Nudging Agents
When to nudge literary agents on queries, full requests, and when you have an offer of rep.
Jeff - YA Science-Fantasy
Seventeen-year-old Prince Zander strives to create peace in a broken world through a marital alliance that will send him far from home. But when his betrothed, Princess Alessia, runs away days before their wedding, the union between their kingdoms will shatter unless he can find her.
Catherine - YA Fantasy Retelling
Inspired by Angkor Wat Temple, OF SERPENTS AND CURSES is an #ownvoice YA fantasy retelling of Medusa with a feminist twist and a fusion of Greek, Hindi and Khmer mythologies I grew up with in Cambodia.
Daphne - MG Ghost Story
CASSIE & THE LOST GHOST BOY a middle grade #ownvoices fantasy featuring a City of Ghosts best friend story meets the non-western folklore and family relationships of Ghost Squad.
Sara - MG Fantasy
ALISHA IN ROSHANBAN is a 66,000 middle grade fantasy retelling inspired by Alice in Wonderland and The Jungle Book.
Joan - MG Horror
When the Timeless Witches bestowed a death curse upon the Grimsbane men and their male descendants, the Grimsbane women decided to hunt the witches and break the curse…
Gabi - YA Fantasy
With a smile she can bring any man to his knees, with a song she can guide him to his grave. To slake her siren bloodlust, seventeen-year-old Saoirse lives a double life; soldier by day, assassin for an unknown employer by night.
Maya - YA Contemporary
When seventeen-year-old Aisha begins to feel increasingly numb and isolated at a racially exclusionary ballet boarding school, her mental health suffers leading to her first episode of dissociation.
Serene - Adult Contemporary Romance
SABOTAGE & SERENADES, complete at 84,000-words, is THE HATING GAME meets LA LA LAND; a slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers workplace romance set against the bustling Los Angeles record label industry.
My Publishing Journey: On Submission
My journey from getting an agent to getting a book deal.
