Sera Rivers
@writeloudly.bsky.social
Writer. Literary Agent at Speilburg Literary. Status updates and MSWL at SeraRivers.com Rep’d by Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass Literary Agency
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Lots of folks on Threads are talking about the staggering amount of scammer emails from people pretending to be book clubs, reviewers, and more.
Seems like the endgame is eventually getting you to pay a good chunk of money for promotions and readers that likely don’t exist.
Be careful out there.
Seems like the endgame is eventually getting you to pay a good chunk of money for promotions and readers that likely don’t exist.
Be careful out there.
November 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Lots of folks on Threads are talking about the staggering amount of scammer emails from people pretending to be book clubs, reviewers, and more.
Seems like the endgame is eventually getting you to pay a good chunk of money for promotions and readers that likely don’t exist.
Be careful out there.
Seems like the endgame is eventually getting you to pay a good chunk of money for promotions and readers that likely don’t exist.
Be careful out there.
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For querying writers: I did a critiques today for an SCBWI conf & got questions about what kind of books you can cite as comps, & I think it’s worth distinguishing between *pitching* comps and *selling* comps. A brief 🧵:
November 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
For querying writers: I did a critiques today for an SCBWI conf & got questions about what kind of books you can cite as comps, & I think it’s worth distinguishing between *pitching* comps and *selling* comps. A brief 🧵:
Final hours! Grab yours today and watch when you’re ready! And for critiques, submit whenever ready! 👻🎃🧛🏽♀️
FINAL 5 DAYS TO SAVE! HALLOWEEN SALE! Check it out: serarivers.com/shop/ 🎃FROM MAYHEM TO MURDER IN PICTURE BOOKS: (1HR)🎃MASTERING THE MESSY MIDDLE (2HRs) 🎃$31 Query Critiques (21 left!) #webinar #querycritique #ondemand #sale #amwriting #amquerying #writingworkshop
October 31, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Final hours! Grab yours today and watch when you’re ready! And for critiques, submit whenever ready! 👻🎃🧛🏽♀️
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! FINAL DAY TO SAVE! Treat your self! LINK: serarivers.com/shop/ #writingworkshop #amquerying #webinar #literaryagent #writingcommunity #picturebooks #horror #kidlit #novels #writing
October 31, 2025 at 4:02 PM
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! FINAL DAY TO SAVE! Treat your self! LINK: serarivers.com/shop/ #writingworkshop #amquerying #webinar #literaryagent #writingcommunity #picturebooks #horror #kidlit #novels #writing
Here's my new #MSWL! I'll be open to #queries Nov 1–7 and closing in Dec so that I can catch up reviewing. I'll reopen to #Adultfiction only in Jan 2026! As always, I'm open to #kidlit through referrals, conferences, and pitch events. #AF #literaryagent #amquerying serarivers.com/mswl/
October 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Here's my new #MSWL! I'll be open to #queries Nov 1–7 and closing in Dec so that I can catch up reviewing. I'll reopen to #Adultfiction only in Jan 2026! As always, I'm open to #kidlit through referrals, conferences, and pitch events. #AF #literaryagent #amquerying serarivers.com/mswl/
Sale ends at midnight Halloween night!
Ohhhh, I know what *I* hope will be on it. :)
October 30, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Sale ends at midnight Halloween night!
Through HALLOWEEN only! ⬇️
FINAL 5 DAYS TO SAVE! HALLOWEEN SALE! Check it out: serarivers.com/shop/ 🎃FROM MAYHEM TO MURDER IN PICTURE BOOKS: (1HR)🎃MASTERING THE MESSY MIDDLE (2HRs) 🎃$31 Query Critiques (21 left!) #webinar #querycritique #ondemand #sale #amwriting #amquerying #writingworkshop
October 29, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Through HALLOWEEN only! ⬇️
I'm updating my #MSWL in a few days! Stay tuned!
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October 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I'm updating my #MSWL in a few days! Stay tuned!
