Haley Casey
@haley-j-casey.bsky.social
Associate Literary Agent at CMA. Feminist. Interested in watching TV shows I've already seen and owning ALL books. (she/her/hers)
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With only a few months left in the year, I thought it was time to update my #MSWL!
I'm not closing to any genres, but I'm eager to acquire more romance and genre fiction. It's where I've been drawn in my personal reading, and I would love my agent list to reflect those books that have drawn me in!
I'm not closing to any genres, but I'm eager to acquire more romance and genre fiction. It's where I've been drawn in my personal reading, and I would love my agent list to reflect those books that have drawn me in!
#QueryTip: "Connect us to your characters as soon as you can!"
When you bring a character's GMCs into your query's plot summary, you're giving an agent a reason to connect to the stakes and make them feel immediate, important, and personal. That's what makes your story intriguing from the start!
When you bring a character's GMCs into your query's plot summary, you're giving an agent a reason to connect to the stakes and make them feel immediate, important, and personal. That's what makes your story intriguing from the start!
November 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
#QueryTip: "Connect us to your characters as soon as you can!"
When you bring a character's GMCs into your query's plot summary, you're giving an agent a reason to connect to the stakes and make them feel immediate, important, and personal. That's what makes your story intriguing from the start!
When you bring a character's GMCs into your query's plot summary, you're giving an agent a reason to connect to the stakes and make them feel immediate, important, and personal. That's what makes your story intriguing from the start!
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At a conference today, so my annual reminder…
If you’ve booked time to chat with agents or editors, keep your pitch quick. You want to leave a lot of that time for asking questions, getting information, gathering recommendations.
Make sure it’s a conversation. You’ll get way more out of it.
If you’ve booked time to chat with agents or editors, keep your pitch quick. You want to leave a lot of that time for asking questions, getting information, gathering recommendations.
Make sure it’s a conversation. You’ll get way more out of it.
November 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
At a conference today, so my annual reminder…
If you’ve booked time to chat with agents or editors, keep your pitch quick. You want to leave a lot of that time for asking questions, getting information, gathering recommendations.
Make sure it’s a conversation. You’ll get way more out of it.
If you’ve booked time to chat with agents or editors, keep your pitch quick. You want to leave a lot of that time for asking questions, getting information, gathering recommendations.
Make sure it’s a conversation. You’ll get way more out of it.
Reposted by Haley Casey
BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
Starbucks unionized workers say they'll strike on Nov. 13 if coffee giant doesn't finalize contract
Union members say they are ready to strike on the chain's Red Cup Day if Starbucks doesn't finalize a contract with their union by then.
www.cbsnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
#QueryTip: Your query isn’t a summary—it’s a sales pitch.
If you only had 30 seconds to pitch your MS, what would you highlight? Who are your characters? What's their predicament? What incident propels the conflict forward?
Your premise is what hooks an agent, and your writing will do the rest!
If you only had 30 seconds to pitch your MS, what would you highlight? Who are your characters? What's their predicament? What incident propels the conflict forward?
Your premise is what hooks an agent, and your writing will do the rest!
October 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
#QueryTip: Your query isn’t a summary—it’s a sales pitch.
If you only had 30 seconds to pitch your MS, what would you highlight? Who are your characters? What's their predicament? What incident propels the conflict forward?
Your premise is what hooks an agent, and your writing will do the rest!
If you only had 30 seconds to pitch your MS, what would you highlight? Who are your characters? What's their predicament? What incident propels the conflict forward?
Your premise is what hooks an agent, and your writing will do the rest!
Not my mom calling at 7:00 PM to ask whether FRANKENSTEIN really starts with letters from a ship in the Arctic, or whether the library sent her the wrong audiobook... 😅
October 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Not my mom calling at 7:00 PM to ask whether FRANKENSTEIN really starts with letters from a ship in the Arctic, or whether the library sent her the wrong audiobook... 😅
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Censorship is so 1984. Read for your rights.
Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, and this year's theme reminds us that the right to read belongs to all of us, that censorship has no place in contemporary society, and that we must defend our rights.
https://www.ala.org/bbooks.
Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, and this year's theme reminds us that the right to read belongs to all of us, that censorship has no place in contemporary society, and that we must defend our rights.
https://www.ala.org/bbooks.
October 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Censorship is so 1984. Read for your rights.
Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, and this year's theme reminds us that the right to read belongs to all of us, that censorship has no place in contemporary society, and that we must defend our rights.
https://www.ala.org/bbooks.
Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, and this year's theme reminds us that the right to read belongs to all of us, that censorship has no place in contemporary society, and that we must defend our rights.
https://www.ala.org/bbooks.
With only a few months left in the year, I thought it was time to update my #MSWL!
I'm not closing to any genres, but I'm eager to acquire more romance and genre fiction. It's where I've been drawn in my personal reading, and I would love my agent list to reflect those books that have drawn me in!
