Maeve MacLysaght loves a little gall on gall
@mmmlysaght.bsky.social
Literary agent at Aevitas Creative Management ★ MG-Adult graphic novels, Sci-fi, Fantasy, That👏Gay👏Shit👏 ★ She/her ★ OPEN TO SUBMISSIONS | IG @mmmlysaght
A quick peak at where I am in queries. If you're still waiting, I'm still reading!
October 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
A quick peak at where I am in queries. If you're still waiting, I'm still reading!
September 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
So pumped to be able to announce Sami Ellis' next YA horror with: this time with 100% more cults, weird magic, and friends who Don't Let Friends Do Dangerous Stuff (spoiler: they will do incredibly dangerous stuff)
January 24, 2025 at 2:18 AM
So pumped to be able to announce Sami Ellis' next YA horror with: this time with 100% more cults, weird magic, and friends who Don't Let Friends Do Dangerous Stuff (spoiler: they will do incredibly dangerous stuff)
3. Not enough steps/goals along the way.
Goals are a tool of both character & pacing: they show what the character wants based on their current knowledge and means, and give the reader benchmarks to tell if the character is succeeding or failing. Without enough goals, your reader will feel like:
Goals are a tool of both character & pacing: they show what the character wants based on their current knowledge and means, and give the reader benchmarks to tell if the character is succeeding or failing. Without enough goals, your reader will feel like:
January 3, 2025 at 10:14 PM
3. Not enough steps/goals along the way.
Goals are a tool of both character & pacing: they show what the character wants based on their current knowledge and means, and give the reader benchmarks to tell if the character is succeeding or failing. Without enough goals, your reader will feel like:
Goals are a tool of both character & pacing: they show what the character wants based on their current knowledge and means, and give the reader benchmarks to tell if the character is succeeding or failing. Without enough goals, your reader will feel like:
AFFAIRS OF THE HAUNT by @jordanalsaqa.bsky.social and @kayleerowena.com The most adorable reverse haunted house love story
December 20, 2024 at 8:26 PM
AFFAIRS OF THE HAUNT by @jordanalsaqa.bsky.social and @kayleerowena.com The most adorable reverse haunted house love story
Jess Barber's story in VOX MACHINA: STORIES UNTOLD. I think the TOC is still a secret but trust me, you won't be disappointed
December 20, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Jess Barber's story in VOX MACHINA: STORIES UNTOLD. I think the TOC is still a secret but trust me, you won't be disappointed
Sami Ellis' short story in MONSTERS IN MASQUERADE. What Sami's best at: blood, ghosts, and revenge
December 20, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Sami Ellis' short story in MONSTERS IN MASQUERADE. What Sami's best at: blood, ghosts, and revenge
3. TAXES FOR HUMANS by Hannah Cole, the tax education no one ever got, and an empathetic guide to paying your taxes as a freelancer, gig worker, or small business owner
December 20, 2024 at 8:26 PM
3. TAXES FOR HUMANS by Hannah Cole, the tax education no one ever got, and an empathetic guide to paying your taxes as a freelancer, gig worker, or small business owner
HOW TO LOSE A GOBLIN IN TEN DAYS by @oranjessie.bsky.social The heart-eyes emoji in book form
December 20, 2024 at 8:26 PM
HOW TO LOSE A GOBLIN IN TEN DAYS by @oranjessie.bsky.social The heart-eyes emoji in book form
SEISMIC IRONCLAS ROULETTE by @fellhound.bsky.social Motorcycle jousting and disaster queers? This baby has all the sparkly anime feelings
December 20, 2024 at 8:26 PM
SEISMIC IRONCLAS ROULETTE by @fellhound.bsky.social Motorcycle jousting and disaster queers? This baby has all the sparkly anime feelings
VOLATILE MEMORY by @sethhaddon.bsky.social Truly the most stylish way to break your heart and put it back together again
December 20, 2024 at 8:26 PM
VOLATILE MEMORY by @sethhaddon.bsky.social Truly the most stylish way to break your heart and put it back together again
I'm so pleased that @jordanalsaqa.bsky.social and @kayleerowena.com owena's ghouls found a good home to haunt at Andrews McMeel!
November 12, 2024 at 6:41 PM
I'm so pleased that @jordanalsaqa.bsky.social and @kayleerowena.com owena's ghouls found a good home to haunt at Andrews McMeel!
🌏 I'm doing very, VERY select nonfiction:
💉 History of/exploration of unexpected topics
💭 Authorities thinking deeply and hopefully about stuff that plagues us all
🚲 Nonfiction about/geared towards modern creative gig workers
🎮 Fandom studies
🎁 Treat yourself books
💉 History of/exploration of unexpected topics
💭 Authorities thinking deeply and hopefully about stuff that plagues us all
🚲 Nonfiction about/geared towards modern creative gig workers
🎮 Fandom studies
🎁 Treat yourself books
November 12, 2024 at 1:03 AM
🌏 I'm doing very, VERY select nonfiction:
💉 History of/exploration of unexpected topics
💭 Authorities thinking deeply and hopefully about stuff that plagues us all
🚲 Nonfiction about/geared towards modern creative gig workers
🎮 Fandom studies
🎁 Treat yourself books
💉 History of/exploration of unexpected topics
💭 Authorities thinking deeply and hopefully about stuff that plagues us all
🚲 Nonfiction about/geared towards modern creative gig workers
🎮 Fandom studies
🎁 Treat yourself books
🎳 Humor in other genres, especially horror and fantasy. I love something that can make me laugh, cry, and piss myself all at once
🔮 Grounded fantasy; think secret societies, teens summoning demons, postgrads doing illicit magics. Contemporary world with a fantastical hook.
