Out Today: LINNY’S SWEET DREAM LIST by Susan Schild

I love this part of the job. Today you all finally get to read a story that I’ve been ga-ga over for months: LINNY’S SWEET DREAM LIST, the first book of many to come by the brilliant Susan Schild. It captivated me right from the start, and with a...

My New Client: Bestselling Author Tracy St. John!

2015 had a few interesting twists and turns, but at least it gave me another great client to represent. Yes, I’ve partnered with Tracy St. John, the phenomenal author of the bestselling Clans of Kalquor science fiction erotic romance series and the Netherworld...

What’s Your To-be-Read List for 2016?

By Derek McDow, first reader and assistant to associate agent Jennifer Chen Tran It’s a well-known fact among readers that personal to-be-read (tbr) stacks only oblige addition, often exponentially, by the veritable property of “I must read this” plus “this, this, and...

Our Holiday Schedule

Hello friends, fans and professional colleagues (and anyone else who stumbles onto this blog!): Just a quick note to apprise you all of our holiday schedule here at Fuse Literary. Contrary to popular belief, we actually do take the holidaze off around this time of...

Raising The Stakes

Hi Fuse fans! It’s been a while since my last blog post, but as I do my yearly big push to catch up on all my submissions, I keep encountering a very common pitfall: the narrative without stakes. I offer this critique often at conferences, and it’s often...