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Benefit for the Families of the Pulse Victims

We know we're not alone in feeling the tragedy of the Pulse shooting in Orlando. As supporters of LGBTQ voices in literature, we need to go beyond posting condolences on social media and put our money where our digital mouths are. We've decided to, for the next...

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What Makes Me Say No

Literary agents are constantly reading. Reading our clients' manuscripts, reading Publishers Weekly, reading reviews, reading Twitter, reading other books, and what you care about most, reading queries. I'm always hoping to find something that makes me so excited I...

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Bay Area Book Festival, year 2!

Even though San Francisco is second only to Manhattan in publishing might, we didn't have a book festival to call our own until last year. (We have LitQuake, but that's more like a pub crawl than a daytime festival.) This year's second Bay Area Book Festival hit it...

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Welcome to Fuse, Jessica Gibson & Thanks #DVpit

Today's blog post is twofold. First, I'm thrilled to announce my latest client and Fuse family member is Jessica Gibson. Jessica accepted representation from me after we connected through a fabulous online pitch event called #DVpit. I thought I'd share my thoughts on...

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Happy Book Birthday Tone Deaf & Cold Dream Dawning!

Wow. It's not every day that two of my clients have book birthdays on the same day. Today, May 3rd (which also happens to be my 20th wedding anniversary!) sees the debut of TONE DEAF by debut YA author Olivia Rivers, as well as COLD DREAM DAWNING, book two in the Pale...

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#NeverDoneDreamin Contest Grand Prize WINNER

There were some great entries in the #NeverDoneDreamin true love story contest, so let's get to it. In second place, we have: Wow. It's not every day you travel to another continent to profess your love. Congratulations, @ThisDrunkPhoto! DM us @FuseLiterary with your...

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Julie Kagawa’s Top Ten Favorite Dragons

In honor of the launch of the third book in New York Times/USA Today bestselling author Julie Kagawa's bestselling TALON series, SOLDIER, here is a list of her Top Ten dragons of all time: Dragons of Pern When I was a teen, I devoured Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of...

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Tracy St. John Pens Another Best Seller!

Last Friday, my fantabulous client, Tracy St. John, released the tenth book in her super popular Clans of Kalquor series to North American markets. So, while I participated in a great writers conference in Dallas, Alien Hostage burned up e-readers. The science fiction...

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#NeverDoneDreamin Contest!

Hey, romance lovers! We're celebrating the print publication of Never Done Dreamin' by Romance Writers of America Lifetime Achievement nominee, Janis Flores, with a little contest about true love. Tweet your true love story with the hashtag #NeverDoneDreamin to win!...

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Fast Five with Thad McIlroy, Publishing Expert

This week, Fuse is putting the spotlight on publishing expert Thad McIlroy. Thad is an electronic publishing analyst and author based in San Francisco. A well-established expert in the technology and marketing issues surrounding electronic publishing, color imaging...

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