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Erin C. Niumata 📚🖋️
@ecniumata.bsky.social
SVP/Literary Agent Folio Literary Management. MA Creative Writing, Doctoral Researcher. Member @aalitagents https://linktr.ee/erinniumata
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My new post on why literary agents still matter. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Why Literary Agents Still Matter
Now more than ever!
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January 15, 2026 at 7:26 PM
A Month-by-Month Guide to 2026's Mysteries & Thrillers My client Lai Sanders THE PLANS I HAVE FOR YOU is featured in March! www.goodreads.com/blog/show/30... via @goodreads
A Month-by-Month Guide to 2026's Mysteries & Thrillers
A Sri Lankan cab driver finds her latest passenger murdered in the back seat of her NYC taxi. A corporate retreat gets deadly when someone sabotages ...
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January 8, 2026 at 4:58 PM
My client, @Lai Sanders’ wonderful debut novel THE PLANS I HAVE FOR YOU is a top 10 pick for PW’s 2026 Spring list for Mysteries and Thrillers. Check is out: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
December 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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It's your lucky day or month in this case! THE LUCKY SHAMROCK is on sale for only $2.99!

A bighearted novel about family, secrets, small-town Texas romance, and—with a little bit of luck—starting over.

🍀 The Lucky Shamrock
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December 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Thank you, Miz Anna! I would love to see the entire Paradise series come to life one day!

"A great friends to lover, small town, meddling family-holiday romance."

Available now!
www.carolynbrownbooks.com/romances/the...
December 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Lai Sanders THE PLANS I HAVE FOR YOU is in the top ten most anticipated books for Spring 2026 www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Spring 2026 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Mysteries & Thrillers
On tap this season: promising debuts, provocative prequels, and new novels from Jessica Knoll and Jo Nesbø.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Why Patience Is an Author’s Secret Superpower open.substack.com/pub/erinnium...
Why Patience Is an Author’s Secret Superpower
Publishing moves on a timeline entirely its own. It’s not personal. It’s Publishing.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Happy Thanksgiving! I’m all about thanking books and the brilliant folks who write them! Cheers! 🦃🥂#Thanksgiving2025 #books #writing #WritingCommunity #writers #writerscommunity
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Giving Thanks for Books
(And the Many Ways They Bring Me Joy)
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November 27, 2025 at 10:36 AM
My new post is up[! A Day in the Life of a Literary Agent open.substack.com/pub/erinnium...
A Day in the Life of a Literary Agent
Inside the chaos, craft, and constant relationship-building that keep publishing alive.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:44 AM
It’s snowing in London! Won’t stick but it’s nice!
November 19, 2025 at 9:16 AM
My new post on platforms for fiction writers is up. Read it here! How important is a huge platform for fiction writers: The Platform Paradox. #writers #writinglife #writingtips #platform

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The Platform Paradox
Why Writing Still Matters Most
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November 14, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Autumn in London is lovely!
November 5, 2025 at 9:53 AM
My new post on representing womens fiction is up! open.substack.com/pub/erinnium...
The Joy of Representing Women’s Fiction
Reflections on nearly three decades of championing women’s voices
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October 24, 2025 at 7:06 AM
My new Substack is up. It's all about consistency in writing! Writing a Novel Through the Fog open.substack.com/pub/erinnium...
Writing a Novel Through the Fog
How to write if you have the will but don’t have the time.
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October 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Selena Rezvani's amaging book Quick Confidence was featured in a Forbes article on how AI is making for more work for managers by shrinking the workforce: www.linkedin.com/posts/selena...
#leadership #quickleadership #culturedesign #management #executiveskills #burnout | Selena Rezvani (she/her)
For every manager, the pace feels unsustainable right now. You're working heroically to keep teams running, but what if your next level of impact lies in changing the system, not just saving the day? ...
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October 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I'm giving away a free Query package review: query letter and synopsis with a 30 min zoom. Winner randomly chosen Friday, October 10. Interested: drop a comment on my Substack. The winner must be a subscriber of my Substack Erin’s Third Act (it’s free!). Good luck. erinniumata.substack.com
Erin’s Third Act | Substack
My personal Substack. Click to read Erin’s Third Act, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
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October 8, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I made a promise to myself that when I have 500 subscribers I’d give away a query package review. This includes the query letter and synopsis & 30 minute zoom. Drop a comment in the notes section of my Substack. You must be a subscriber of Erin’s Third Act to win. erinniumata.substack.com
Erin’s Third Act | Substack
My personal Substack. Click to read Erin’s Third Act, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
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October 3, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Exactly what I have been telling my creative writing students. I am glad to see this kind of messaging on more and more literary agents' submission guidelines.

#EduSky #creativewriting #amquerying #humancreativity #AIResistance

@ecniumata.bsky.social

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Why I Cannot Represent AI-Generated Work
It has its uses but not in fiction.
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October 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Delighted to announce this deal for the fantastic Washington Post writer Emily Heil!
October 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Do you hear that?👂 It's the sound of Christmas reading coming! Who's ready for all the holiday books coming out soon? 🙋🏼‍♀️

A LITTLE CHRISTMAS MATCHMAKING will be here in ONE WEEK! Let the countdown begin!

Preorder links:
www.carolynbrownbooks.com/romances/the...
September 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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It's a good day for another great deal! MEET ME IN THE ORCHARD is a Kindle Daily Deal! You can grab it today for only $1.99! 😍

Small town enemies to lovers romance between two headstrong property owners determined to one-up each other.

Meet Me in the Orchard
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September 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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RIVERBEND REUNION is a Kindle Deal! Riverbend, Texas, doesn’t look like the crossroads of anywhere. But for four high school besties reuniting after twenty years, it’s a place to unpack a lot of baggage.

Riverbend Reunion
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September 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Check out my latest Substack post on how agents share information: Yes, Agents "Gossip" open.substack.com/pub/erinnium...
Yes, Agents "Gossip"
(What That Really Means)
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September 25, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Well, this snuck up on me. A LITTLE CHRISTMAS MATCHMAKING arrives in just ONE MONTH! Who doesn't love a little Christmas reading?! 😉

A Little Christmas Matchmaking (The Paradise: The Brothers - Book 2)
www.carolynbrownbooks.com/romances/the...
September 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM