Writer, real estate agent, and mom. * Repped by @HerringAli at #TeamSpencerhill * 2023 Debut: Burrowed (Angry Robot Books) * https://xitter.cf/t.co/MZ5RIDJ4A8
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.@scalzi invited me to discuss a BIG IDEA at the center of my book (#BURROWED) and I talked about my kid stealing French fries. Thanks, John! #2023Debuts #AuthorsOfTwitter #BookTwitter #BookPosse @HerringAli bit.ly/3w6owFk
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Annual holiday reminder: If you get an agent offer around the holidays, wait to ask for answers until after! This is vacation & family time for us. Many of us will politely step aside, so you may limit your options/offers. I usually recommend waiting until at least 1/20! …
Amazing news for a toddler rendered deaf due to a genetic disorder: a treatment delivered via a virus with a fix, and the child can now hear. What a breakthrough! bit.ly/4dslQpM
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In which I talk about *myself* 😅😂
🔊Agent Interview with Ali Herring
In this interview, @HerringAli shares insight into her agenting process, her mswl, and gives helpful advice to querying writers! Check it out and share👇🏼
#amquerying #WritingCommunity
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Enough people said, "Now you tell me you need stakes in my query's pitch" that I was HORRIBLY worried people don't understand the basic elements of story! So here's a new blog post on: "Back to Basics: Elements of Story and the High-Concept Pitch" aliherringwrites.wordpress.c…
This month marks the one-year book birthday for BURROWED, my debut novel, and it's for sale right now for $.99 on kindle! amzn.to/48LR88g #Burrowed #Dystopian #SciFi #YACrossover
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I’m seeing lots of stuff I don’t rep in kidlit in my queries.
Pls note when it comes to kid’s books, I DO NOT rep:
🚫 picture books
🚫 books for young kids (0-8 years)
🚫 no low-word-count kid lit
🚫 graphic novels
I DO represent:
✅ middle grade, sweet spot 40-68k
✅ YA
Thanks @LaylaMcCay … I’m honored to see Burrows on your 2023 “best in dystopia” list! What a phenomenal list of books!!
Layla’s 2023 Review of Books -
Best in dystopias: Burrowed by Mary Baader Kaley @marybaka
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Hard to believe our debut year is almost over! To celebrate, we're doing a🚨MASSIVE GIVEAWAY🚨
23 people(!!) will win the #2023Debuts book of their choice!
To enter:
❤️RT & Follow
❤️Reply below w/ which book you want!
Winners will be picked 12/29!
ALT #2023Debuts Year End Giveaway 23 books = 23 winners!
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On the 1st day of Christmas, Angry Robot gave to me… a chance to win a signed copy of FULL IMMERSION by @manylittlewords!
Win a signed copy for yourself AND a friend!
Entry:
Follow @angryrobotbooks and @manylittlewords
Comment and tag the friend you’d like to read this with!
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Oh! All my librarian and teacher friends! Check it out! Retweet if you can 🙌 !!
Calling all #educators and teen #bookclubs! I've added a discussion guide for #ThinAir to the books page of my website. If you work with teens who enjoy fast-paced thrillers that touch on relevant issues, check it out!
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#penguinteen #reading
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Ya'll I just reread the first chapter of @SJ_Mondragon's latest book GRANDMA RUTH DOESN'T GO TO FUNERALS, which will be out next year, and I kid you not, Sharon's the funniest thing in the world and ya'll are going to love Sarah Elizabeth and her sassy bedbound grandma...
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Boosting for the evening crowd - please share!
#CrimeFiction fans!
We're on the look out for more reviewers for our @DaturaBooks list - we've got badass PIs, gothic murder mystery, domestic thrillers, psychological thrillers, slasher-crime, literary spec mystery...and that's just in our first year!
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This is why you want to take your time #amquerying and find the *right* agent who will not only promote your work but be the teammate in your corner when publishing gets rough. ( As compared to when it's easy...never 🤪) ❤️
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I’m going to a local author expo on November 4th. I’m a little nervous. Does this tablecloth make my book look too big? 🤓😂🤣📙📚
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Great message/post from @stdennard : "I urge you to look beyond what the internet is telling you success looks like and to instead define success for yourself." bit.ly/3FJCthj #SuccessMindset #Diversify #redefine #WritingCommunity #writerslift
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Odd to be celebrating on the road but THE NIGHTHOUSE KEEPER is out in the world today. I'm so grateful to so many people - they're all in the acknowledgements. So I want to thank readers, librarians, booksellers, and everyone who reads my stories and puts them in kids' hands. 🖤
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I had a blast chatting with @EmilieHendryx and @christenkrumm on their Exploring the Blank Page podcast about writing and #ThinAir. My biggest advice to aspiring authors? Don't give up. 📚
#amwriting #amquerying #podcast
#WritingCommunity
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A thing I think we lose sight of in YA lit is that the sometimes frowned upon "insta-love" in books can just be code word for very normal teenaged "crushes." Normalize the fact teenagers fall in & out of "like" (not love) VERY frequently. Most kids aren't finding soulmates at 17!