Wrote a thing about agents. If you’re a new writer or are actively querying, hope this helps keep you safe!
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/too-many-s...
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/too-many-s...
Too Many Sharks: A Warning About "Agents"
No, seriously
gabinoiglesias.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Wrote a thing about agents. If you’re a new writer or are actively querying, hope this helps keep you safe!
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/too-many-s...
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/too-many-s...
Authors gatekeeping success is silly. Trad authors are often transparent about querying and I know successful indies who share their advice. The thing is, not all advice works for everyone. All authors have their own path to success that may not work for you.
November 10, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Authors gatekeeping success is silly. Trad authors are often transparent about querying and I know successful indies who share their advice. The thing is, not all advice works for everyone. All authors have their own path to success that may not work for you.
Received feedback from a beta reader that gave me a much needed boost of confidence. After many query rejections, it's nice to hear I might know how to tell a story...
#querying #writing #booksky #writingcommunity
#querying #writing #booksky #writingcommunity
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Received feedback from a beta reader that gave me a much needed boost of confidence. After many query rejections, it's nice to hear I might know how to tell a story...
#querying #writing #booksky #writingcommunity
#querying #writing #booksky #writingcommunity
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 🧵:
It’s delightful as an agent (and former querying writer) when I request a full, snoop on the writer’s social media, and see they just posted within the past hour about hoping for a full request
November 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
It’s delightful as an agent (and former querying writer) when I request a full, snoop on the writer’s social media, and see they just posted within the past hour about hoping for a full request
Spent the morning emailing strangers about the story I've poured my heart and soul into for the past 6 months, and begging them to read it. Being a writer is so empowering at times...
#Stunday #querying #writing #booksky #photography #writingcommunity
#Stunday #querying #writing #booksky #photography #writingcommunity
November 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Spent the morning emailing strangers about the story I've poured my heart and soul into for the past 6 months, and begging them to read it. Being a writer is so empowering at times...
#Stunday #querying #writing #booksky #photography #writingcommunity
#Stunday #querying #writing #booksky #photography #writingcommunity
Tricia Squire, 54, has reportedly decided to process your life-changing news by listing everything she remembers eating during her pregnancy 30 years ago and querying if “maybe that’s what did it?”.
“My fault?” Mum determined to make your autism diagnosis all about her
Your mother is determined to make your late autism diagnosis all about herself somehow, it has been announced. Tricia Squire, 54, has reportedly decided to process your life-changing news by listing…
thedailytism.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Tricia Squire, 54, has reportedly decided to process your life-changing news by listing everything she remembers eating during her pregnancy 30 years ago and querying if “maybe that’s what did it?”.
A full request????
🧍♀️wait wait wait i was supposed to get another form R why is this in my inbox
I JUST STARTED QUERYING. I'M VERY SCARED
🧍♀️wait wait wait i was supposed to get another form R why is this in my inbox
I JUST STARTED QUERYING. I'M VERY SCARED
a man in a wheelchair is being helped by two men in blue jackets while waiting for a bungee jump .
ALT: a man in a wheelchair is being helped by two men in blue jackets while waiting for a bungee jump .
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A full request????
🧍♀️wait wait wait i was supposed to get another form R why is this in my inbox
I JUST STARTED QUERYING. I'M VERY SCARED
🧍♀️wait wait wait i was supposed to get another form R why is this in my inbox
I JUST STARTED QUERYING. I'M VERY SCARED
🎧 @una.im and @bram.us dive into the latest advancements in CSS with state-based container queries → goo.gle/4p4QzhN
Learn how to create responsive and dynamic user experiences by querying the scroll state of UI elements, including 'stuck,' 'snapped,' and 'scrollable' states.
Learn how to create responsive and dynamic user experiences by querying the scroll state of UI elements, including 'stuck,' 'snapped,' and 'scrollable' states.
November 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
🎧 @una.im and @bram.us dive into the latest advancements in CSS with state-based container queries → goo.gle/4p4QzhN
Learn how to create responsive and dynamic user experiences by querying the scroll state of UI elements, including 'stuck,' 'snapped,' and 'scrollable' states.
Learn how to create responsive and dynamic user experiences by querying the scroll state of UI elements, including 'stuck,' 'snapped,' and 'scrollable' states.
Get your query letter ready to send to agents! Learn about the querying process and what to do while waiting for responses.
#kidlit #scbwi
Register here:
www.scbwi.org/events/novel...
#kidlit #scbwi
Register here:
www.scbwi.org/events/novel...
November 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Get your query letter ready to send to agents! Learn about the querying process and what to do while waiting for responses.
#kidlit #scbwi
Register here:
www.scbwi.org/events/novel...
