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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...
What Is Your Local Library to You?
Some of you may know that I’m working on an amazing project about libraries (and that I can’t seem to shut up about it). For me, it’s really a dream and a chance to give back to an institution that I directly credit for my career in publishing. It got me thinking...