Marin Takikawa
@marintakikawa.bsky.social
agent at The Friedrich Agency | pronounced marine (like marine biology) 🐳 | she/her/hers
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Starting January 15, 2025, I will no longer be accepting email queries. Please send your queries via my Query Manager form. Any query sent via email before January 15 will still be considered. (2/2)
I'll be talking about comp titles with Writers' League Texas this Saturday--hope to see you there!
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May 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I'll be talking about comp titles with Writers' League Texas this Saturday--hope to see you there!
writersleague.org/calendar/202...
writersleague.org/calendar/202...
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PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.
bookshop.org
April 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
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me to the united states: this could be us but you playin’
A former French military base, Vauban is a thriving neighbourhood of 5,500 residents connected to Freiburg town centre by bus and light rail. Built in the late 1990s as a radical experiment in low-car living, it forgoes virtually all on-street parking in favour of active, green, and social spaces. 🧵
April 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
me to the united states: this could be us but you playin’
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If you, like me and everyone else I know, haven't planned out your #AWP schedule yet, can I interest you in this Saturday morning panel where five agents yap about what a #MSWL is and why it matters? @minahamedi.bsky.social @nedlovesbooks.bsky.social @marintakikawa.bsky.social @mwhatnall.bsky.social
March 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
If you, like me and everyone else I know, haven't planned out your #AWP schedule yet, can I interest you in this Saturday morning panel where five agents yap about what a #MSWL is and why it matters? @minahamedi.bsky.social @nedlovesbooks.bsky.social @marintakikawa.bsky.social @mwhatnall.bsky.social
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I made this the other night while procrastinating, mainly because I thought all the posts about the blackout were boring. It feels like there is momentum bringing people together!
February 27, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I made this the other night while procrastinating, mainly because I thought all the posts about the blackout were boring. It feels like there is momentum bringing people together!
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I see so many posts that are like “wouldn’t it be cool if we had a space for —“ or “someone should really set up—“ and then proceed to describe the role of a public library.
Reach out to your library with these suggestions.
Reach out to your library with these suggestions.
February 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I see so many posts that are like “wouldn’t it be cool if we had a space for —“ or “someone should really set up—“ and then proceed to describe the role of a public library.
Reach out to your library with these suggestions.
Reach out to your library with these suggestions.
Happy #MSWL day!
some specific shoutouts:
- voice! voice! voice! anything voice-driven with some kind of social lens (YA/adult)
- a literary love story a la PAST LIVES (A24) and FIRST LOVE (Netflix)
my general wishlist remains the same so please do check it out!
some specific shoutouts:
- voice! voice! voice! anything voice-driven with some kind of social lens (YA/adult)
- a literary love story a la PAST LIVES (A24) and FIRST LOVE (Netflix)
my general wishlist remains the same so please do check it out!
Marin Takikawa – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website
www.manuscriptwishlist.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Happy #MSWL day!
some specific shoutouts:
- voice! voice! voice! anything voice-driven with some kind of social lens (YA/adult)
- a literary love story a la PAST LIVES (A24) and FIRST LOVE (Netflix)
my general wishlist remains the same so please do check it out!
some specific shoutouts:
- voice! voice! voice! anything voice-driven with some kind of social lens (YA/adult)
- a literary love story a la PAST LIVES (A24) and FIRST LOVE (Netflix)
my general wishlist remains the same so please do check it out!
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This is how you do it. Thank you, @tupelopress.bsky.social!!!
February 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This is how you do it. Thank you, @tupelopress.bsky.social!!!
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A quick hit from me after the protests over the last week, despite all the claims that people were too exhausted to protest and were sitting Trump II out. It's true, much of the Trump "resistance" appeared to have gone home when Biden was elected. But plenty of people never left the fight:
The #Resistance Lives. It Just Looks Different This Time.
Defying mainstream media narratives about the exhausted opposition, protests are picking up in D.C. and across the country, led by protesters who never hung up their placards to begin with.
newrepublic.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A quick hit from me after the protests over the last week, despite all the claims that people were too exhausted to protest and were sitting Trump II out. It's true, much of the Trump "resistance" appeared to have gone home when Biden was elected. But plenty of people never left the fight:
i will cry (in a good way) if this actually ripples throughout the industry!
Why Simon & Schuster’s Flagship Imprint Won’t Require Blurbs Anymore
In a decision some might call “stunning” or a “tour-de-force,” new S&S publisher Sean Manning has decided to no longer require authors to obtain blurbs for their books. Here’s why.
www.publishersweekly.com
January 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
i will cry (in a good way) if this actually ripples throughout the industry!