#kidlit #scbwi
Register here:
www.scbwi.org/events/novel...
Hi #LateNightWrite! I’m Catherine, currently querying my SF novel about aliens who steal. My WIP is about teenage pickpockets who do magic and parkour. For stealing. All my other work is also about stealing. And identity theft. Trespassing, sometimes. Wine counterfeiting.
Happy Saturday and welcome to another #LateNightWrite! Let's start with Introductions, tell us about yourself and your WIP(s) in any way you like.
Quote or reply below using the hashtag!
Quote or reply below using the hashtag!
November 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Hi #LateNightWrite! I’m Catherine, currently querying my SF novel about aliens who steal. My WIP is about teenage pickpockets who do magic and parkour. For stealing. All my other work is also about stealing. And identity theft. Trespassing, sometimes. Wine counterfeiting.
Hey there, writing community! 👋
We're Manuscript Match: connecting writers with beta readers and literary agents.
We're building a platform that makes finding the right beta readers and querying agents less overwhelming.
Want early access? Link in bio!
We're Manuscript Match: connecting writers with beta readers and literary agents.
We're building a platform that makes finding the right beta readers and querying agents less overwhelming.
Want early access? Link in bio!
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Hey there, writing community! 👋
We're Manuscript Match: connecting writers with beta readers and literary agents.
We're building a platform that makes finding the right beta readers and querying agents less overwhelming.
Want early access? Link in bio!
We're Manuscript Match: connecting writers with beta readers and literary agents.
We're building a platform that makes finding the right beta readers and querying agents less overwhelming.
Want early access? Link in bio!
Nomadism…in space! Eco-sci-fi collection of stories about migration, wandering, and general transience through the great unknown. With:
- space witches
- rediscovering purpose through bicycling
- screw these space colonizers
And more!
querying “True Stories of Cycling on Ceres”
#hopepit #scifi
- space witches
- rediscovering purpose through bicycling
- screw these space colonizers
And more!
querying “True Stories of Cycling on Ceres”
#hopepit #scifi
Saturday, Nov 8
#Hopepit community connect
share a snippet of your creations
Post a quote, image, or music you created that illustrates a light in the darkness, bringing hope
Tomorrow will be the big event to share / promote WIPs, pitches, and finished/available works!
#Hopepit community connect
share a snippet of your creations
Post a quote, image, or music you created that illustrates a light in the darkness, bringing hope
Tomorrow will be the big event to share / promote WIPs, pitches, and finished/available works!
November 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
My week was great! Did a whole lot of writing, and I've been working away at querying "From the Sea Fret".
I'm really happy with my progress, and I'm super excited to keep pushing myself!!
#queerwriters #lgbtqwriters
I'm really happy with my progress, and I'm super excited to keep pushing myself!!
#queerwriters #lgbtqwriters
#queerwriters Saturday: Check in Day!
How was your week? Did you accomplish what you set out to do?
Share your progress, encourage, cheer, and support others!
#WritingCommunity #lgbtqwriters
How was your week? Did you accomplish what you set out to do?
Share your progress, encourage, cheer, and support others!
#WritingCommunity #lgbtqwriters
November 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
My week was great! Did a whole lot of writing, and I've been working away at querying "From the Sea Fret".
I'm really happy with my progress, and I'm super excited to keep pushing myself!!
#queerwriters #lgbtqwriters
I'm really happy with my progress, and I'm super excited to keep pushing myself!!
#queerwriters #lgbtqwriters
I'm almost finished writing my second novel! Hoping to start revisions by December, and then start querying agents in 2026!
November 9, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I'm almost finished writing my second novel! Hoping to start revisions by December, and then start querying agents in 2026!
Hello, my name is James Keller. I am currently Querying my #SFF novel 'In the Service of Gods & Admirals.'
Pitch is pinned to my profile
Pitch is pinned to my profile
November 11, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Hello, my name is James Keller. I am currently Querying my #SFF novel 'In the Service of Gods & Admirals.'