I'm not closing to any genres, but I'm eager to acquire more romance and genre fiction. It's where I've been drawn in my personal reading, and I would love my agent list to reflect those books that have drawn me in!
October 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
With only a few months left in the year, I thought it was time to update my #MSWL!
I'm not closing to any genres, but I'm eager to acquire more romance and genre fiction. It's where I've been drawn in my personal reading, and I would love my agent list to reflect those books that have drawn me in!
I'm not closing to any genres, but I'm eager to acquire more romance and genre fiction. It's where I've been drawn in my personal reading, and I would love my agent list to reflect those books that have drawn me in!
Reposted by Haley Casey
so the US government just forced a tech company to delete an app it doesn’t like, which is totally normal stuff
www.404media.co/iceblock-own...
www.404media.co/iceblock-own...
ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’
Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...
www.404media.co
October 3, 2025 at 2:38 AM
so the US government just forced a tech company to delete an app it doesn’t like, which is totally normal stuff
www.404media.co/iceblock-own...
www.404media.co/iceblock-own...
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How evil must one be to intercept a benign aid ship on its way to innocents gripped by famine & bombs? It should be extremely clear to the world that these genocidaires are very intentional in their aim to starve Palestinians. Solidarity with the flotilla. They’re the best of us.
October 2, 2025 at 12:14 AM
How evil must one be to intercept a benign aid ship on its way to innocents gripped by famine & bombs? It should be extremely clear to the world that these genocidaires are very intentional in their aim to starve Palestinians. Solidarity with the flotilla. They’re the best of us.
I know that paying for feedback isn't a possibility for everyone, but for those who are interested, I'm on Reedsy offering query critiques for authors and editorial assessments for full manuscripts! Reach out if you're interested in working together:
reedsy.com/haley-casey
reedsy.com/haley-casey
Haley Casey - Editor | Reedsy
Kansas City, KS, USA Editor: My name is Haley, a freelance editor and associate literary agent who has worked in publishing since 2016.
reedsy.com
September 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I know that paying for feedback isn't a possibility for everyone, but for those who are interested, I'm on Reedsy offering query critiques for authors and editorial assessments for full manuscripts! Reach out if you're interested in working together:
reedsy.com/haley-casey
reedsy.com/haley-casey
I took pitches at the online New England Writing Workshop today, and they were OUTSTANDING. Truly, there are so many stories in this batch that I'm excited to see, and they're already rolling in!
Thanks to all of the authors who chose to chat with me for trusting me with your work!
Thanks to all of the authors who chose to chat with me for trusting me with your work!
July 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I took pitches at the online New England Writing Workshop today, and they were OUTSTANDING. Truly, there are so many stories in this batch that I'm excited to see, and they're already rolling in!
Thanks to all of the authors who chose to chat with me for trusting me with your work!
Thanks to all of the authors who chose to chat with me for trusting me with your work!
Freedom Reads is transforming prison life by creating mini libraries inside cells, offering incarcerated individuals access to hundreds of books and fostering hope through literature:
www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
This is amazing! I can't believe it took me so long to learn about it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
This is amazing! I can't believe it took me so long to learn about it.
Inside prison walls, here's how a book program is changing lives
Accessing reading material in prisons is hard, but Freedom Reads co-founder Reginald Betts, a former inmate, went beyond books, creating libraries made by former prisoners.
www.nbcnews.com
July 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Freedom Reads is transforming prison life by creating mini libraries inside cells, offering incarcerated individuals access to hundreds of books and fostering hope through literature:
www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
This is amazing! I can't believe it took me so long to learn about it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
This is amazing! I can't believe it took me so long to learn about it.
Y'all, I just heard the auditions for the UNWED & UNBOTHERED audiobook... 👀
You are not ready for how this will sound! No choice that Emma and the team make will be a miss!
You are not ready for how this will sound! No choice that Emma and the team make will be a miss!
June 3, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Y'all, I just heard the auditions for the UNWED & UNBOTHERED audiobook... 👀
You are not ready for how this will sound! No choice that Emma and the team make will be a miss!
You are not ready for how this will sound! No choice that Emma and the team make will be a miss!
I'm so excited to participate in #SEAsianPit tomorrow! I'll only be looking at pitches here, not 🐦, and I can't wait to see everyone's projects!
If I ❤️ your pitch and you feel we'd be a good fit, please send your first three chapters to me at QueryTracker.net/Query/HCasey/SEAsianPit_25.
If I ❤️ your pitch and you feel we'd be a good fit, please send your first three chapters to me at QueryTracker.net/Query/HCasey/SEAsianPit_25.
May 30, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I'm so excited to participate in #SEAsianPit tomorrow! I'll only be looking at pitches here, not 🐦, and I can't wait to see everyone's projects!
If I ❤️ your pitch and you feel we'd be a good fit, please send your first three chapters to me at QueryTracker.net/Query/HCasey/SEAsianPit_25.
