom-com. It is everything I never knew I needed and I can't wait to share it with the world (in due course!)
@camilliemill
is about to blow your minds.
Can’t believe 2020 managed this but I’m happy dancing because I’m now represented by
@samanthashnh
at
@LDLiterary
!! Her enthusiasm for my very Black, diverse romcom is an absolute dream 💃🏿💃🏿💃🏿 Big thanks to everyone who supported me reaching this milestone!
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It’s a tough decision that we know shouldn’t be taken lightly. Agents are rejected all the time and we accept that, but when we love a story, nothing hurts more than feeling like it will be underserved elsewhere.
And that’s it, thanks for coming to my TedTalk.
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I have so many exciting subs going out this week! Continuously amazed & honored to work with these creatives.
Editors, keep an eye out ✨👀📥👀 ✨
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I’m so spoiled by
#TeamSamantha
🥺
They bought me a self-care kit for my birthday and honestly, I desperately needed it 💛
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In speculative fiction (light sci-fi, horror, fantasy), I need worlds that I can settle into easily.
Fresh takes on classic tropes, dynamic characters, unique magic systems, atmospheric writing & undeniably high stakes ✨Think: R.F. Kuang, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Rory Power
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✨Agenting Update:
📥 I'm working to get caught up on my requested fulls up to 5/29.
⚡️ there are some queries from 4/21 to now that I'm sitting on until I can get those full requests under control.
🤗 thank you for your patience! 💛
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Happy vDay! 💘 Love is in the air and also up, down, & around my
#mswl
😂
Bring me all of your inclusive enemies to lovers, second chance, friends to lovers, only one bed, fake dating, grump, sunshine, one night stand but whoops here we are again, romance/romcoms, pls! ❤️🔥
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Welcome to
#TeamSamantha
, Latrice 🎉🎉🎉
I was immediately blown away by your talent & I can’t wait for the world to witness the righteous fury and badass Black women that you’re writing ‼️🖤
Got some great news! 🎉🎉
I'm happy to announce that I'm now repped by
@samanthashnh
at
@LDLiterary
! Samantha is amazing and I'm so glad to work with her on my fantasy novel! Get ready for stories of Black women using a little magic and mixed martial arts to kick ass y'all! 🎉🎉
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Officially logged off of work for the day and the rest of the year! ✌🏾
I’m really planning to disconnect so I can get some much needed R&R.
Thank you to all of my amazing friends, colleagues, editors, and clients for giving some of the best highlights to this whirlwind year 🧡
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Welcome to
#TeamSamantha
,
@haleematthews
!
I've been on the hunt for the perfect thriller/suspense and you NAILED it. Mixed media? True crime element? And writing that keeps you turning the pages nonstop? ✅✅✅
So excited to be an advocate for you and all of your amazing work!
Super exciting news today!! Check out my new mug 👀😁 Special shout out to
@LaurieTomlinson
for being the ultimate critique partner. 💜 So thrilled to be on
#TeamSamantha
@samanthashnh
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I’m trying to think of ways to make my
#MSWL
page on my website more helpful.
Does it help if I put overly specific things? If I put things I’m not the best fit for? Or listing books/authors I admire? Or just popping on occasionally to be like “wow I really want more x”
⤵️
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It's official!
I love a manuscript with a song/playlist included or mentioned in it. It's all about the ~vibes~
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Welcome to
@RootLiterary
and
#TeamSamantha
,
@danedraper1
!! 🎉🎉 I can’t even put into words how obsessed I am with you and your writing! Editors keep an eye on this one ✨💖👀👀
💫 ANNOUNCEMENT 💫
I am overwhelmed with joy to announce that I am now represented by the phenomenal ✨
@samanthashnh
at
@RootLiterary
✨
Here's to crafting stories for queer, Asian girls who just want to see themselves as the hero (and the villain *wink wink*) ✨💛💫
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Welcome, welcome to the Root Literary team and
#TeamSamantha
, Debbie!
You literally crafted the YA contemporary cult book of my dreams!! From the manuscript to our amazing call, I knew we were a perfect fit!! So beyond thrilled to be your agent 💖💖
I am thrilled to announce that I am now represented by
@samanthashnh
of
@RootLiterary
! I’m so excited to join
#TeamSamantha
!
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hi, hello, unfortunately, I have covid 🤒 I'm working to prioritize my health, so I appreciate everyone's patience with me while I recuperate! 🩵
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I want to concentrate on building my adult list.
Send me your romances, contemporaries, grounded fantasies, historical fiction (feeling the 1920s these days), thrillers/mysteries, speculative, and contemporary stories.
Oh, and horror! But nuanced horror.
#MSWL
.
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I AM DYING FOR A ROM COM WITH A PLUS SIZE MALE LEAD. I have an idea dying to be brainstormed with a talented writer so just remember me 👋🏾☺️
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does anyone else ever read or watch a hilarious main character and then that immediately inspires you to embrace the full chaos of your humor until it fades and you return to just baseline funny....or is that just me?
