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Happy Book Birthday to T-Rex vs. Edna by Doug Rees
Edna, the very first chicken, has feathers and she's not afraid to use them on the tyrannical Tyrannosaurus who is terrorizing all the other dinosaurs. A hilarious tale of bravery that will have readers clucking in triumph. Congratulations to Douglas Rees for his...
The Final SFWF/EveryLibrary Benefit Auction Is Now Live
Our first annual charity auction series has been a tremendous success. We’ve received a generous outpouring of donations from literary agents, acquisitions editors, award-winning authors, and other top publishing professionals, and most of them have been claimed by...
Congrats, Lisa Kessler, on an 8-book audio deal with Audible
Bram Stoker finalist Lisa Kessler just scored an 8-book audio deal for her award-winning paranormal romance series from Audible. In the MOON series, the cowboy werewolves of Reno are fighting the unscrupulous Nero organization who is trying to bioengineer hybrid...
Nonfiction Writers Conference coming in November
The Fall Nonfiction Writers Conference, featuring the theme “Marketing Mastery for Authors,” happens November 9th & 10th, 2017. This event is completely virtual; attendees participate via phone or Skype. Speakers for NFWC FallCon 2017 include: Jim Horan – Opening...
Laura Heffernan Signs 3-Book Deal
Laura Heffernan has just signed a deal with Lyrical Press for a three-book contemporary romance series called GAMER GIRLS. The books will be linked but will feature a different game-playing couple in each. Book 1, set to publish in 2019, will feature a tabletop gamer...
The Juliet Spell Is Out Now
I love this one. Pitch-perfect YA with the Hollywood-ready premise of a simple wish resulting in inadvertent time travel. I had to play Juliet. I'd studied the part, I gave great reading, even with Bobby staring at my butt the whole time. But had I been good enough to...
Hollywood Homicide Is Out Now
Huge congrats to the next big name in the amateur sleuth game, Kellye Garrett! HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE is out now and causing a lot of buzz. Here's what some have to say: Starred Review, Publishers Weekly Starred Review, Kirkus Starred Review and Debut of the Month,...
Jennifer Chen Tran Has Left Fuse
Jennifer Chen Tran has left the agency. She is not leaving publishing and is in the process of figuring out her next steps as an agent. UPDATE: Jennifer Chen Tran is now with the Bradford Literary Agency. http://www.bradfordlit.com/about/jennifer-chen-tran-agent/
Conferences–What Are They Good For?
I've just had the good fortune to go to two conferences in a two-week period, and get to see clients at both of them. This in itself makes me inordinately happy. It's not at all unusual for an agent and his/her client to never meet in person. So to get to see, and...
Welcome Holly R. Hughes to the Fuse Family
During the 2016 Pitch2Pub contest, I came across a YA manuscript by Holly Hughes that I mostly loved. I was completely enthralled by about seventy-five percent of it and saw a lot of potential. The other twenty-five percent wasn't quite ready for prime time, but I...