FINAL 5 DAYS TO SAVE! HALLOWEEN SALE! Check it out: serarivers.com/shop/ 🎃FROM MAYHEM TO MURDER IN PICTURE BOOKS: (1HR)🎃MASTERING THE MESSY MIDDLE (2HRs) 🎃$31 Query Critiques (21 left!) #webinar #querycritique #ondemand #sale #amwriting #amquerying #writingworkshop
October 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
FINAL 5 DAYS TO SAVE! HALLOWEEN SALE! Check it out: serarivers.com/shop/ 🎃FROM MAYHEM TO MURDER IN PICTURE BOOKS: (1HR)🎃MASTERING THE MESSY MIDDLE (2HRs) 🎃$31 Query Critiques (21 left!) #webinar #querycritique #ondemand #sale #amwriting #amquerying #writingworkshop
DON’T STRESS! Learn how to clean up the mess—of your novel’s middle, that is! On sale thru October 31! Sign up here: serarivers.com/product/mast... #webinar #messymiddle #amwriting #novel #writingworkshop #writingcommunity
October 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
DON’T STRESS! Learn how to clean up the mess—of your novel’s middle, that is! On sale thru October 31! Sign up here: serarivers.com/product/mast... #webinar #messymiddle #amwriting #novel #writingworkshop #writingcommunity
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If you're a writer/other creator in the United States, consider creating an LLC for your business and then signing up for a local area Chamber of Commerce. Many of them have health insurance plans that pool their members and members of other CoCs to create insurance efficiencies relative to ACA.
October 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
If you're a writer/other creator in the United States, consider creating an LLC for your business and then signing up for a local area Chamber of Commerce. Many of them have health insurance plans that pool their members and members of other CoCs to create insurance efficiencies relative to ACA.
Only 11 days left! HALLOWEEN #Webinar & #Querycritique SALE! Link: serarivers.com/shop/
🎃FROM MAYHEM TO MURDER IN #PICTUREBOOKS
🎃MASTERING THE MESSY MIDDLE
🎃$31 Query Critiques to 31 people (23 left!) #webinar #ondemand #sale #amwriting #amquerying #literaryagent #writingcommunity #writingworkshop
🎃FROM MAYHEM TO MURDER IN #PICTUREBOOKS
🎃MASTERING THE MESSY MIDDLE
🎃$31 Query Critiques to 31 people (23 left!) #webinar #ondemand #sale #amwriting #amquerying #literaryagent #writingcommunity #writingworkshop
October 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Only 11 days left! HALLOWEEN #Webinar & #Querycritique SALE! Link: serarivers.com/shop/
🎃FROM MAYHEM TO MURDER IN #PICTUREBOOKS
🎃MASTERING THE MESSY MIDDLE
🎃$31 Query Critiques to 31 people (23 left!) #webinar #ondemand #sale #amwriting #amquerying #literaryagent #writingcommunity #writingworkshop
🎃FROM MAYHEM TO MURDER IN #PICTUREBOOKS
🎃MASTERING THE MESSY MIDDLE
🎃$31 Query Critiques to 31 people (23 left!) #webinar #ondemand #sale #amwriting #amquerying #literaryagent #writingcommunity #writingworkshop
👀😆
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 7:17 PM
👀😆
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Still looking for a job and would love love love to run virtual writing workshops for a writing organization, which i have 12 years experience doing! Open to other opportunities that wouldn't require me to quit agenting though!
October 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Still looking for a job and would love love love to run virtual writing workshops for a writing organization, which i have 12 years experience doing! Open to other opportunities that wouldn't require me to quit agenting though!
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Banned Together
Looking for something tangible and actionable to do as we near the end of this Banned Books Week?
Considering adding a copy of BANNED TOGETHER (edited by @ashleyhopeperez.bsky.social) to a @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social.
Books Save Lives
Looking for something tangible and actionable to do as we near the end of this Banned Books Week?