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So 97% of @NYMagUnion members--including me!-- just signed a pledge to walk out of work if we don’t get a fair contract from @VoxMedia. If you love @NYMag, sign our solidarity pledge to support us in the event of a walkout:
nymagunion.org/reader-pledge
nymagunion.org/reader-pledge
New York Mag Union
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January 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
So 97% of @NYMagUnion members--including me!-- just signed a pledge to walk out of work if we don’t get a fair contract from @VoxMedia. If you love @NYMag, sign our solidarity pledge to support us in the event of a walkout:
nymagunion.org/reader-pledge
nymagunion.org/reader-pledge
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Feel like my new thing will be to collect all these acts of resistance from ordinary people and send them to my Dem reps with the note, “More like this please.”
January 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Feel like my new thing will be to collect all these acts of resistance from ordinary people and send them to my Dem reps with the note, “More like this please.”
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Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our First Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 12, 2025. 🎉🎉🎉
Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.
Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...
Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.
Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...
The Next Official #MSWL Day: February 12, 2025 – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website
manuscriptwishlist.com
January 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our First Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 12, 2025. 🎉🎉🎉
Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.
Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...
Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.
Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...
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We’d especially appreciate bulk donations *already in the LA area* — the ones you left in storage since 2022, that warehouse you’ve been meaning to deal with, that kinda thing. We have mask orders being mailed, but we need masks on faces NOW, faster than next week delivery
If you have bulk masks to donate, or want to send us masks, please fill out this form!
(same form for volunteers and mask requests!)
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(same form for volunteers and mask requests!)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
2025 LA Fires - Mask Requests and Volunteer Interest
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January 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
We’d especially appreciate bulk donations *already in the LA area* — the ones you left in storage since 2022, that warehouse you’ve been meaning to deal with, that kinda thing. We have mask orders being mailed, but we need masks on faces NOW, faster than next week delivery
I'm finally making the switch to Query Manager! I've hated not being able to respond due to the sheer volume... so my hope is that by switching, I'll be able to be more responsive to people with all of QM's great features! (1/2)
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January 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I'm finally making the switch to Query Manager! I've hated not being able to respond due to the sheer volume... so my hope is that by switching, I'll be able to be more responsive to people with all of QM's great features! (1/2)
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Reading makes you live longer.
January 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Reading makes you live longer.
counting down the days till holiday break, but also really excited to read for fun...! anyone have recs? this year i loved reading ALL MY RAGE, THE WEDDING PEOPLE (one of TFA's!), GENDER QUEER—in the mood for (realistic) joy and on the opposite end, something gritty, transporting, and propulsive!
December 10, 2024 at 11:45 PM
counting down the days till holiday break, but also really excited to read for fun...! anyone have recs? this year i loved reading ALL MY RAGE, THE WEDDING PEOPLE (one of TFA's!), GENDER QUEER—in the mood for (realistic) joy and on the opposite end, something gritty, transporting, and propulsive!
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Ending my vague era with this: ✨I’m getting published!✨
So pumped to announce that my book SALT WATER BLOOD will be published with Simon & Schuster (US) + Allen & Unwin (ANZ) in 2026!
Endless gratitude to my agent @marintakikawa.bsky.social & my editor Sarah Barley 💖
#booksky #writingcommunity
So pumped to announce that my book SALT WATER BLOOD will be published with Simon & Schuster (US) + Allen & Unwin (ANZ) in 2026!
Endless gratitude to my agent @marintakikawa.bsky.social & my editor Sarah Barley 💖
#booksky #writingcommunity
December 5, 2024 at 11:48 PM
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i literally will not shut up about this book! it's going to be one of THE BEST debuts to come. if you love Kazuo Ishiguro's NEVER LET ME GO or are a fan of genre-blending genius that's inventive, beautifully human, and WILL make you cry at the end, this truly is a book you NEED to have
November 22, 2024 at 4:23 PM
i literally will not shut up about this book! it's going to be one of THE BEST debuts to come. if you love Kazuo Ishiguro's NEVER LET ME GO or are a fan of genre-blending genius that's inventive, beautifully human, and WILL make you cry at the end, this truly is a book you NEED to have
i'm here i'm here! but for any writers wanting to query me, i ask that you please wait until January'25! 🙇♀️
November 14, 2024 at 6:37 PM
i'm here i'm here! but for any writers wanting to query me, i ask that you please wait until January'25! 🙇♀️