#Book

Naomi Davis, Literary Agent (she/they)

NaomisLitPix

A quick #querytip about how I read queries and why I need ALL the info I ask for in QM. First, I read the query. If it's not immediately clear

Eloho 🌱🇳🇬

ElohoGM

"I plan to read more" is a common new year's resolution.There's a general consensus that reading more is *always* good.I disagree.That's only true if you're reading too little. A lot

Tess Sharpe

sharpegirl

Your agent's reputation and connections is absolutely key to getting your book into the right hands. If your goal is the Big 5, if your goal is a writing career,

Gareth Damian Martin

JumpOvertheAge

A thread on @simonstalenhag's The Labyrinth, released via Kickstarter last year. Simon's art is so widely shared, yet the narrative aspect of his work is often overlooked. I wanted to

Fabio Rojas

fabiorojas

1/ Social theory without superheroes: Why should teach theory, not canon. This thread is based on this nice interview by @kylethegreen https://thesocietypages.org/theory/2021/02/06/fabio-rojas-on-theory-for-the-working-sociologist/ 2/ In so

Lux Beatrice, live from the tangerine grove 🍊🐁🦇

lux_beatrice

I'm gonna be salty.Before you ask, it's prompted by long observation of fandom and no situation in particular, don't ask me for the tea.I'm tired with how side characters are

Mark O’Brien

mobrienbooks

I am once again asking people who want to be literary agents not to open their own literary agencies when their qualifications for doing so are “I have an English

Laura Heffernan

LAHeffernan

I will never tire of my kid's astonishment and glee when he encounters something he read about in a book elsewhere: in another book, in conversation, in the world. Been

Kaitlyn Greenidge

surlybassey

I keep coming back to that one person trying to defend that nyt reporter using the n-word with "what if he was reading student's hucklberry finn???" First off, he wasn'tsecond,

Suzanne Zeedyk

suzannezeedyk

THREAD. For those seeking to understand t violence in America, a key component is Christian Nationalsm, which "merges Christian identity with national identity: to be American is to be Christian....Trump

John Ma

Nakhthor

What this leaves out is how Millar writes an essay on how to do Roman history from below, and indirectly (e.g. from the experience of the Greek cities)-- a paradox

Melanie "Wear a Damn Mask!” Padgett Powers

MelEdits

A book and reading thread ... I see a few people sheepishly admitting they didn't read any books last year or read very few. I'm here to say that this

Kate Harding

KateHarding

Thread: In no particular order, 13 books by independent presses available from 13 independent bookstores I love #indiesXindies 1/13 My Autobiography of Carson McCullers, by @JennShapland, pub. @Tin_House . Buy

Sara Gibbs

Sara_Rose_G

To everyone disappointed about the BBC comedy job today. Yes, it’s a wonderful opportunity & opens a lot of doors. But it’s not the only opportunity. I was never well

Spooky Sailor Mer(Kaye)ry

gildedspine

Honestly, sometimes I think people think those of us with platforms and book deals and agents and connections were like...born or emerged somehow into this industry fully formed?It doesn't work

Helen Pluckrose

HPluckrose

Attention, Twitter. I need input. I now have a publisher interested in our project to produce a book in which black intellectuals summarise the work of their favourite black intellectual

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