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I am always in the mood for rom-coms and thrillers/mysteries. Adult, YA, doesn't matter.
I fully settle into my happy place when I'm watching two people fall for each other, or someone uncovering long-buried secrets, or people just being messy.
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• gothic and horror in MG, YA, and Adult that haunts you with its writing as much as the subject matter (not one for gratuitous gore)
• contemporary fantasy with fresh hooks, strong character dynamics, immersive worlds, & romance subplots.
also see:
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welcome to
#teamsamantha
,
@haliwriteswords
! your f/f bodyguard romance had me in a chokehold (pun intended) and i'm so ready for the world to experience all of the pining + feels in your books! 💗
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Welcome to
@RootLiterary
and
#TeamSamantha
,
@_jessica_bee
! Her words made me laugh, swoon, cry, and feel all the feelings. The banter, the tension!! I can’t WAIT to share her work with the world ❤️🔥
I am so excited to share that I'm now represented by
@samanthashnh
at
@RootLiterary
. Samantha is so enthusiastic and passionate about my manuscript and career aspirations, and I’m still pinching myself to be starting this new chapter (pun intended 😂) with her. Yay
#TeamSamantha
!
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For speculative fiction, fantasy, & horror: my taste is mostly grounded but with high-concept plots/hooks, unique world-building/magic systems, & hyper-specific experiences that speak to universal truths.
Think: RF Kuang, Vaishnavi Patel, Stephen Graham Jones, & Alexis Henderson
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I am notoriously late, but Never Have I Ever is the exact brand of wholesome chaos I needed in my life.
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Hiyaaa,
I'll be answering questions over on the Root literary Instagram (linked below!). Feel free to ask me your publishing questions-- about querying, my
#MSWL
, and your burning bookish questions.
#amwriting
#amquerying
Head over to our Instagram to submit questions for today's Q&A with
#RootLit
agent
@samanthashnh
! ✨
👉
#amwriting
#amquerying
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I really hate when people say “don’t let X get to you.”
tbh, I wouldn’t be the person I am if I didn’t feel shit deeply. I wouldn’t treat people kindly, be considerate in how I speak to others, etc. So don’t say that to try and make me feel better. It just pisses me off more...
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I'm forever a contemporary romance person, but I'm particularly hungry for some ~*romantasy*~ that features BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, disability, and neurodiversity rep! Give me fresh folklore & mythologies and familiar tropes with a fresh perspective!
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Miscellaneous things I’d love in my inbox? 📥
• horror pied piper reimagining!
• queer Dorian Gray
• queer MG 💚
• sex-positive, body positive YA rom-coms
• BIPOC witches, seers, and mediums
• BIPOC in and writing crime fiction & speculative fic
• isolated thrillers
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But that shouldn’t be ALL that informs your decision. Think about where you would fall on their list of priorities. Are they experienced in your genre? Would you talk to them directly or through an assistant? What about this agent makes them the best teammate for your book?
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hello I have begun watching
#HeartstopperNetflix
and it’s giving me all the feels. when I first found the graphic novel, I devoured it and it felt like a warm hug for baby gays and I just—🥹🥰🏳️🌈
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Starting my 2021 goals, and I just want to celebrate that I knocked even one thing off my 2020 list.
In a difficult year, we persevered, we rallied, we spoke out against harmful behavior, we donated when we could, we saw life changing books published...
I’m just thankful.
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Submissions Update 8/1:
I’m up to 6/12 in my queries on QM. As for requested fulls, I have 15 total & I’m working through ones from April. Hoping to get back to everyone as soon as possible.
I appreciate the patience as I agent & carve out reading time where I can 🤗
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I’m a queer literary agent & foreign rights manager at the Laura Dail Literary Agency and I will always stand for trans people.
I’m a queer trans literary agent at the Bent Agency and I will always stand with trans people.
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Hi all! I'm so excited to be participating in
@DVpit_
via Discord on October 11, 2023!! ☺️
If you're interested in registering, please use this link:
If you want to learn more about it, visit:
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Romance has been such a joy to work on, so I’d love to see more! Especially in the YA space—think: Jenny Han, Sandhya Menon, Jason June & Adiba Jaigirdar ❤️🔥
And I will ALWAYS love a little bit of romance in my fantasy 🥰
Will never be sick of it, I swear.
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#MSWL
boost & update.
I'm currently in the mood for:
-more Fantasy Romance, please!
-Crime fiction featuring marginalized POVs and/or by marginalized creators for all ages!
-Anything comped to The Picture of Dorian Gray and/or The Count of Monte Cristo
-LGBTQIA+ fiction🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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someone pls give me an excuse to talk/write about the storytelling, representation, symbolism, and themes in
#Encanto
because i really can't stop analyzing it
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So thankful to rep such kind, brilliant, and ambitious creatives.
