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Everybody sing with me: Happy birthday to Fuse. Happy birthday to Fuse. Happy birthday, Fuse Literary. Happy birthday to Fuse! March marks two years since Laurie and I set out to build the literary agency of the future, and I'm happy to report that 2015 is shaping up...
Contest! Contest! Contest!
Today a bunch of great things happened. 1. Fuse announced a 3-book deal for client J.M. Frey. (epic meta fantasy: The Untold Tale, The Returned Tale, The Final Tale) with REUTS Publishing. Yay! 2. Short Fuse, our publishing arm, made available its first paperback...
Pitch-O-Rama, March 28th!
Join me and 11 other agents and editors for the 12th annual Women's National Book Club, San Francisco Chapter's Pitch-O-Rama from 8 am to noon on Saturday, March 28th! At $65 for members and $75 for non-members, that comes out to around $6 a pitch. I would say I feel...
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Watching the Detectives
As the snow just keeps falling on my corner of the world, I've been spending a lot of time reading entries in pitch contests, reading queries, reading books. I've been finding some great stuff in my inbox. And when I need to take a break, I've been watching some...
How to Find an Agent Part II: Pitching/Approaching an Agent….
Following my post from last month (How to Find an Agent Part I: Where to Find and Research Agents), let's continue the series with How to Find an Agent Part II: Pitching/Approaching an Agent. In this post I'd like to share some useful tips for pitching your work to...
Advice to NSFW Novelists
Frankly speaking, if you, non-consent fantasy writer, think that being responsible while writing your non-consent fantasy narratives is boring, or will drag down the book, then I’ve got advice for you…
Sales Sales Sales
Hey there, Fuse Fans! It's been a crazy few months for me, between the holidays and three exciting new deals: Jeffe Kennedy's THE PAGES OF THE MIND, the first in a new series set in the world of THE MARK OF THE TALA, about a scholar who finds herself trapped in a...
Anatomy of a Half-Million Dollar Deal
Del Rey Books, Michael J. Sullivan, and Fuse Literary announce a book deal worth more than a half-million dollars for four books in Mr. Sullivan’s newest epic fantasy series, The First Empire.
Riding the Odds Debuts
I have not found much science fiction romance in my 10 years as an agent, so when I did find a good one, a fun romp with steamy romance, a space opera with the cutest sentient tattoo, I had to represent it. And now, after an 18 month gestation, RIDING THE ODDS by...