Pitch is pinned to my profile
Pitch is pinned to my profile
Hello fellow writers! I'm Avery Laurel, and I'm currently querying my first upper YA thriller: LAST COUNSELOR STANDING. It combines the whip-smart amateur detectives of Megan Lally's THAT'S NOT MY NAME with Holly Jackson's gripping twists. #writingcommunity #yaauthor #yathriller
November 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Hello fellow writers! I'm Avery Laurel, and I'm currently querying my first upper YA thriller: LAST COUNSELOR STANDING. It combines the whip-smart amateur detectives of Megan Lally's THAT'S NOT MY NAME with Holly Jackson's gripping twists. #writingcommunity #yaauthor #yathriller
Think golden retriever type but with a bite. After all, the sun can both heal and hurt…
The book is A Greek God Got Me Pregnant. I’m in my last round of editing before querying 🫠
#writingcommunity #writing #author #shadowdaddy #books #writersky #booksky #writesky
The book is A Greek God Got Me Pregnant. I’m in my last round of editing before querying 🫠
#writingcommunity #writing #author #shadowdaddy #books #writersky #booksky #writesky
November 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Think golden retriever type but with a bite. After all, the sun can both heal and hurt…
The book is A Greek God Got Me Pregnant. I’m in my last round of editing before querying 🫠
#writingcommunity #writing #author #shadowdaddy #books #writersky #booksky #writesky
The book is A Greek God Got Me Pregnant. I’m in my last round of editing before querying 🫠
#writingcommunity #writing #author #shadowdaddy #books #writersky #booksky #writesky
I built this quick and dirty, mostly after 10pm last night. The backend is a jupyter notebook running on my laptop querying this API docs.apilayer.com/aviationstac...
and writing to a free tier MongoDB cluster.
and writing to a free tier MongoDB cluster.
November 7, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I built this quick and dirty, mostly after 10pm last night. The backend is a jupyter notebook running on my laptop querying this API docs.apilayer.com/aviationstac...
and writing to a free tier MongoDB cluster.
and writing to a free tier MongoDB cluster.
NO but honestly. Pitching and querying really are a vastly different creature. (Not to get too cheesy, but that's the focus of my query intensive haha because this is so real)
Thanks! Writing is hard but this pitching business is like a whole other skill set. It will click....any time now.
November 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
NO but honestly. Pitching and querying really are a vastly different creature. (Not to get too cheesy, but that's the focus of my query intensive haha because this is so real)
Dear, dear agents,
After receiving multiple form rejections that kindly include links to resources like Jane Friedman, QueryShark, MSWL, and QueryTracker… I need to vent a little. (thread 👇)
#querying #writing #writingcommunity #literaryagent
After receiving multiple form rejections that kindly include links to resources like Jane Friedman, QueryShark, MSWL, and QueryTracker… I need to vent a little. (thread 👇)
#querying #writing #writingcommunity #literaryagent
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Dear, dear agents,
After receiving multiple form rejections that kindly include links to resources like Jane Friedman, QueryShark, MSWL, and QueryTracker… I need to vent a little. (thread 👇)
#querying #writing #writingcommunity #literaryagent
After receiving multiple form rejections that kindly include links to resources like Jane Friedman, QueryShark, MSWL, and QueryTracker… I need to vent a little. (thread 👇)
#querying #writing #writingcommunity #literaryagent
In case you missed it, here's last Thursday's office hours! Topics include: querying agents during the holidays, subplots, A.I. in lieu of paid editing, publishing scams, and much more! You can straight jump to any topic of interest:
Office Hours Recap! (November '25)
Thanks so much to everyone who attended Office Hours last Thursday! In case you missed it, you can watch the video above (if you’re reading via the newsletter, please click here to see it). I forgot t...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
In case you missed it, here's last Thursday's office hours! Topics include: querying agents during the holidays, subplots, A.I. in lieu of paid editing, publishing scams, and much more! You can straight jump to any topic of interest:
My final pitch for the day!
“All Roads Lead to Roam” my nomadpunk collection
- transience as resilience
- radical adaptability
- wandering forests, roaming campervans, peripatetic mushroom vendors, people who move with the seasons and without permission
#HopePit #solarpunk #querying #nomadpunk
“All Roads Lead to Roam” my nomadpunk collection
- transience as resilience
- radical adaptability
- wandering forests, roaming campervans, peripatetic mushroom vendors, people who move with the seasons and without permission
#HopePit #solarpunk #querying #nomadpunk
November 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
My final pitch for the day!
“All Roads Lead to Roam” my nomadpunk collection
- transience as resilience
- radical adaptability
- wandering forests, roaming campervans, peripatetic mushroom vendors, people who move with the seasons and without permission
#HopePit #solarpunk #querying #nomadpunk
“All Roads Lead to Roam” my nomadpunk collection
- transience as resilience
- radical adaptability
- wandering forests, roaming campervans, peripatetic mushroom vendors, people who move with the seasons and without permission
#HopePit #solarpunk #querying #nomadpunk
No new positive query replies to report, but there are some pretty cool clouds hanging out in the parking lot...
#photography #clouds #querying #writing #booksky #writingcommunity
#photography #clouds #querying #writing #booksky #writingcommunity
November 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
No new positive query replies to report, but there are some pretty cool clouds hanging out in the parking lot...
#photography #clouds #querying #writing #booksky #writingcommunity
#photography #clouds #querying #writing #booksky #writingcommunity