Considering adding a copy of BANNED TOGETHER (edited by @ashleyhopeperez.bsky.social) to a @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social.
Books Save Lives
October 11, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Banned Together
Looking for something tangible and actionable to do as we near the end of this Banned Books Week?
Considering adding a copy of BANNED TOGETHER (edited by @ashleyhopeperez.bsky.social) to a @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social.
Books Save Lives
Looking for something tangible and actionable to do as we near the end of this Banned Books Week?
Considering adding a copy of BANNED TOGETHER (edited by @ashleyhopeperez.bsky.social) to a @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social.
Books Save Lives
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HALLOWEEN MONTH SALE! Check it out: serarivers.com/shop/
👻FROM MAYHEM TO MURDER IN PICTURE BOOKS: (1HR)—$31 (orig $49)
🎃MASTERING THE MESSY MIDDLE (2HRs)—$49 (orig $65)
💀$31 Query Critiques to 31 people (24 left!) #webinar #ondemand #sale #amwriting #amquerying
👻FROM MAYHEM TO MURDER IN PICTURE BOOKS: (1HR)—$31 (orig $49)
🎃MASTERING THE MESSY MIDDLE (2HRs)—$49 (orig $65)
💀$31 Query Critiques to 31 people (24 left!) #webinar #ondemand #sale #amwriting #amquerying
October 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
HALLOWEEN MONTH SALE! Check it out: serarivers.com/shop/
👻FROM MAYHEM TO MURDER IN PICTURE BOOKS: (1HR)—$31 (orig $49)
🎃MASTERING THE MESSY MIDDLE (2HRs)—$49 (orig $65)
💀$31 Query Critiques to 31 people (24 left!) #webinar #ondemand #sale #amwriting #amquerying
👻FROM MAYHEM TO MURDER IN PICTURE BOOKS: (1HR)—$31 (orig $49)
🎃MASTERING THE MESSY MIDDLE (2HRs)—$49 (orig $65)
💀$31 Query Critiques to 31 people (24 left!) #webinar #ondemand #sale #amwriting #amquerying
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✨Free event✨ today Oct 9, watch all the panels & register here to see all the new books: www.slj.com/event/school...
Ft books by @torreymaldonado.bsky.social RJ Owens, @aventurasenesl.bsky.social Julie Leung, & @heidieys.bsky.social
Ft books by @torreymaldonado.bsky.social RJ Owens, @aventurasenesl.bsky.social Julie Leung, & @heidieys.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 11:39 AM
✨Free event✨ today Oct 9, watch all the panels & register here to see all the new books: www.slj.com/event/school...
Ft books by @torreymaldonado.bsky.social RJ Owens, @aventurasenesl.bsky.social Julie Leung, & @heidieys.bsky.social
Ft books by @torreymaldonado.bsky.social RJ Owens, @aventurasenesl.bsky.social Julie Leung, & @heidieys.bsky.social
Reading Rainbow was my FAVE show as a kid and I can’t think of a better new host than @mychal3ts.bsky.social 🤩
Reading Rainbow Is Back With a New Host -- @mychal3ts.bsky.social -- And The Same Mission
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/s...
‘Reading Rainbow’ Comes Back With a New Host, but the Same Mission
www.nytimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Reading Rainbow was my FAVE show as a kid and I can’t think of a better new host than @mychal3ts.bsky.social 🤩
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FYI - @authorsguild.org has an upcoming webinar for authors & illustrators. "Anthropic Settlement: What Authors Should Know" looks very worthwhile for those whose books were involved. authorsguild.org/event/anthro...
Anthropic Settlement: What Authors Should Know - The Authors Guild
Copyright holders recently secured preliminary approval of a $1.5 billion class settlement in the Bartz v. Anthropic case, in which authors Andrea Bartz, Kirk Johnson, and Charles Graeber led a class-...
authorsguild.org
October 4, 2025 at 10:35 AM
FYI - @authorsguild.org has an upcoming webinar for authors & illustrators. "Anthropic Settlement: What Authors Should Know" looks very worthwhile for those whose books were involved. authorsguild.org/event/anthro...