🔮 Grounded fantasy; think secret societies, teens summoning demons, postgrads doing illicit magics. Contemporary world with a fantastical hook.
November 12, 2024 at 1:03 AM
🎳 Humor in other genres, especially horror and fantasy. I love something that can make me laugh, cry, and piss myself all at once
🔮 Grounded fantasy; think secret societies, teens summoning demons, postgrads doing illicit magics. Contemporary world with a fantastical hook.
🔮 Grounded fantasy; think secret societies, teens summoning demons, postgrads doing illicit magics. Contemporary world with a fantastical hook.
🏕️ Smart ensemble casts. Think Baldurs Gate, not Wayfarers. Characters who get in one another’s way, but you’re still rooting for them all.
🕵️ Thriller/Crime with a very obvious, commercial hook and strong voice
🕵️ Thriller/Crime with a very obvious, commercial hook and strong voice
November 12, 2024 at 1:03 AM
🏕️ Smart ensemble casts. Think Baldurs Gate, not Wayfarers. Characters who get in one another’s way, but you’re still rooting for them all.
🕵️ Thriller/Crime with a very obvious, commercial hook and strong voice
🕵️ Thriller/Crime with a very obvious, commercial hook and strong voice
🏯 Court mystery & intrigue. I want to get tied up in second cousins of second cousins, especially if there’s a strong heist/conspiracy/romance/vengeance plot
💍 Charming queer romance & romantasy
💍 Charming queer romance & romantasy
November 12, 2024 at 1:03 AM
🏯 Court mystery & intrigue. I want to get tied up in second cousins of second cousins, especially if there’s a strong heist/conspiracy/romance/vengeance plot
💍 Charming queer romance & romantasy
💍 Charming queer romance & romantasy
🚪 Closed-set horror. OUR WIVES UNDER THE SEA but all the parts that take place underwater.
🔪 Pacey horror with meditations on how to be in community
🔪 Pacey horror with meditations on how to be in community
November 12, 2024 at 1:03 AM
🚪 Closed-set horror. OUR WIVES UNDER THE SEA but all the parts that take place underwater.
🔪 Pacey horror with meditations on how to be in community
🔪 Pacey horror with meditations on how to be in community
📽️ Found footage and mystery of the week horror that builds to a larger plot
💘 Horror Romance! Horrmance? Romor? There's nothing tastier than everyone being in love, and it's not enough to save them
💘 Horror Romance! Horrmance? Romor? There's nothing tastier than everyone being in love, and it's not enough to save them
November 12, 2024 at 1:03 AM
📽️ Found footage and mystery of the week horror that builds to a larger plot
💘 Horror Romance! Horrmance? Romor? There's nothing tastier than everyone being in love, and it's not enough to save them
💘 Horror Romance! Horrmance? Romor? There's nothing tastier than everyone being in love, and it's not enough to save them
💀 Horror, especially mixed with other genres. I love things that can scare the pants off of you with the lights on.
November 12, 2024 at 1:03 AM
💀 Horror, especially mixed with other genres. I love things that can scare the pants off of you with the lights on.
🔍 Murder mysteries for all ages. I’m still looking for an unexpected sleuth, especially with series potential; think "unexpectedly thrust into mystery" or "weird hyperfixation saved the day"
November 12, 2024 at 1:03 AM
🔍 Murder mysteries for all ages. I’m still looking for an unexpected sleuth, especially with series potential; think "unexpectedly thrust into mystery" or "weird hyperfixation saved the day"
📯Maybe strange to say, given the above, but JOY! I am always looking for joy and hope at the forefront. We're making spaceship noises, people, let's have some fun with it!
March 25, 2024 at 6:45 PM
📯Maybe strange to say, given the above, but JOY! I am always looking for joy and hope at the forefront. We're making spaceship noises, people, let's have some fun with it!
📀Chronically online humor, millennial voice. Does it sound like 90s "teen movie" banter? Is it funny because you were on Tumblr in 2015? Yes.
March 25, 2024 at 6:45 PM
📀Chronically online humor, millennial voice. Does it sound like 90s "teen movie" banter? Is it funny because you were on Tumblr in 2015? Yes.
👻Horror in speculative stories (I’m not a good fit for literary horror but horror elements in other speculative genres are *chefs kiss*)
March 25, 2024 at 6:44 PM
👻Horror in speculative stories (I’m not a good fit for literary horror but horror elements in other speculative genres are *chefs kiss*)
👹Monsters from the margins. Vampires from any of the many terrifying world traditions, monsters and cryptids I don't know about; monsters examining multiracial identities (I am, in particular, TERRIFIED by pretty much every Philippine monster so they are NOT pictured here)
March 25, 2024 at 6:44 PM
👹Monsters from the margins. Vampires from any of the many terrifying world traditions, monsters and cryptids I don't know about; monsters examining multiracial identities (I am, in particular, TERRIFIED by pretty much every Philippine monster so they are NOT pictured here)
🔍Mysteries with a unique detective/non-cop sleuth, monster of the week style stories
March 25, 2024 at 6:43 PM
🔍Mysteries with a unique detective/non-cop sleuth, monster of the week style stories