Jules Nickerson
@julesnickerson.com
author of the delightfully creepy and dreadful
rep: katie shea boutillier at donald maass
https://julesnickerson.com/
rep: katie shea boutillier at donald maass
https://julesnickerson.com/
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Sourcebooks is the fifth-largest trade publisher as measured by print books sold, breaking the dominance of the biggest conglomerates for the first time since Bookscan started>
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Sourcebooks Cracks the Big Five - Publishers Lunch
For the first time in decades, there’s a challenge to the hegemony of the biggest trade publishers in the US. As Sourcebooks continues to grow, it is now the fifth largest publisher in the country by ...
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November 17, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Sourcebooks is the fifth-largest trade publisher as measured by print books sold, breaking the dominance of the biggest conglomerates for the first time since Bookscan started>
lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/11/sour...
lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/11/sour...
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TALK TO ME x THE GIRLS ARE ALL SO NICE HERE x CABIN IN THE WOODS
* dual timeline
* tarot & ouija boards & seances
* OBX setting
* bachelorette weekend with a body count
* best friends forever (as a curse)
* dual timeline
* tarot & ouija boards & seances
* OBX setting
* bachelorette weekend with a body count
* best friends forever (as a curse)
November 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
TALK TO ME x THE GIRLS ARE ALL SO NICE HERE x CABIN IN THE WOODS
* dual timeline
* tarot & ouija boards & seances
* OBX setting
* bachelorette weekend with a body count
* best friends forever (as a curse)
* dual timeline
* tarot & ouija boards & seances
* OBX setting
* bachelorette weekend with a body count
* best friends forever (as a curse)
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Simon & Schuster Executive Fiction Publisher @phoebeannmorgan.bsky.social joins us to talk about the decisions that go into acquiring and marketing books. Plus, what happens in auctions and why she started The Honest Editor Substack!
Watch now: youtu.be/SJXs6kut_EU
Or listen: linktr.ee/ukpageone
Watch now: youtu.be/SJXs6kut_EU
Or listen: linktr.ee/ukpageone
November 14, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Simon & Schuster Executive Fiction Publisher @phoebeannmorgan.bsky.social joins us to talk about the decisions that go into acquiring and marketing books. Plus, what happens in auctions and why she started The Honest Editor Substack!
Watch now: youtu.be/SJXs6kut_EU
Or listen: linktr.ee/ukpageone
Watch now: youtu.be/SJXs6kut_EU
Or listen: linktr.ee/ukpageone
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“TWC Live! Literary Agents on Publishing in a Time of Unrest” premieres TONIGHT at 7:00 p.m. ET! See @frecklywench.bsky.social, of Aevitas Creative Management, Danya Kukafka of Trellis Literary Management, and @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social of Neighborhood Literary on AWP’s YouTube channel.
TWC Live! Literary Agents on Publishing in a Time of Unrest
TWC Live! returns November 13, and this time literary agents will be expanding on June’s Big Conversation in the magazine: “Publishing in a Time of Unrest.”
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November 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
“TWC Live! Literary Agents on Publishing in a Time of Unrest” premieres TONIGHT at 7:00 p.m. ET! See @frecklywench.bsky.social, of Aevitas Creative Management, Danya Kukafka of Trellis Literary Management, and @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social of Neighborhood Literary on AWP’s YouTube channel.
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would love to expand my CP network! esp for my adult fantasy: WILL OF THE MANY X NAUSICAA
After conjuring the ghost of bone magic's inventor, uni student Aris attracts the attention of an undead professor who would kill to keep the secret of magic's origins buried.
#FiFRevPit #WritingCommunity
After conjuring the ghost of bone magic's inventor, uni student Aris attracts the attention of an undead professor who would kill to keep the secret of magic's origins buried.
#FiFRevPit #WritingCommunity
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
would love to expand my CP network! esp for my adult fantasy: WILL OF THE MANY X NAUSICAA
After conjuring the ghost of bone magic's inventor, uni student Aris attracts the attention of an undead professor who would kill to keep the secret of magic's origins buried.
#FiFRevPit #WritingCommunity
After conjuring the ghost of bone magic's inventor, uni student Aris attracts the attention of an undead professor who would kill to keep the secret of magic's origins buried.
#FiFRevPit #WritingCommunity
I am so thrilled to announce that I am now represented by Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass Literary Agency! I am looking forward to working together on IVORY TOWER, a psychological horror and dark academia novel.
November 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I am so thrilled to announce that I am now represented by Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass Literary Agency! I am looking forward to working together on IVORY TOWER, a psychological horror and dark academia novel.
What I’m reading this weekend: Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
It’s a horror novel about a woman who returns from a catastrophic deep-sea mission but is no longer the same.
#BookSky
It’s a horror novel about a woman who returns from a catastrophic deep-sea mission but is no longer the same.
#BookSky
November 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
What I’m reading this weekend: Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
It’s a horror novel about a woman who returns from a catastrophic deep-sea mission but is no longer the same.
#BookSky
It’s a horror novel about a woman who returns from a catastrophic deep-sea mission but is no longer the same.
#BookSky
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Want to work on tension, character & querying - for free?
Check out our #MSWL live replay from last week!
One attendee said “I feel like I just had an entire MFA course. Except MFA programs get snooty about 'genre fiction.' "
Check it out! manuscriptacademy.com/mswl-live-ag...
Check out our #MSWL live replay from last week!
One attendee said “I feel like I just had an entire MFA course. Except MFA programs get snooty about 'genre fiction.' "
Check it out! manuscriptacademy.com/mswl-live-ag...
November 4, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Want to work on tension, character & querying - for free?
Check out our #MSWL live replay from last week!
One attendee said “I feel like I just had an entire MFA course. Except MFA programs get snooty about 'genre fiction.' "
Check it out! manuscriptacademy.com/mswl-live-ag...
Check out our #MSWL live replay from last week!
One attendee said “I feel like I just had an entire MFA course. Except MFA programs get snooty about 'genre fiction.' "
Check it out! manuscriptacademy.com/mswl-live-ag...
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Manuscript wishlists are live! We recommend popping over to our website to peruse mentor profiles before mentee applications open on Nov 6th 👀
Important note: Contrary to previous rounds, we are only accepting complete manuscripts this year!
www.roundtablementor.com/mentors
Important note: Contrary to previous rounds, we are only accepting complete manuscripts this year!
www.roundtablementor.com/mentors
October 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Manuscript wishlists are live! We recommend popping over to our website to peruse mentor profiles before mentee applications open on Nov 6th 👀
Important note: Contrary to previous rounds, we are only accepting complete manuscripts this year!
www.roundtablementor.com/mentors
Important note: Contrary to previous rounds, we are only accepting complete manuscripts this year!
www.roundtablementor.com/mentors
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Not to be THAT dictionary, but…
It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'
It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'
October 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Not to be THAT dictionary, but…
It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'
It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'
October 18, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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On an alternate Earth, two chemists must race against time, corporations, and cultists to prevent global famine. But their feelings for one another are as explosive as their experiments...
CHEMPORTAL is The Love Hypothesis x Project Hail Mary x Pride and Prejudice. With bats.
#DVPit #A #SF #R
CHEMPORTAL is The Love Hypothesis x Project Hail Mary x Pride and Prejudice. With bats.
#DVPit #A #SF #R
October 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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For his thesis, Aris is researching Weston Rane, inventor of bone magic. After accidentally conjuring West’s ghost, they strike a deal: Aris will find the tomb West’s friends buried him in and West will help Aris find the answers to preserve the magic that’s quickly running out.
#DVpit #A #F #LGBT
#DVpit #A #F #LGBT
October 8, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The NYPL horror committee read more than 150 titles published since last Halloween to select their 20 favorites:
#BookSky #horror
www.nypl.org/books-more/r...
#BookSky #horror
www.nypl.org/books-more/r...
Best New Horror of 2025 for Adults
Our expert horror committee read more than 150 titles published since last Halloween to select their 20 favorites. There's something for everyone here—whether you're looking for jeepers, creepers, sca...
www.nypl.org
October 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The NYPL horror committee read more than 150 titles published since last Halloween to select their 20 favorites:
#BookSky #horror
www.nypl.org/books-more/r...
