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Ivy Lin | Querying Author
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Autistic writer currently querying THE LOVE IN YOUR WORDS! Published in SOMEONE LIKE ME, avail in bookstores: https://linktr.ee/ivylinwrites

DM me for serious queries only.
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Ivy Lin | Querying Author @ivy-lin.bsky.social · 28d
I am officially querying THE LOVE IN YOUR WORDS, a YA Romance complete at 70,000 words! Here is my up-to-date Agent Guide.

#ya #romance #neurodiverse #ownvoices #agentguide #agentsguide
Title: “The Love In Your Words” Genre: YA Romance Word Count: 70,000 words A picture of Lena and Alistair walking underneath an umbrella together, wearing blue and grey school uniforms. The Royal Liver Building is in the background as red paper lanterns float in the sky. Pitch Sixteen-year-old Lena Mei has always felt like an outsider — too “Western” to be Chinese, too “weird” for everyone else — until Alistair Wong, an autistic polyglot, helps her reclaim her heritage by teaching her to read a Mandarin poem her late mother left behind. As their connection deepens, a devastating family secret threatens to uproot their budding love, forcing Lena to choose between family loyalty and a future with the boy who accepts her for who she is. Comps “Something More” by Jackie Khalilieh (Autism & Neurodivergence) “Never Thought I’d End Up Here” by Ann Liang (Language, Heritage & Chinese Diaspora) “Komi Can’t Communicate” (Overcoming Loneliness & Communication Difficulties) Opening Words don't come easily to me. Before they reach my lips, they fade like the smoke rising from a joss stick in front of my mum's shrine. My lighter brightens her portrait's uncanny youthful beauty, gazing out as if she's still alive, inviting me to speak. But when I extinguish the flame, the image slips back into shadow, a reminder that she's gone. I kneel and clasp my hands, wanting to say what I should've said before she passed almost a year ago. Words that weren't, "I wish I had more friends." But my teeth close like gates, keeping my thoughts captive, even when I'm alone in my tiny, brick garden, surrounded only by a bin and a rusty barbecue. For now, all I can do is wish, so I bow and whisper a message in my mind. I want Mum back, as impossible as it may seem. If I can't have that, then I want someone like her to enter my life—someone to sweep away the loneliness and help me speak... or even accept me when I'm silent.
ivy-lin.bsky.social
I just received my eleventh request, in the form of very effusive fanmail. 😵 The entire agency read it and said I write well and they are rooting for my characters?? I am shocked. This is SO surreal.
November 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
ivy-lin.bsky.social
I finally beat my personal record!! Just received my tenth agent request 😄
November 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
ivy-lin.bsky.social
OK WOAH FOURTH FULL REQUEST TODAY AND IT'S ONE OF MY DREAM AGENTS SHE REPS ONE OF MY LITERARY HEROES WHAT
November 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
ivy-lin.bsky.social
Last week was a week full of rejections and I literally just got 3 full requests today bringing my total to 8 omg
November 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
ivy-lin.bsky.social
Why are the ghouls at Reform complaining about autistic kids wearing ear defenders when we should be tackling social, economic, and health inequalities that autistic people face every day?
November 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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@ivy-lin.bsky.social Your words made me cry 😭
As someone who left my family and live in a country farrrrr far away, I relate to this 2000%
November 13, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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smossman.bsky.social
An #agentsguide to STARSENT, my MISTBORN x HOUSE OF THE BEAST friends-to-enemies YA secondary world Fantasy, or “Friendtasy”, complete at 106k words, already with Big 5 Editor interest!

I’m now officially #amquerying so if you’d like to see this, lemme know! 💫
An agent's guide to STARSENT, by azi ossman
November 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
ivy-lin.bsky.social
I just got a fifth agent request and at this point I think I need to say something. First of all: *EXCITED SCREAMS*. Now that that's out of the way...

A few weeks ago, Elle McNicoll @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social posted a message on Instagram: "I just want people to buy autistic books."
...
November 11, 2025 at 11:25 PM
ivy-lin.bsky.social
I just got a fourth full request
a little girl wearing a leopard print shirt is making a face
ALT: a little girl wearing a leopard print shirt is making a face
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November 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
ivy-lin.bsky.social
A third full manuscript request! 😄 Needless to say I am positively overwhelmed!
November 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
ivy-lin.bsky.social
Another full request 😅 I'm loving these fast responses!
November 8, 2025 at 11:56 AM
ivy-lin.bsky.social
I'm getting whiplash. That partial request just turned into a full. I submitted it last Friday. That was SO fast!
November 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
ivy-lin.bsky.social
Three days in the trenches and I got a personalized rejection and a partial request! Can't wait to hear from more agents! 😁
October 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
ivy-lin.bsky.social
I am officially querying THE LOVE IN YOUR WORDS, a YA Romance complete at 70,000 words! Here is my up-to-date Agent Guide.

