SlushWire: Weekly Literary Agent Alerts & Writing Community Highlights Saturday, 04-26-2025
Summary
Total Alerts: 77
Reddit Posts: 22
Bluesky Posts: 41
Agent Openings: 4
Active Agents: 10
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Reddit Posts
AI’s opinion (o4-mini-high) of its own readiness to replace gatekeepers (e.g., literary agents.)
Comments: 5 | Upvotes: 0
Preview: Please, before you react strongly, understand that the purpose of these experiments is to perform unbiased investigations. What AI can and cannot do is a fascinating topic and a subject of ongoing research. The degree to which it knows that it knows and what it does not know—it is still not perfect at second-order knowledge; the “hallucination” problem, though avoided here, is …
Having trouble gauging how query is going.
Comments: 14 | Upvotes: 4
Preview: I’ve been querying my debut novel for about two months now. I have sent out 15 queries and gotten 7 rejections. I know it’s early but I’m starting to get worried. I was hopeful because I had an agent at a pitch say my query was one of the best she’s ever read (but ended up rejecting) and was in a critique group where everyone raved about my opening pages, saying how they were o…
[Discussion] Sub Story: Celebrating Smaller Book Deals
Comments: 37 | Upvotes: 81
Preview: When my agent first sent me the North America offer, all I could think was *where are the rest of the zeroes?!* lol I’ve spent the past year learning as much as I can about the highs and lows of traditional publishing so I could mentally prepare for this industry. This community, podcasts, author youtubes—you name it, I’ve devoured it. There would be no rose-coloured glasses f…
Bluesky Posts
#writingcommunity
Creating buzz for your novel can start well over a year before you publish. You are likely to have a selection of swag early in this process to hand out to random strangers to ‘spread’ your title name, cover image, story…
#writingcommunity
💸🧠 #ndkidlitauction LIVE: Bid: full picture book manuscript critique by @mollimakes.bsky.social champ.ly/LusJM1jB #picturebooks #diversebooks #childrensbook #autism #autismacceptance #adhd #neurodiversity #writingcommu…
#10queries
It’ll take more time than you might want to spend, but Query Shark is a wealth of information (though older). Absolute Write Water Cooler’s Query Letter Hell will give you advice threads & lots of crit examples. The RevP…
#pubtip
Here is my #AskAuthor question for all you in the #WritingCommunity: How did you get your first #writing gig? (A paying assignment or contract) #Writesky #PubTip #Publishing…
#MSWL
Book Broker — an interview with Malaga Baldi “Anarchy rules in my house. I have many manuscripts circling above me.” darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/b… #amwriting #amquerying #mswl…
#MSWL
“Seeking paradigm-shifting nonfiction on psychology, history, current affairs, science, politics, narrative journalism, nature and the environment, wellness, spirituality, economics, mathematics, parenting, lifestyle, an…
#AskAgent
I got an #AskAgent ?? that was basically will I reject a query from someone w/ different politic views. And the short answer is—if you don’t think some of my authors have the right to exist—yes, I will reject. We won’t…
#AskAgent
Anyone interested in an #AskAgent elliptical session? Post questions below and I’ll do my best to get them while on the elliptical. Yes, typos will happen!…
New Agent Openings
Katie Gisondi – Laura Dail Literary Agency, Inc.
Agency: Laura Dail Literary Agency
Bio: Katie Gisondi is a literary agent with the Laura Dail Literary Agency. She graduated from Hamilton College in 2020 with a BA in Creative Writing. Before fin…
Susan Hawk – Upstart Crow Literary
Agency: Upstart Crow Literary
Sales: Young Adult:|Susan Metallo’s debut REASONS TO HATE ME| following a humorous autistic theater nerd who attempts to distract slut-shaming high school bullies by pu…
Bio: Susan Hawk is a literary agent with Upstart Crow Literary. She has worked in children’s books for over twenty-five years. Her clients include Rachael Allen, author of multiple Y….
Clients: Rachael Allen| Ruth Spiro| Sarah Tolcser| Shelley Tougas| Lisa Tyre|Most Recent Sales / Forthcoming books|Young Adult:|Susan Metallo’s debut REASONS TO HATE ME| following a humor…
Katie Gisondi – Laura Dail Literary Agency, Inc.
Agency: Laura Dail Literary Agency
Bio: Katie Gisondi is a literary agent with the Laura Dail Literary Agency. She graduated from Hamilton College in 2020 with a BA in Creative Writing. Before finding her home at LDLA sh…
Susan Hawk – Upstart Crow Literary
Agency: Upstart Crow Literary
Sales: Young Adult:|Susan Metallo’s debut REASONS TO HATE ME| following a humorous autistic theater nerd who attempts to distract slut-shaming high school bullies by publicly posting her ow…
Bio: Susan Hawk is a literary agent with Upstart Crow Literary. She has worked in children’s books for over twenty-five years. Her clients include Rachael Allen, author of multiple YA…
Clients: Rachael Allen| Ruth Spiro| Sarah Tolcser| Shelley Tougas| Lisa Tyre|Most Recent Sales / Forthcoming books|Young Adult:|Susan Metallo’s debut REASONS TO HATE ME| following a hum…
Active Agents
Fuse Literary
Agency: Fuse Literary
Sales: Like a Sister| Missing White Woman (six-figure deal)|Fateless by Julie Kagawa (six-figure deal)|Storm Dragons by Julie Kagawa (six-figure deal)|Side Trip by Kerry Lonsdale (seven…
Bio: Igniting Author Careers Fuse Literary is a full-service| hybrid literary agency based in the Silicon Valley with offices in New York| Texas| California| and Canada. We blend…
Clients: Julie Kagawa (NYT/USA Today Bestseller)|Kerry Lonsdale (six-figure deal; #1 Kindle Bestseller)|Brian D. Anderson (first six-figure audiobook subright deal for an indie author)|Tob…
Laura Rennert
Agency: Andrea Brown Literary Agency Inc
Sales: BEST-KNOWN PROJECTS| Keeper of the Lost Cities series| by Shannon Messenger — New York Times Bestseller| Publishers Weekly Bestseller| and USA Today Bestseller | She Who Became …
Clients: Laura’s recent client deals include Shelley Parker-Chan | | Laura’s recent client deals include Shelley Parker-Chan, Catherine Ryan Hyde, Ellen Hopkins and Shannon Messenger. Lau…
Gordon Warnock
Agency: Fuse Literary
Sales: MY BIG| FAT DESI WEDDING by Prerna Pickett (January 2024)LIES WE TELL OURSELVES by Steena Holmes (January 2024)WHERE BUTTERFLIES WANDER by Suzanne Redfearn (February 2024)THE PERF…
Bio: | Gordon completed his English degree, with a focus on Creative and Professional Writing, with the California State University Sacramento. He later went onto work for Andrea Hurst Lit…
Clients: | Allison Alsup| Anne Belov| Brian Boxer Wachler M.D.| Kyle Cassidy| Tanya Chernov| Amber Cowie| Brianna Craft| Joan of Dark| Patricia V. Davis| Mike Dawson| Nan DeMars| Sachi…
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