Tommy Dean is open to queries
@tommydeanwriter.bsky.social
Lit Agent Rosecliff Literary, AALA Member, Editor, Teacher, Writer of Flash Fiction Editor at @fracturedlit.bsky.social Publications: Harpur Palate, Laurel Review, Monkey Bicycle, Ghost Parachute
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No more secrets! I'm so excited to announce that I'm a literary agent with @roseclifflit.bsky.social and I'm open to queries on Friday! Huge thanks to @jessicaberg.bsky.social for the encouragement and mentorship! MSWL below!
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Hey writers, friends, friends of writers, people who are thinking of writing, this is it! Join this class and explore a rich, rewarding and experience and tap out of our implausibly stupid and wicked reality!
I was considering canceling my Wild Life: Kathy Fish stories inspired asynchronous workshop, but if we can get a few more people to sign up, we'll have a great, intimate group! It starts 11/30 and costs $135. DM if interested! More details on my website!
November 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Hey writers, friends, friends of writers, people who are thinking of writing, this is it! Join this class and explore a rich, rewarding and experience and tap out of our implausibly stupid and wicked reality!
I was considering canceling my Wild Life: Kathy Fish stories inspired asynchronous workshop, but if we can get a few more people to sign up, we'll have a great, intimate group! It starts 11/30 and costs $135. DM if interested! More details on my website!
November 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I was considering canceling my Wild Life: Kathy Fish stories inspired asynchronous workshop, but if we can get a few more people to sign up, we'll have a great, intimate group! It starts 11/30 and costs $135. DM if interested! More details on my website!
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Read these bangers by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social in Twisted Tongue Press 🔥🔥🔥
“Recently, the layers have begun to recede with the waxing of the moon, and by the moon I mean booze…”
“Recently, the layers have begun to recede with the waxing of the moon, and by the moon I mean booze…”
November 12, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Read these bangers by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social in Twisted Tongue Press 🔥🔥🔥
“Recently, the layers have begun to recede with the waxing of the moon, and by the moon I mean booze…”
“Recently, the layers have begun to recede with the waxing of the moon, and by the moon I mean booze…”
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I'm endeavoring to collect some data about publishing journeys. Won't you join me? Here's more: www.agentsandbooks.com/tell-me-your...
Tell Me Your Story and I'll Tell You Mine
Hi Friends,
I haven't fully figured out Threads yet, but there is a robust community of writers there, and a lot of conversations about books, writing, publishing, and more. That means a lot of ~~~~d...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I'm endeavoring to collect some data about publishing journeys. Won't you join me? Here's more: www.agentsandbooks.com/tell-me-your...
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New Substack about how writers can use repetition in prose to create structure on the page, using The God of the Woods' opening page as a great example! I hope this inspires you to try something different with your story's opening page!
tommydean.substack.com/p/repetition...
tommydean.substack.com/p/repetition...
Repetition Inspires Structure
God of The Wood's Opening Page
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November 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
New Substack about how writers can use repetition in prose to create structure on the page, using The God of the Woods' opening page as a great example! I hope this inspires you to try something different with your story's opening page!
tommydean.substack.com/p/repetition...
tommydean.substack.com/p/repetition...
New Substack about how writers can use repetition in prose to create structure on the page, using The God of the Woods' opening page as a great example! I hope this inspires you to try something different with your story's opening page!
tommydean.substack.com/p/repetition...
tommydean.substack.com/p/repetition...
Repetition Inspires Structure
God of The Wood's Opening Page
tommydean.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
New Substack about how writers can use repetition in prose to create structure on the page, using The God of the Woods' opening page as a great example! I hope this inspires you to try something different with your story's opening page!
tommydean.substack.com/p/repetition...
tommydean.substack.com/p/repetition...
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Super thrilled to have a micro up at @fracturedlit.bsky.social - thank you so much to @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social and editors! Big shout out to the editors at @smokelong.bsky.social where this piece was born and to everyone who gave feedback 🙏💚🙏
fracturedlit.com/green-to-gray/
fracturedlit.com/green-to-gray/
Green to Gray | Fractured
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November 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Super thrilled to have a micro up at @fracturedlit.bsky.social - thank you so much to @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social and editors! Big shout out to the editors at @smokelong.bsky.social where this piece was born and to everyone who gave feedback 🙏💚🙏
fracturedlit.com/green-to-gray/
fracturedlit.com/green-to-gray/
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Folks, I missed that my humour piece written in a @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social workshop was published by @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social on the weekend! Please check out the plaint of this dissatisfied TAD (TM) dater!
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To the Manufacturer of the Tinder-Arsehole Detector (TAD)™ – THE HOOGHLY REVIEW
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November 5, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Folks, I missed that my humour piece written in a @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social workshop was published by @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social on the weekend! Please check out the plaint of this dissatisfied TAD (TM) dater!
thehooghlyreview.com/to-the-manuf...
thehooghlyreview.com/to-the-manuf...
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Please enjoy this interview w Melissa Llanes Brownlee @lumchanmfa.bsky.social about her amazing new collection, Bitter Over Sweet, 2023 winner of the Santa Fe Writers Project Literary Awards. LINKS to her book and to her AMAZING launch on Nov 7 w Deesha Philyaw & Avitus Carle are in the interview.