#ya #romance #neurodiverse #ownvoices #agentguide #agentsguide
Title: “The Love In Your Words” Genre: YA Romance Word Count: 70,000 words A picture of Lena and Alistair walking underneath an umbrella together, wearing blue and grey school uniforms. The Royal Liver Building is in the background as red paper lanterns float in the sky. Pitch Sixteen-year-old Lena Mei has always felt like an outsider — too “Western” to be Chinese, too “weird” for everyone else — until Alistair Wong, an autistic polyglot, helps her reclaim her heritage by teaching her to read a Mandarin poem her late mother left behind. As their connection deepens, a devastating family secret threatens to uproot their budding love, forcing Lena to choose between family loyalty and a future with the boy who accepts her for who she is. Comps “Something More” by Jackie Khalilieh (Autism & Neurodivergence) “Never Thought I’d End Up Here” by Ann Liang (Language, Heritage & Chinese Diaspora) “Komi Can’t Communicate” (Overcoming Loneliness & Communication Difficulties) Opening Words don't come easily to me. Before they reach my lips, they fade like the smoke rising from a joss stick in front of my mum's shrine. My lighter brightens her portrait's uncanny youthful beauty, gazing out as if she's still alive, inviting me to speak. But when I extinguish the flame, the image slips back into shadow, a reminder that she's gone. I kneel and clasp my hands, wanting to say what I should've said before she passed almost a year ago. Words that weren't, "I wish I had more friends." But my teeth close like gates, keeping my thoughts captive, even when I'm alone in my tiny, brick garden, surrounded only by a bin and a rusty barbecue. For now, all I can do is wish, so I bow and whisper a message in my mind. I want Mum back, as impossible as it may seem. If I can't have that, then I want someone like her to enter my life—someone to sweep away the loneliness and help me speak... or even accept me when I'm silent.
October 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
ivy-lin.bsky.social
16yo Lena Mei falls in love with an autistic polyglot who helps her reclaim her Chinese heritage, but is their bond strong enough to survive a devastating family secret?
🔥 Slow Burn
🧠 Neurodiversity
👥 Overcoming Loneliness
🌍 Immigration & Diaspora
#DVpit #YA #CR #OWN #POC #IMM #DIS #ND #MH #Asian
October 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
ivy-lin.bsky.social
When 16yo Lena Mei befriends an autistic polyglot to learn Mandarin, she doesn’t expect to fall in love or learn that she, too, is on the spectrum.
❤️ Friends to Lovers
🔥 Slow Burn Romance
☀️ Grumpy/Sunshine
🏠 Found Family
😶 Forbidden Romance
#DVpit #YA #CR #OWN #POC #IMM #DIS #ND #MH #Asian
October 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
ivy-lin.bsky.social
With her grandma visiting from China—maybe for the last time—16yo Lena Mei enlists an autistic polyglot for help learning Mandarin so she can speak to her. As their bond deepens, she begins to question whether she is autistic too.
#DVpit #YA #CR #OWN #POC #IMM #DIS #ND #MH #Asian
October 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
ivy-lin.bsky.social
TO ALL THE BOYS x KOMI CANT COMM
Selectively mute 16yo Lena Mei has one last chance to connect with her aging grandma, who only speaks Mandarin–a language she doesn't know. A half-Chinese autistic polyglot might be the key to her voice and her heart.
#DVpit #YA #CR #OWN #POC #IMM #DIS #ND #MH #Asian
October 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
ivy-lin.bsky.social
SOMETHING MORE x NEVER THOUGHT I’D END UP HERE
When 16yo Lena Mei turns to an autistic polyglot to learn Mandarin, she doesn’t expect to fall for him—or uncover a painful connection between their families that could uproot their growing love.
#DVpit #YA #CR #OWN #POC #IMM #DIS #ND #MH #Asian
October 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
ivy-lin.bsky.social
Selectively mute 16yo Lena Mei wants to read a Chinese poem to honour her late mother, but she can’t read it. A half-Chinese autistic polyglot offers to help—not only with her speech but also in discovering love and her own autism.

#DVpit #YA #CR #OWN #POC #IMM #DIS #ND #MH #Asian
October 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
ivy-lin.bsky.social
I'm officially a #PUBLISHED (but still unagented) #writer!! SOMEONE LIKE ME, an anthology of #autistic experiences, is now available online and in stores. Thank you so much VERVE Books, @waterstones.bsky.social and @waterstoneslpl.bsky.social for sharing our stories with the world.
October 6, 2025 at 8:17 AM
ivy-lin.bsky.social
#DVParty Day 2: First Line

Missed day 1, but I'm here for day 2! Here are the first two lines of my YA Romance. It's about a selectively mute girl who falls in love with an autistic polyglot through learning Chinese!
Words don't come easily to me. Before they reach my lips, they fade like the smoke rising from a joss stick in front of my mum's shrine.
October 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
ivy-lin.bsky.social
#preDV was fun!! Thank you all for your support and feedback!
September 30, 2025 at 8:33 AM
ivy-lin.bsky.social
TO ALL THE BOYS x KOMI CAN'T COMMUNICATE

When 16yo Lena Mei turns to an autistic polyglot to learn Mandarin, she doesn’t expect to fall for him—or uncover a painful connection between their families that could uproot their growing love.
#YA #R #preDV #OWN #POC #IMM #DIS
September 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
ivy-lin.bsky.social
Selectively mute 16yo Lena Mei wants to read a Chinese poem to honour her late mother, but she can’t read it. A half-Chinese autistic polyglot offers to help—not only with her speech but also in discovering love and her own autism.
#YA #R #preDV #OWN #POC #IMM #DIS
September 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM