Shannon Snow (temporarily closed to queries)
@ssnow_lit_agent
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Literary Agent & Audio Subrights Manager at CMA. Mom of adult kids, owned by 4 chihuahuas, wife to a homemade soapmaker hubby, lover of books & their creators!
Joined January 2020
Hey all! I was honored to be a guest on @MSWLMA Manuscript Academy’s podcast! Check it out! And subscribe to their podcast if you haven’t already. It’s a wonderful information source! #writers #amquerying #amediting #amwritingfiction #WritingCommunity .
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Hello #WritingCommunity #amquerying #amediting #writers I will be temporarily closed to queries for approximately three weeks. So if you’re planning to query me, you have three weeks to get your queries ready! I can’t wait to see what you have! 🫶🏻.
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Play This or That with me #WritingCommunity ! Here’s mine! Comment yours below if you want! ❤️.#writers #amquerying #amediting
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Heyooo #writers & #WritingCommunity I’m now up to date on queries through 3/31. That includes requests for additional materials that I’ve sent. So if you haven’t received a response, check your junk mail & spam! 🫶🏻. #amquerying #amediting.
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Just opened a Bluesky account. If you want to follow me there, my ID there is: ssnow-litagent and yes that’s a hyphen not an underscore 🤣 . #WritingCommunity #writers #writerslife #amquerying #amediting #mswl.
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Highlighting some #mswl in either YA, NA or adult: horror of any variety. Looking for really unique (new twists) romantasy, fantasy from soft to epic. Also where are my sci-fi space opera writers? 🤣 In addition to my other tweets on what I want. #WritingCommunity #amquerying.
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This is a watered down, quick general overview to start with to help you get started. And once you get to this point of a synopsis, the rest is much easier. Hope this is helpful to all.
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5. Go back through, tweak, add mood, make sure important elements like setting, GMC, voice are present without too much description/showing.
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4. Go back and start putting in transition sentences to link each chapter paragraph to the next. At this point, you have the bare bones of your synopsis. The hardest part is done.
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3. Go back and start turning these chapter sentences into paragraphs. Elaborate a bit more. Make sure you’re weaving in your characters’ GMC.
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2. …propel your story forward or is just filler) Don’t worry about grammar or beautiful writing at this point, just the main points. Your synopsis should be written in the tone of your book but it should tell, now show.
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Quick synopsis tips:.1. Write 1-2 sentences of each chapter’s main events; don’t be pretty, just get it down. Leave out extraneous detail, secondary character names (refer to them as her aunt, her dad, etc. Having this can also help you spot if a chapter serves no purpose to….
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Horror: eerie, creepy, scary escape scenarios; psychological thrillers. All the above in either adult or YA. 👍🏻❤️.
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Also, specifics on romance and romcoms; some of my fave tropes: forced proximity, enemies to lovers, witty banter, hockey players, MMA fighters, sports heroes etc.
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Happy to announce I’m reopened to queries! Check my #MSWL for what’s on my priority list but sneak peak: give me lots of romcom, steamy romance, psych thrillers, eerie horror, soft to medium fantasy, dark academia & space! 🫶🏻. #WritingCommunity #amquerying #amediting.
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Check out Bethany (aka Noelle Douglas) on this podcast for her book The Christmas Crush! . #WritingCommunity #readers.#romancenovels .
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Just a reminder that CMA has closed to queries for the holidays. Our agents may have varied return dates but mine is 1/2/25. I’ll review what I’ve received and catch up on submissions, client work, etc. Happy Holidays to you all! #amquerying #WriterCommunity #WritingCommmunity.
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Really hungry for adult/New Adult contemporary romance: sweet, steamy, romcom, poly, why choose, forced proximity, enemies to lovers, slow burn. YA contemporary rom, dark academia, gothic, horror, sf. Adult horror, thriller, psychological. Soft-med fantasy, sf, space opera #MSWL.
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Closing to queries for the holidays on 11/27. Reopening on 1/2/25. Get your queries in there b4 Wednesday!😊 I’m w/in 2-3 wks on queries now. If you queried on or after 10/1 & haven’t heard back, I’m still considering it. ❤️👍🏻 #writerscommunity #WritingCommmunity #amquerying.
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RT @bnwritesnreads: Come see me this weekend @barbarasbooks in Yorktown Mall to get your signed copy of THE CHRISTMAS CRUSH in time for the….
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