“I believe in flash, and I especially believe in microfiction”: An Interview with Melissa Llanes Brownlee | Fractured
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October 31, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Please enjoy this interview w Melissa Llanes Brownlee @lumchanmfa.bsky.social about her amazing new collection, Bitter Over Sweet, 2023 winner of the Santa Fe Writers Project Literary Awards. LINKS to her book and to her AMAZING launch on Nov 7 w Deesha Philyaw & Avitus Carle are in the interview.
This prompt has been a popular one! A way to revise your opening scene in any story!
October 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This prompt has been a popular one! A way to revise your opening scene in any story!
Finished! I loved this book! It had my heart racing which is hard to do!
I’m 19% into The Chain by Adrain McKinty and I’d love to this kind of thriller in my query inbox! #mswl
October 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Finished! I loved this book! It had my heart racing which is hard to do!
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Hi Friends! If you've received editing services from me in the past, I could use some new blurbs championing my services and ability to help writers revise toward their best writing!
October 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Hi Friends! If you've received editing services from me in the past, I could use some new blurbs championing my services and ability to help writers revise toward their best writing!
Hi Friends! If you've received editing services from me in the past, I could use some new blurbs championing my services and ability to help writers revise toward their best writing!
October 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Hi Friends! If you've received editing services from me in the past, I could use some new blurbs championing my services and ability to help writers revise toward their best writing!
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We're ending ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY with a story ✨Contributor @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social has a new piece published in the Ghost Parachute. Give it a read: buff.ly/87cxm4m
October 19, 2025 at 11:32 PM
We're ending ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY with a story ✨Contributor @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social has a new piece published in the Ghost Parachute. Give it a read: buff.ly/87cxm4m
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I’m looking for some great mysteries in my agent inbox!
October 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I’m looking for some great mysteries in my agent inbox!
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40 paid subscribers! I'm so grateful for their support! I've lowered the yearly cost to $35 if you're interested in supporting my essays about writing craft and the job of a lit agent!
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Good Trouble: The Art of Storytelling | Tommy Dean | Substack
Welcome to Good Trouble, where I love to break down writing craft and highlight great writing and entertaining stories. Click to read Good Trouble: The Art of Storytelling, by Tommy Dean, a Substack p...
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October 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
40 paid subscribers! I'm so grateful for their support! I've lowered the yearly cost to $35 if you're interested in supporting my essays about writing craft and the job of a lit agent!
tommydean.substack.com
tommydean.substack.com
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Writers and readers, check this out! (And Aubrey's substack, too.)
Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math
October 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Writers and readers, check this out! (And Aubrey's substack, too.)
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f you're an emerging writer trying to catch an agent’s eye, this service is designed to elevate your work to the next level — without disrupting your busy life.
Your query is your shot at the door. Don’t waste it on guesswork.
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Your query is your shot at the door. Don’t waste it on guesswork.
stan.store/tommydean
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October 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
f you're an emerging writer trying to catch an agent’s eye, this service is designed to elevate your work to the next level — without disrupting your busy life.
Your query is your shot at the door. Don’t waste it on guesswork.
stan.store/tommydean
Your query is your shot at the door. Don’t waste it on guesswork.
stan.store/tommydean
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I did my first query review last week, and I loved digging in to give the author their best shot at finding an agent! There's a lot of advice out there, but sometimes it helps to hear from a trusted source! If you need some help with your query, see below!
October 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I did my first query review last week, and I loved digging in to give the author their best shot at finding an agent! There's a lot of advice out there, but sometimes it helps to hear from a trusted source! If you need some help with your query, see below!
I did my first query review last week, and I loved digging in to give the author their best shot at finding an agent! There's a lot of advice out there, but sometimes it helps to hear from a trusted source! If you need some help with your query, see below!
October 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I did my first query review last week, and I loved digging in to give the author their best shot at finding an agent! There's a lot of advice out there, but sometimes it helps to hear from a trusted source! If you need some help with your query, see below!
40 paid subscribers! I'm so grateful for their support! I've lowered the yearly cost to $35 if you're interested in supporting my essays about writing craft and the job of a lit agent!
tommydean.substack.com
tommydean.substack.com
Good Trouble: The Art of Storytelling | Tommy Dean | Substack
Welcome to Good Trouble, where I love to break down writing craft and highlight great writing and entertaining stories. Click to read Good Trouble: The Art of Storytelling, by Tommy Dean, a Substack p...
tommydean.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
40 paid subscribers! I'm so grateful for their support! I've lowered the yearly cost to $35 if you're interested in supporting my essays about writing craft and the job of a lit agent!
tommydean.substack.com
tommydean.substack.com
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so much life & sadness & possibility in only six sentences! 👏👏👏 Timothy & @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social
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October 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
so much life & sadness & possibility in only six sentences! 👏👏👏 Timothy & @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social
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Grateful to @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social for publishing my six-sentence story, "Keepsakes," which was born in a @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social workshop
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Keepsakes - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by Lena Polishko on Unsplash by Timothy Boudreau Freddy’s green lizard race car with a pink tongue painted on the hood, pulled from under the couch when Grammy Ruth scrambled to find her pearl e...
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October 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Grateful to @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social for publishing my six-sentence story, "Keepsakes," which was born in a @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social workshop
gooseberry-pie.com/keepsakes/
gooseberry-pie.com/keepsakes/