Sheila M Averbuch
@sheilamaverbuch.bsky.social
Children's #author of middlegrade thriller FRIEND ME (Scholastic Press). Studied history & literature at Harvard. From US & Ireland. Living in Scotland. NEW BOOK: PITCH YOUR BOOK - write the letter that hooks an agent on your novel bit.ly/SMApitchorder
A glorious day with friends helping me welcome PITCH YOUR BOOK into the world! We had gorgeous weather here in Pencaitland and took shelter in the on-brand orange umbrella. Thanks to Louise Kelly especially for the phenomenal chocolate orange cake!
#PitchYourBook #amwriting
#PitchYourBook #amwriting
June 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A glorious day with friends helping me welcome PITCH YOUR BOOK into the world! We had gorgeous weather here in Pencaitland and took shelter in the on-brand orange umbrella. Thanks to Louise Kelly especially for the phenomenal chocolate orange cake!
#PitchYourBook #amwriting
#PitchYourBook #amwriting
Rosa James Galway with an unnamed delphinium, possibly the Pacific Giant series. This rose doesn't have much fragrance, but each mesmerising head has over a hundred petals.
#floweraday
#floweraday
June 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Rosa James Galway with an unnamed delphinium, possibly the Pacific Giant series. This rose doesn't have much fragrance, but each mesmerising head has over a hundred petals.
#floweraday
#floweraday
Luscious Oriental poppy I've waited years to see flower: tissue paper petals and gloriously fuzzy wuzzy buds.
#floweraday
#floweraday
June 19, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Luscious Oriental poppy I've waited years to see flower: tissue paper petals and gloriously fuzzy wuzzy buds.
#floweraday
#floweraday
Writers looking for a literary agent, if you'd like to be hand-held through the process of writing a query letter, you can now take an on-demand masterclass with me -- including a review of your query. www.sheilamaverbuch.com/downloads/pi...
#GetAnAgent #GetPublished #queryletter #amwriting
#GetAnAgent #GetPublished #queryletter #amwriting
June 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Writers looking for a literary agent, if you'd like to be hand-held through the process of writing a query letter, you can now take an on-demand masterclass with me -- including a review of your query. www.sheilamaverbuch.com/downloads/pi...
#GetAnAgent #GetPublished #queryletter #amwriting
#GetAnAgent #GetPublished #queryletter #amwriting
A crowd of 150 people and great ideas and camaraderie today at #NoTyrants protest at #Edinburgh US Consulate: including calling out racism, voting with your purchases, writing to reps, using Resist Bot and Five Calls, & above all remembering that PROTESTS WORK.
#notyrants #nokings #Scotland #resist
#notyrants #nokings #Scotland #resist
June 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A crowd of 150 people and great ideas and camaraderie today at #NoTyrants protest at #Edinburgh US Consulate: including calling out racism, voting with your purchases, writing to reps, using Resist Bot and Five Calls, & above all remembering that PROTESTS WORK.
#notyrants #nokings #Scotland #resist
#notyrants #nokings #Scotland #resist
Rose de Rescht having its moment of flawlessness, with linaria pupurea Canon de Went, which isn't purple but rather pink.
#floweraday
#floweraday
June 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Rose de Rescht having its moment of flawlessness, with linaria pupurea Canon de Went, which isn't purple but rather pink.
#floweraday
#floweraday
Reader reviews of PITCH YOUR BOOK are starting to come in. Thomas, a querying author, says this on Goodreads. Read the full review: www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
#PitchYourBook #amwriting #amquerying
#PitchYourBook #amwriting #amquerying
June 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Reader reviews of PITCH YOUR BOOK are starting to come in. Thomas, a querying author, says this on Goodreads. Read the full review: www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
#PitchYourBook #amwriting #amquerying
#PitchYourBook #amwriting #amquerying
Double white peony, here with geranium Patricia planted for my mum, and wild Maine lupins.
#floweraday
#floweraday
June 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Double white peony, here with geranium Patricia planted for my mum, and wild Maine lupins.
#floweraday
#floweraday
It's the red cabbage that I find most bewitching right now, even though the rest of the garden is taking off.
#growyourown
#growyourown
June 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
It's the red cabbage that I find most bewitching right now, even though the rest of the garden is taking off.
#growyourown
#growyourown
It's #PITCHYOURBOOK publication day! I owe so much to the literary agents who gave me their time and expertise during our interviews, as well as everyone else who supported me and this project. Learn more: bit.ly/SMApitchorder
June 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It's #PITCHYOURBOOK publication day! I owe so much to the literary agents who gave me their time and expertise during our interviews, as well as everyone else who supported me and this project. Learn more: bit.ly/SMApitchorder
Rosa damascena, the Damask rose, glorious this morning. I've been travelling off and on for over six months, all the time working on PITCH YOUR BOOK, which launches this very day. I missed most of May in the garden, but I'm home again.
#floweraday #pitchyourbook
#floweraday #pitchyourbook
June 3, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Rosa damascena, the Damask rose, glorious this morning. I've been travelling off and on for over six months, all the time working on PITCH YOUR BOOK, which launches this very day. I missed most of May in the garden, but I'm home again.
#floweraday #pitchyourbook
#floweraday #pitchyourbook
#PitchYourBook has hit the top 100, coming at 58 of the best-selling books about Books and Publishing. Thanks to you who've pre-ordered! The fact that it's coming in ahead of a writer's craft book I love, Writing The Breakout Novel by #DonaldMaass, is incredible. Learn more:
bit.ly/SMApitchorder
bit.ly/SMApitchorder
May 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
#PitchYourBook has hit the top 100, coming at 58 of the best-selling books about Books and Publishing. Thanks to you who've pre-ordered! The fact that it's coming in ahead of a writer's craft book I love, Writing The Breakout Novel by #DonaldMaass, is incredible. Learn more:
bit.ly/SMApitchorder
bit.ly/SMApitchorder
Writing a query letter is so difficult, so why not practise on books you didn't write? In PITCH YOUR BOOK, out 3 June, I take you through the process of writing a #queryletter by using brilliant novels like Gail Honeyman's ELEANOR OLIPHANT IS COMPLETELY FINE as examples. bit.ly/SMApitchorder
May 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Writing a query letter is so difficult, so why not practise on books you didn't write? In PITCH YOUR BOOK, out 3 June, I take you through the process of writing a #queryletter by using brilliant novels like Gail Honeyman's ELEANOR OLIPHANT IS COMPLETELY FINE as examples. bit.ly/SMApitchorder
Thrilled to discover @traceybaptiste.bsky.social's BOY 2.0 in the #Nantucket Public #Library. Middle grade #scifi forever! It's about a boy who develops the power of invisibility. Just began it and am immediately hooked.
@hachettechildrens.bsky.social #middlegradebooks #libraries
@hachettechildrens.bsky.social #middlegradebooks #libraries
May 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Thrilled to discover @traceybaptiste.bsky.social's BOY 2.0 in the #Nantucket Public #Library. Middle grade #scifi forever! It's about a boy who develops the power of invisibility. Just began it and am immediately hooked.
@hachettechildrens.bsky.social #middlegradebooks #libraries
@hachettechildrens.bsky.social #middlegradebooks #libraries
May 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
If you are a children's writer in the UK looking to get an agent and get published, you are in luck because this is an #UndiscoveredVoices year! Learn more and sign up for the #SCBWI masterclasses beginning with mine on how to prepare your submission on 5 June www.scbwi.org/events/webin...
May 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you are a children's writer in the UK looking to get an agent and get published, you are in luck because this is an #UndiscoveredVoices year! Learn more and sign up for the #SCBWI masterclasses beginning with mine on how to prepare your submission on 5 June www.scbwi.org/events/webin...
Percival Everett wins the #PulitzerPrize for JAMES, his retelling of Huckleberry Finn set in 1861 Missouri. This is one of the books I use as a model in PITCH YOUR BOOK. It's an astonishing novel and must be on your shelf. Have you read it yet?
May 6, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Percival Everett wins the #PulitzerPrize for JAMES, his retelling of Huckleberry Finn set in 1861 Missouri. This is one of the books I use as a model in PITCH YOUR BOOK. It's an astonishing novel and must be on your shelf. Have you read it yet?
Getting a literary agent is a challenge, but this is the biggest misconception I've come across: that you must know an insider, or have a friend who works in publishing.
You don't have to know someone. But you do need to know your story.