QUERYMANAGER UPDATE: I've reviewed all queries received before 5/2/2025. If your query or full manuscript is currently in my queue, I'm still considering. If you have updates, (withdrawing or offer of rep), msg me through QM. Thank you. #amquerying #literaryagent #querytracker
October 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
QUERYMANAGER UPDATE: I've reviewed all queries received before 5/2/2025. If your query or full manuscript is currently in my queue, I'm still considering. If you have updates, (withdrawing or offer of rep), msg me through QM. Thank you. #amquerying #literaryagent #querytracker
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It's almost @wearealsc.bsky.social Mock Sibert time.
These books will definitely be on my Sibert Smackdown list.
@epartridge.bsky.social @lindsayhmetcalf.bsky.social
@mcusolito.bsky.social @jessicalanan.bsky.social
@juanamartinezn.bsky.social @safajarwrites.bsky.social
#TLsky #Skybrarian #edusky
These books will definitely be on my Sibert Smackdown list.
@epartridge.bsky.social @lindsayhmetcalf.bsky.social
@mcusolito.bsky.social @jessicalanan.bsky.social
@juanamartinezn.bsky.social @safajarwrites.bsky.social
#TLsky #Skybrarian #edusky
October 1, 2025 at 12:12 AM
It's almost @wearealsc.bsky.social Mock Sibert time.
These books will definitely be on my Sibert Smackdown list.
@epartridge.bsky.social @lindsayhmetcalf.bsky.social
@mcusolito.bsky.social @jessicalanan.bsky.social
@juanamartinezn.bsky.social @safajarwrites.bsky.social
#TLsky #Skybrarian #edusky
These books will definitely be on my Sibert Smackdown list.
@epartridge.bsky.social @lindsayhmetcalf.bsky.social
@mcusolito.bsky.social @jessicalanan.bsky.social
@juanamartinezn.bsky.social @safajarwrites.bsky.social
#TLsky #Skybrarian #edusky
I read Red Sails to Capri by Ann Weil in grad school. So when my son chose Italy as his destination for mom/son trip to celebrate his high school graduation, I put Capri on the list!
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/childrens-li...
To celebrate #worldtourismday here's a list of great children's books set in popular tourist locations in the UK and around the world. #kidlit
To celebrate #worldtourismday here's a list of great children's books set in popular tourist locations in the UK and around the world. #kidlit
Travel locations and holiday destinations inspired by children's books
Looking for a travel destination to engage your children or a location from a favourite book? Here's a list of top holiday spots with literary themes.
schoolreadinglist.co.uk
September 27, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I read Red Sails to Capri by Ann Weil in grad school. So when my son chose Italy as his destination for mom/son trip to celebrate his high school graduation, I put Capri on the list!
I wish we saw more of this in our feeds. 💜🙏🏽
September 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I wish we saw more of this in our feeds. 💜🙏🏽
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Authors & publishers posting abt illustrated books or using an illustrator's work to promote a book, pls credit ILLUSTRATOR.
Not only are you helping boost artist but it shows people that you or your publisher hired a HUMAN artist.
#PicturesMeanBusiness art @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social
#KidLit
Not only are you helping boost artist but it shows people that you or your publisher hired a HUMAN artist.
#PicturesMeanBusiness art @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social
#KidLit
September 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Authors & publishers posting abt illustrated books or using an illustrator's work to promote a book, pls credit ILLUSTRATOR.
Not only are you helping boost artist but it shows people that you or your publisher hired a HUMAN artist.
#PicturesMeanBusiness art @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social
#KidLit
Not only are you helping boost artist but it shows people that you or your publisher hired a HUMAN artist.
#PicturesMeanBusiness art @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social
#KidLit