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08/20/2024

Welcome to Team Tuesdays, where we’ll be sharing working views and glimpses into the lives of ! 💚

First up, Literary Intern Danielle Hunter is sharing her beautiful view from the Suzzallo Library at the University of Washington Seattle Campus.

Spending high school summer hours lost in video games, Danielle’s love for all things high fantasy began. Based in Seattle, Danielle is a senior at the University of Washington, working towards a bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing. She was born in Mannheim, Germany, but has lived in or visited countries like Japan, the Dominican Republic, and South Korea. Throughout her college career, she’s worked as a Marketing/Publicity intern for Overcup Press based in Oregon, worked as an editorial intern for a historical literary project, and has lingered for too long in the University of Washington’s Harry Potter reading room. She’s been reading since early elementary school and has a few personal projects of her own. When not reading or writing, she’s probably on the track. She’s a NCAA D1 athlete, a sprinter at her university. (Or she’s rewatching Arcane: League of Legends for the billionth time). She’s active in her Christian faith and is often playing gospel music.

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08/19/2024

Today, we’re coming at you with a virtual pick-me-up post-it note from 💌 Let this serve as a reminder to keep moving forward! You didn’t come this far, to ONLY come this far.

08/14/2024

NEW CLIENT ALERT 🚨

Garrett Mostowski’s work has recently appeared in or is forthcoming from BULL, Barren, The Porch, Olney Mag, Unstamatic, Spurned, The Galway Review, and others. He is a member of the Order of the Rocking Chair, a group of artists and activists committed to transformative storytelling. His bold and visceral reimagining of Jonah and The Whale snagged Maggie’s attention, and she devoured every page of the manuscript.

Welcome to , Garrett!

08/13/2024

Want to meet up and close? Scour this schedule to know where we’ll be, online and in person. Find us, pitch us, and more! 💚

08/09/2024

Happy National Book Lovers Day from ! 📚

Let us know how you are celebrating via the poll below! , head to the link in our bio to check out our submission guidelines. 💚

08/07/2024

CLA Agents shared the #1 thing they’d LOVE to see in their query boxes! 📩 From sensational true stories to sapphic romances, there’s a little bit of everything on their wishlists!

, did you see your manuscript on their wishlists? Check out our submission guidelines at the link in bio! And be sure to come back soon to hear more of ’s must-haves! 💚

06/04/2024

New Client Alerts! The CLA team has been busy signing clients!

Welcome to the CLA team! Her YA Horror absolutely bewitched and we are thrilled to have her join our client list.

Welcome April McCloud! Marisa and .smith.writer loved her YA contemporary with heart breaking disability onset, complicated family dynamics, and Adapt and Overcome military values.

Welcome ! Kendyll was ecstatic to sign after reading his book.

The distinctive voices, unique relationships, and imaginative future-world of M Lynx Qualey's multi-character, multi-timeline literary speculative fiction immediately captured .landry , and we can't wait until the rest of the world is obsessed as we are.
Welcome to CLA, !

And welcome ! and .smith.writer were so excited to sn**ch up a Desi ownvoices book full of Djinns and wishes!

02/05/2024

We're looking for "cinematic books", but what exactly does that mean? How can you make your book more cinematic? Create characters who feel like best friends, antagonists we love to hate, and memories that stay with us long after we have read them as if they were our own. Define the goals, stakes, and tension of your characters to help boost the cinematic potential of your manuscript and leave us wanting more. If you have a cinematic book, we want to see it!

01/31/2024

Congratulations are in order for many on our team! Kendyll, , .a.ross, and worked so hard as apprentices and have done wonderfully with their clients! We're so excited to see what they do next as Associate Literary Agents! , and .smith.writer proved passionate and hardworking interns and we look forward to helping them grow their own client lists as Literary Agent Apprentices!

01/15/2024

More in New Year, New is excited to grow her list in and If you're able to comp some of her favorite books, she'd love to hear from you!

01/12/2024

This week’s query tip piggybacks off of the last one of 2023; they’re both all about maximizing your sample pages. Everyone has had that moment: you go to attach the first five pages of your manuscript to your query, only to discover that page five ends midsentence or in the middle of a thought. What to do then? Don’t leave us hanging: include the rest of that sentence or paragraph! Each agent tailors the number of sample pages they request to provide them with enough material to efficiently evaluate your work, but we’re not rigid about that page break. While sneaking in a bunch of additional material won’t fool an agent into reading more (or give them warm fuzzies for your project), we absolutely want you to finish your thought by wrapping up that final sentence that began on page five. Alternatively, if it makes more sense to cut the sample a bit short, leaving us hungry to know what happens next, please do! But above all, please don’t be afraid of that ledge, and put your best foot forward.

12/20/2023

✨New Client Alert! ✨

We are excited to welcome to our Corvisiero family! His writing caught the attention of and , and we are so happy to have him join our client list.

12/11/2023

We’ve all heard one of the most ubiquitous pieces of writing advice out there: avoid passive voice. While not every sentence needs to be in active voice, we agree that the liveliest stories, the ones that put the reader right in the middle of the action, utilize active verbs and strong nouns to their fullest extent. When a story employs too much passive voice, the reader can begin to feel like they’re being told the story from a distance. As a result, the story may fail to capture the reader’s attention and they’ll put it down. Accordingly, searching your manuscript for passive voice can be an effective way to identify sections with too much “telling” or exposition. Liven those sections up, and ensure that you hook your reader.