#PitchYourBook is out 3 June
bit.ly/SMApitchorder
You don't have to know someone. But you do need to know your story.
#PitchYourBook is out 3 June
bit.ly/SMApitchorder
April 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Getting a literary agent is a challenge, but this is the biggest misconception I've come across: that you must know an insider, or have a friend who works in publishing.
You don't have to know someone. But you do need to know your story.
#PitchYourBook is out 3 June
bit.ly/SMApitchorder
You don't have to know someone. But you do need to know your story.
#PitchYourBook is out 3 June
bit.ly/SMApitchorder
Today for you I have tulip Clearwater, a flawless white egg. Here with blossom of peach Avalon.
#floweraday #springgarden
#floweraday #springgarden
April 7, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Today for you I have tulip Clearwater, a flawless white egg. Here with blossom of peach Avalon.
#floweraday #springgarden
#floweraday #springgarden
Writers, you can now pre-order PITCH YOUR BOOK! It publishes on 3 June – explaining the proven method for writing that letter that can hook an #agent on your novel. Pre-order at bit.ly/SMApitchorder
Looking for tickets to my masterclass? You can still book a place at bit.ly/SMApitch263 #amwriting
Looking for tickets to my masterclass? You can still book a place at bit.ly/SMApitch263 #amwriting
March 20, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Writers, you can now pre-order PITCH YOUR BOOK! It publishes on 3 June – explaining the proven method for writing that letter that can hook an #agent on your novel. Pre-order at bit.ly/SMApitchorder
Looking for tickets to my masterclass? You can still book a place at bit.ly/SMApitch263 #amwriting
Looking for tickets to my masterclass? You can still book a place at bit.ly/SMApitch263 #amwriting
New newsletter now out!
📘 How to pitch a novel to agents
📘 Give your views on AI in Society of Authors survey
📘 What I'm reading -THE PRETTIEST by Brigit Youn
To see the current and past issues, see eepurl.com/i8gk9E
#amwriting #amquerying #tbr
📘 How to pitch a novel to agents
📘 Give your views on AI in Society of Authors survey
📘 What I'm reading -THE PRETTIEST by Brigit Youn
To see the current and past issues, see eepurl.com/i8gk9E
#amwriting #amquerying #tbr
January 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
New newsletter now out!
📘 How to pitch a novel to agents
📘 Give your views on AI in Society of Authors survey
📘 What I'm reading -THE PRETTIEST by Brigit Youn
To see the current and past issues, see eepurl.com/i8gk9E
#amwriting #amquerying #tbr
📘 How to pitch a novel to agents
📘 Give your views on AI in Society of Authors survey
📘 What I'm reading -THE PRETTIEST by Brigit Youn
To see the current and past issues, see eepurl.com/i8gk9E
#amwriting #amquerying #tbr
Today for you I have this silken hellebore with its delicate parasol blooms.
#floweraday #wintergarden
#floweraday #wintergarden
January 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Today for you I have this silken hellebore with its delicate parasol blooms.
#floweraday #wintergarden
#floweraday #wintergarden
Still time to enter the book giveaway for FRIEND ME, for #middlegrade readers in your life who love a sci-fi thriller >> www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho... Enter before 28 Nov.
(US/Canada only, sadly. I wish Goodreads would extend these to more international users again).
(US/Canada only, sadly. I wish Goodreads would extend these to more international users again).
November 23, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Still time to enter the book giveaway for FRIEND ME, for #middlegrade readers in your life who love a sci-fi thriller >> www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho... Enter before 28 Nov.
(US/Canada only, sadly. I wish Goodreads would extend these to more international users again).
(US/Canada only, sadly. I wish Goodreads would extend these to more international users again).
A new-to-me #middlegrade book that I just loved: THE PRETTIEST by Brigit Young. What a realistic picture of middle school pain and self-consciousnesses: someone posts a list online ranking "the prettiest" girls in the eighth grade. The effect on everyone is mesmerizing.
What are you reading?
What are you reading?
November 18, 2024 at 9:10 AM
A new-to-me #middlegrade book that I just loved: THE PRETTIEST by Brigit Young. What a realistic picture of middle school pain and self-consciousnesses: someone posts a list online ranking "the prettiest" girls in the eighth grade. The effect on everyone is mesmerizing.
What are you reading?
What are you reading?