#BookSky #horror
www.nypl.org/books-more/r...
What I’m reading this weekend: The Extra by Annie Neugebauer.
10 people head out on a backpacking trip, but the first night 11 set up camp. Everyone remembers everyone else. Who's the extra?
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10 people head out on a backpacking trip, but the first night 11 set up camp. Everyone remembers everyone else. Who's the extra?
#BookSky
September 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
What I’m reading this weekend: The Extra by Annie Neugebauer.
10 people head out on a backpacking trip, but the first night 11 set up camp. Everyone remembers everyone else. Who's the extra?
#BookSky
10 people head out on a backpacking trip, but the first night 11 set up camp. Everyone remembers everyone else. Who's the extra?
#BookSky
I think I need this cafe where they harass writers until they finish their writing...
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#WritingCommunity
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#WritingCommunity
Tokyo’s Manuscript Writing Cafe only allows writers on a deadline, and won’t let them leave until finished
Many of Japan's themed cafes are centered around some fun activities to keep you busy, such as playing with micro pigs in an "Alice in Wonderland" setting, or admiring a recreated "Cowboy Bebop" world. A cafe located in the Koenji district of Tokyo that's been causing a buzz online has a…
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September 25, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I think I need this cafe where they harass writers until they finish their writing...
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#WritingCommunity
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#WritingCommunity
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What I'm reading this weekend: Leigh Radford's One Yellow Eye 👁️
A horror novel about a scientist seeking a cure for her undead husband.
#BookSky
A horror novel about a scientist seeking a cure for her undead husband.
#BookSky
August 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
What I'm reading this weekend: Leigh Radford's One Yellow Eye 👁️
A horror novel about a scientist seeking a cure for her undead husband.
#BookSky
A horror novel about a scientist seeking a cure for her undead husband.
#BookSky
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Mark your calendars! We have a US cover reveal date for LOVE GALAXY, my debut sapphic SF romantic thriller about murder on a reality tv show in space with forbidden romance and lots of yearning!
Available to add on Goodreads now, link in the comments below 👇
Available to add on Goodreads now, link in the comments below 👇
August 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Mark your calendars! We have a US cover reveal date for LOVE GALAXY, my debut sapphic SF romantic thriller about murder on a reality tv show in space with forbidden romance and lots of yearning!
Available to add on Goodreads now, link in the comments below 👇
Available to add on Goodreads now, link in the comments below 👇
Wrapping up the first draft of my WIP! Here's a chart of my daily word count since I started 2.5 months ago.
#WritingCommunity
#WritingCommunity
August 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Wrapping up the first draft of my WIP! Here's a chart of my daily word count since I started 2.5 months ago.
#WritingCommunity
#WritingCommunity
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Was sent this. I dig it.
August 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Was sent this. I dig it.
An informative post by Cathie on the various considerations an agent might go through while preparing editor lists for sub. What really stood out to me is the need for an excellent organization system!
A new AGENT ANTICS WITH VICKY AND CATHIE has dropped! Give it a read and feel free to share with your friends!
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What Happens in the "In Between"
A Day in the Life of Your Agent
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August 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
An informative post by Cathie on the various considerations an agent might go through while preparing editor lists for sub. What really stood out to me is the need for an excellent organization system!
Last Read: Hildur Knútsdóttir's The Night Guest, translated by Mary Robinette Kowal. I read this short horror novella in just two sittings. Set in Reykjavík, about a woman who wakes up with increasingly disturbing injuries.
What I'm reading this weekend: Suzanne Collins's Sunrise on the Reaping.
What I'm reading this weekend: Suzanne Collins's Sunrise on the Reaping.
August 9, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Last Read: Hildur Knútsdóttir's The Night Guest, translated by Mary Robinette Kowal. I read this short horror novella in just two sittings. Set in Reykjavík, about a woman who wakes up with increasingly disturbing injuries.
What I'm reading this weekend: Suzanne Collins's Sunrise on the Reaping.
What I'm reading this weekend: Suzanne Collins's Sunrise on the Reaping.