12/08/2023

You've polished and honed your first five pages for submission, so don't sell them short! Before attaching the requested number of sample pages to your query, first remove any front matter, like tables of contents or long epigraphs, to make sure we get to see as much of your story as possible. We want to read your narrative, so use the entire space allotted on content – not extras.

12/08/2023

The next query citique giveaway from our Authorpeneur services is from our VP, and Senior Literary Manager. Tessa is accepting queries for both novels and Film/TV screenplays!! Please be sure to follow the instructions in the graphic, particularly commenting a friend, so we can keep track of who's entered! Good luck all!

12/06/2023

Next on our Best Books of 2023 is ! She really loved NIGHTBITCH

12/05/2023

✨️Maggie is giving away a free query critique!✨️ She loves personalization in her query letter. If you follow our pinned post and enter for your chance at a free query critique, you could find out what else agents love in queries!

11/29/2023

✨New Clients Alert! ✨

We are excited to welcome and to our Corvisiero family! Their writing caught the attention of and and respectively, and we are so happy to have them join our client list.

11/27/2023

Writers and loved ones, our Authorpreneur Workshop tickets are hugely discounted for Cyber Monday and Tuesday. This will be the best price ever available with 50% off! Don't miss it. Treat yourself or give the gift of knowledge!

11/27/2023

Writers and loved ones, our Authorpreneur Workshop tickets are hugely discounted for Cyber Monday and Tuesday. This will be the best price ever available. Don't miss it. Treat yourself or give the gift of knowledge! www.corvisiero.com (Find link in our bio)

11/21/2023

How many times have you heard an agent or editor say that they were initially drawn to a manuscript by the main character’s unique voice? Voice can be such a tricky craft issue to tackle because it often feels ineffable, like it’s impossible to pin down the precise techniques and tools that a writer can use to establish that voice.

Those techniques and tools are many – word choice, sentence structure, and more – but underlying all of that is the basic truth that you must first make space in your story for your character to use their voice. One of the best ways to do that is to put your character’s thoughts directly on the page – in their voice – as they think them. When you shortcut their thought process by summarizing their conclusions, you’re depriving your character of a critical opportunity to speak directly to your readers. Who better to draw readers in to your story than the quirky, vibrant character who’s living it?

11/15/2023

:rotating_light:New Client Alert!:rotating_light:

We are excited to welcome to our Corvisiero family! Her dystopian literary fiction captured the attention of and Kendyll Drilling, and we are so happy to have her join our client list.

11/07/2023

Congratulations ! Get BEFORE I'M GONE today! https://www.amazon.com/Before-Im-Gone-Heidi-McLaughlin-ebook/dp/B0BSNW6TP3/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=LC9JAIB77282&keywords=before+im+gone+heidi+mclaughlin&qid=1699381754&sprefix=before+im%2Caps%2C191&sr=8-1

11/06/2023

“Show don’t tell” is one of the oldest craft rules out there. While it sounds simple in theory, however, in practice this advice can be tricky to implement. Especially when it comes to spotting told prose in your own work! We’ll be exploring the nuances of topic over the next several weeks, and hope it’ll help you make your work even stronger.

Of course there is a place in every story for some “told” prose, because sometimes incidents need to be summarized for story flow and pacing, but if you’ve ever had someone tell you your story contains too much “telling,” this series is for you.

For this first week we’re starting out with “show don’t tell” at its most basic: to make your story come to life, show us your characters’ actions in scene, not summary. Your goal as an author should be to immerse the reader in each scene and make them feel as if they’re experiencing it together with your characters.

For a deeper dive into show don't tell, check out Understanding Show, Don't Tell (And Really Getting It) by Janice Hardy. And stay tuned for more tips in the coming weeks!

11/03/2023

From bestselling author and comes the MAZE CUTTER sequel THE GODHEAD COMPLEX November 14th! Pre-order yours today!

10/31/2023

From bestselling author comes THE GODHEAD COMPLEX November 14th! Pre-order yours today!

10/25/2023

Podcast had as a guest! Learn something new about

Link to video:
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Link to audio:
https://player.captivate.fm/episode/32012bb0-0eea-44a0-82bb-f79114631305

10/23/2023

Most authors start their search for comp titles with books from the same genre or with similar themes. But don’t forget that books with a similar tone or mood can be great comps too – even if they don’t match the subject matter of your book! And don’t limit your search to your genre; a book from a different genre, or even a movie or tv show, can be a great choice too. Or best of all: choose a couple of comp titles that are similar to your book in different ways, and explain to the agent how they fit. For instance: “this manuscript combines the time travel and historical exploration of BACK TO THE FUTURE with the cozy autumn vibes of A VERY SECRET SOCIETY OF IRREGULAR WITCHES.” Yes, please!

In choosing your next read, what two titles would you most like to see combined? Let us know in the comments!

10/11/2023

What does your first line need to accomplish?

Mostly, it just needs to make us want to read the second one. Easier said then done, we know.

(Writing is hard! Ugh!)

But what else should you think about including in your first line?

If you're writing fantasy or sci-fi, consider how you can elicit setting and world without over-describing it.

If you're writing a suspense, thriller, or horror, how can you create the mood in that first line?

If you're writing upmarket or literary, how can you show deep character connections or symbolism in that first sentence?

But remember, first and foremost, that first line needs to make us want to read the second line.

What else can you add to your first sentence to deepen the reader's experience?

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