#TeamSamantha
and the
@RootLiterary
ladies make everything easier 💛
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I will never stop being surprised by the way that people and books can live in your mind forever ✨
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Welcome to
#TeamSamantha
, Chloe!🎉
I’m so excited to be your agent and advocate. Now I can professionally fan girl to everyone about just how much your writing & characters make me SWOON! 💖
Exciting News! 🥳💕
I’m thrilled to share that I’m now represented by Samantha Fabien (
@samanthashnh
) at Root Literary (
@RootLiterary
). I’m deeply grateful to the Root team for welcoming me & to Samantha for seeing something special & worth championing in my romance writing 💗.
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I'm so excited to welcome
@rrobinsonwrites
to
@RootLiterary
and
#TeamSamantha
💜 I squealed & swooned for her adult fantasy romance!! So much greatness to come from this one so keep your eyes peeled and go follow her 👀👀
I’m bursting with joy and so happy to announce I’m officially repped by
@samanthashnh
at
@rootliterary
😍🎉 My story about love, mental health, and the power of community found the perfect champion, and I can’t wait to see what amazing things come next!!
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Ahhh! SO excited to work with
@a_girl_Michelle
on her amazing projects. Welcome to
#TeamSamantha
!
Her high-stakes escape room mystery swept me off my feet. The diversity, the mental health rep, and THE DAD JOKES!?! I feel so honored to be your agent + advocate 🤗♥️😍
I am beyond thrilled to announce that I am now officially represented by the wonderful
@samanthashnh
of
@RootLiterary
! I could not ask for a kinder, more enthusiastic champion for my work. Feeling so grateful right now 🙏🥰
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5 topics I can talk about for 30 mins without prep:
1. Publishing 😂
2. Gender as a social construct
3. Fast and the furious series plotlines
4. The lyricism of Lil Wayne
5. Why I Hate Cops/Police Shouldn’t Exist
5 topics I can talk about for 30 mins without prep:
1. 2005 Pride & Prejudice
2. Beauty products, esp SPF + why the hell you’re not wearing it
3. 90s alternative
4. folklore + evermore
5. Romance novels
5.5 Friday Night Lights + the perfection of Tim Riggins’ character arc
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Does anyone want to sponsor me to go to Nevada so I can go count?
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It’s taken YEARS to unlearn the white beauty standards perpetuated in my young adulthood. But I know now that my melanin is a gift, my curves are a blessing, I’m the manifestation of my ancestors wildest dreams and no one can change how I see myself now 😍
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The news is out! Melanie and I will be testing QM! FYI—those who originally queried via e-mail will still be reviewed by us. And for my
#MSWL
, you can still visit:
💛
If you are querying Melanie Figueroa (
@wellmelsbells
) or Samantha Fabien (
@samanthashnh
) directly, you can now reach them via their QM forms, links to which are available on our submissions page:
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Welcome to the Root Lit team and
#TeamSamantha
,
@m_llyosullivan
!!🖤 You had me at Ocean's Eleven meets JADE CITY! So excited to be working together on this and all of your amazing projects to come!!
I’m so thrilled to announce that I’m now represented by
@samanthashnh
at
@RootLiterary
!!! I loved Samantha’s vision for my fantasy Mafia book about a sad, vicious mob boss, her gang, and the strings of fate that bind them all together.
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um new agent achievement unlocked🔓:
my clients reading each other’s books/manuscripts 🥹
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I am so fortunate to be reading SO MANY GOOD THINGS even while closed to queries!
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give me a Canva account and a client's book and...
#havewemet
#camillebaker
#lakeunion
#twomonthstopub
#preorder
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was Xena Warrior Princess actually a bisexual icon??
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ok...😅...so after procrastinating for months, I've finally updated my website
#MSWL
. it's more a formatting change than content, but feel free to take a peek and query me 🤗💛
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Welcome to the Root Lit &
#TeamSamantha
,
@deelizabeth_
!!
Serendipity really brings me to the most amazing humans.✨ I mean I stayed up til 4:30am reading her ms and bawled my eyes out.
De’s about to shake things up!👀🎉🌈🖤
🔮✨SOME NEWS✨🔮
I’m officially repped by
@samanthashnh
at
@RootLiterary
!!!! She’s the perfect champion for my dark academia supernatural thriller, and I absolutely cannot wait to begin our journey together!!
#TeamSamantha
#WritingCommunity
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Today marks my 2 year work anniversary at LDLA!
Time flies, but my god, I’ve learned so much.
Thanks for being an awesome team with such great books that I can’t help but love. It makes my job that much easier lol
@LDLiterary
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Either way, we all survived an unprecedented year and showing up every day—especially when it was hard—or knowing when to step away for your peace of mind was a win ✨
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Ok, ok, ok, I think I’ve gone on enough. For more details into my
#MSWL
, visit
I can’t wait to see your amazing stories! 💛
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