If I ❤️ your pitch and you feel we'd be a good fit, please send your first three chapters to me at QueryTracker.net/Query/HCasey/SEAsianPit_25.
I'm thrilled to say that I'll be taking one-on-one pitches at the California Writing Workshop, June 13-14. Registration is open, and attendance is virtual, so if you have the time, the means, and are interested in some fabulous panels and opportunities, take a look!
californiawritingworkshop.com
californiawritingworkshop.com
May 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I'm thrilled to say that I'll be taking one-on-one pitches at the California Writing Workshop, June 13-14. Registration is open, and attendance is virtual, so if you have the time, the means, and are interested in some fabulous panels and opportunities, take a look!
californiawritingworkshop.com
californiawritingworkshop.com
Honestly, I'm not much of a "friends to lovers" reader, but I'm realizing I would drop everything if Kim Possible x Ron Stoppable is the energy it brings! #MSWL
a boy and a girl are standing next to each other and the girl is holding a plate of food
Alt: GIF of Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable, both in Nacho Bueno uniforms, where Kim is struggling and Ron is gliding by with plates of food.
media.tenor.com
May 20, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Honestly, I'm not much of a "friends to lovers" reader, but I'm realizing I would drop everything if Kim Possible x Ron Stoppable is the energy it brings! #MSWL
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Happy Murderbot day to all who celebrate.
May 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Happy Murderbot day to all who celebrate.
Creative Media Agency just played an inter-office game of #MSWL Edition "This or That?" If you're curious about the vibes I'm seeking in manuscripts right now, this is it!
April 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Creative Media Agency just played an inter-office game of #MSWL Edition "This or That?" If you're curious about the vibes I'm seeking in manuscripts right now, this is it!
The author, illustrator, researcher, and all-around wonderful Emma Duval officially has a cover we can share! UNWED & UNBOTHERED: THE DEFIANT LIVES OF SINGLE WOMEN THROUGHOUT HISTORY is coming on September 16!
Happy Singles Awareness Day! #SinglesAwareness #UnwedAndUnbothered #EmmaDuval
Happy Singles Awareness Day! #SinglesAwareness #UnwedAndUnbothered #EmmaDuval
February 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The author, illustrator, researcher, and all-around wonderful Emma Duval officially has a cover we can share! UNWED & UNBOTHERED: THE DEFIANT LIVES OF SINGLE WOMEN THROUGHOUT HISTORY is coming on September 16!
Happy Singles Awareness Day! #SinglesAwareness #UnwedAndUnbothered #EmmaDuval
Happy Singles Awareness Day! #SinglesAwareness #UnwedAndUnbothered #EmmaDuval
For those looking, especially on #MSWL Day, here are a couple of excellent Bluesky starter packs for literary agents:
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February 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
For those looking, especially on #MSWL Day, here are a couple of excellent Bluesky starter packs for literary agents:
go.bsky.app/52ZEfjC
go.bsky.app/QGR8gr
go.bsky.app/7T2rEKw
go.bsky.app/52ZEfjC
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It's #MSWL Day!
I would do ANYTHING for an adult or NA romance—contemporary or paranormal—with a love interest who OOZES charm and charisma. I want irresistible flirts! Bring me your Henry Montagues, Ian Flannerys, Jesper Faheys, and Jace Waylands!
www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/ha...
I would do ANYTHING for an adult or NA romance—contemporary or paranormal—with a love interest who OOZES charm and charisma. I want irresistible flirts! Bring me your Henry Montagues, Ian Flannerys, Jesper Faheys, and Jace Waylands!
www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/ha...
February 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
It's #MSWL Day!
I would do ANYTHING for an adult or NA romance—contemporary or paranormal—with a love interest who OOZES charm and charisma. I want irresistible flirts! Bring me your Henry Montagues, Ian Flannerys, Jesper Faheys, and Jace Waylands!
www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/ha...
I would do ANYTHING for an adult or NA romance—contemporary or paranormal—with a love interest who OOZES charm and charisma. I want irresistible flirts! Bring me your Henry Montagues, Ian Flannerys, Jesper Faheys, and Jace Waylands!
www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/ha...
Love ebooks, but want to leave Amazon behind? Bookshop.org is opening its own eBook platform!
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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
February 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Love ebooks, but want to leave Amazon behind? Bookshop.org is opening its own eBook platform!
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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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...
CONGRATULATIONS to the incredible author S.G. Prince on her news: IF ALL THE STARS GO DARK, the YA space fantasy featuring an opposites attract romance, a motley found family, and galaxy-saving stakes is coming from Godwin Books in 2026! I can wait for this one to hit shelves!
January 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
CONGRATULATIONS to the incredible author S.G. Prince on her news: IF ALL THE STARS GO DARK, the YA space fantasy featuring an opposites attract romance, a motley found family, and galaxy-saving stakes is coming from Godwin Books in 2026! I can wait for this one to hit shelves!