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Slushwire Week 13 - 203 alerts for writers:

👽 Reddit: 34
🦋 Bluesky: 130
📋 Critiques: 30
🕵️ Agents: 7
📬 Openings: 2

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📖🦈 Query Shark anyone?

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From the 👽 r/writing archives:

Instead of VERY

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Drawing up a list of agents to query, naturally I want to narrow it down with some kind of selection criteria. What's on their wishlist, what's their preferred genre, and the like.

Just realised I've been subconsciously favouring agents with high ratios of tattooed clients :D
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Today's 🦈 Shark action:

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From the 👽 r/publishing 👽 Hall of Fame:

Is it true that most queries agents receive from novelists a...

https://www.reddit.com/r/publishing/comments/ghfzzu

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Reeled in by 💌 Slushwire:
Agent Kemi Ogunsanwo opened to queries at https://querytracker.net/agent/11922

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Write winning query letter to editors, agents When submitting your short story or article to a magazine or your novel or non-fiction book to a literary agent or publisher, you almost certainly will need to write a query letter. The goal o…

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Two literary agents are now reading TWINLESS! #querytrenches #writing

Classic from r/PubTips 👽 Top 200:

[Discussion] Book deal secured!!! Aussie debut mystery autho...

https://www.reddit.com/r/PubTips/comments/1o6q25u

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coming back after 5 months of silence to post some exciting memes #querying #querytrenches

Grab some popcorn for these #mswl films! 🍿⬇️

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cannot overstate how 📖🦈 the value of Query Shark

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✉️ part of yesterday's haul for writers in the trenches:
Post from @jenichappelle.bsky.social:
bsky.app/profile/jenichappelle.bs...

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all-time top 200 r/publishing throwback:

Unconventional tips for getting into the industry

https://www.reddit.com/r/publishing/comments/m6lggg

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I'm getting an 'A' in querying!

Status for You're Gonna Love It Here - 92.3%

Lou loses his job, his money, his home, and the woman he loves—and that’s before the FBI raid. mlsussman.com

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IT SHOULD'VE BEEN YOU will ABSOLUTELY have a playlist. 🎧

And for my #elderemo #millennials, it's going to be 🔥

If I had to pick a song, though, I'd pick "Nevergreen" by Voila feat. Kellin Quinn @kellinquinn.bsky.social

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I woke up happy… Because I got my first full request for FATHER FIGURE! 🤗💚 #querytrenches #queryingauthor

CROSSROADS explores the darker corners of Kabbalah not as solace, but as a blade, turning law, ravaged flesh, and ravenous spirit into one brutal interrogation of what remains when both Heaven and Hell demand your surrender.

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🦈 Query Chum:

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Just dropping a handy little breadcrumb:
"[PubQ] If I receive an offer from a dream agent, do I nee..."
https://www.reddit.com/r/PubTips/comments/1rywo2r

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Stella called them plant pouches, or more grandly, “Plant Power Pouches,” and believed that they were a potent combination of the language of flowers, a magical spell, and a medicine bag. Alli thought they were “Nothing but faux-pourri!” #cozymystery #amquerying #capecodhydrangeafest #querytrenches

Can you imagine how much quicker I’ll write Punk Rock, Princess once I get out of the query trenches? 🙃 #writingcommunity #amquerying #querytrenches

SlushWire - Weekly writing opportunities digest

Slushwire Week 12 - 127 alerts for writers:

👽 Reddit: 15
🦋 Bluesky: 69
📋 Critiques: 29
🕵️ Agents: 14
📬 Openings: 0

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REMINDER to querying writers - STUDY Query Shark 📖🦈:

https://queryshark.blogspot.com/2019/09/

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From the 👽 r/publishing archives:

Got my first publishing job!

https://www.reddit.com/r/publishing/comments/1j8h38r

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I've been practicing reading my query out loud. It's somehow alarming to notice what looks good on paper doesn't always look as good when spoken. I've known that for years, and it still surprises me. #writerlife #ColoradoWritersWorkshop #queryletter #SFFwriter #debut #querytrenches

Weekly wisdom from the Query Shark 📖🦈:

https://queryshark.blogspot.com/2018/03/301.html

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This line from It Should've Been You never fails to make me cry.

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