Esty

CLOSED TO QUERIES* literary agent @HowlandLit • faculty @ringlingcollege • AALA • MFA • sweet + ungovernable • ✡️📚💗🍉 •

[Esty @estywrites]

quick links, friends
MSWL : https://t.co/MZ0IiXYYD3
Query : https://t.co/eD0C4cG93m
Pinterest : https://t.co/MgXE9RXIib

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@J_McCaffrie WHAT THE HELL THAT IS TERRIBLE!!

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some men improve the world only by leaving it — Oscar Wilde

[Recruit_Queen @RetaSpeaks]

News flash!

THERE ARE NO APES IN THE LION KING.

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Fuck ICE

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@JaniliseLloyd Selling a gorgeous pair of books? Fantastic.
Signing the major contract on your birthday??!! PRICELESS.
Forever glad to have been party to this amazing journey! ♥️

[Esty @estywrites]

🔔 Congratulations to my amazing client @JaniliseLloyd on her 2-book deal with Feiwel + Friends 🎉 So over the moon for this wonderful author! 🔔
Congratulations, Janilise ♥️
Can’t wait for the world to read these books!🪄💕📖

[Janilise Lloyd @JaniliseLloyd]

I’ve been keeping a secret, and I’m so excited to finally share!!🎉 I’ve signed a two-book deal with @FeiwelFriends for a YA fantasy series to be released in early 2027!🥳

#BookDeal #yafantasy #fantasyauthor #authorlife #amwriting #amwritingfiction

[Esty @estywrites]

@MadisonScalera Not my meme arsenal paying off 😭🎉 thanks Mads

[Esty @estywrites]

Everybody’s closing to queries for the year soon.
Not me.

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@KateAltonWrites 🫶🏼

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@KateAltonWrites I do YA romantasy if that helps!

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@Rynpwrites No rush! Enjoy your holiday
🥰

[Esty @estywrites]

Cannot emphasize enough: what I’m looking for in queries are *stakes*.
Why is this happening?
What if it goes off the rails?
Why care?
What’s at risk?
Everyone’s queries have themes. Themes alone don’t sell agents, editors, publishers, or the reading public. 1/2

[Esty @estywrites]

@Rynpwrites Hey Ryn!
Idk honestly, but you specifically are welcome to email me a query if I’m closed. Sound good? Thanks for saying hi! Have a great weekend and a sweet holiday 🥰

[Esty @estywrites]

@BookFairyAngus Thanks my friend

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@writerickallden A pass from me means neither necessarily—only that I don’t know of the ideal editor to whom I’d submit your manuscript.

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@GabrielleSaraP @PenguinTeen Let’s gooooooooo! 💃🏻

[Esty @estywrites]

📣 Deal Announcement Time! 📣 Ecstatic for my brilliant client @GabrielleSaraP whose next fantastic YA romance arrives from @penguinrandom soon! Happy to finally let this cat out of the bag 😉
Feeling so lucky to have read this gem. Can’t wait for you to read, too!
Congrats, G!

[G. S. (Gabrielle) Prendergast🦄 @GabrielleSaraP]

Finally can spill the beans on this! I can’t wait for you all to meet Molly and Tom ❤️❤️❤️🐈‍⬛🤦🏻‍♀️✨ Thank you @estywrites and @penguinteen

[Esty @estywrites]

sitting on some deal announcements

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@ECLChristy It’s a great pitch! I hope you’ll consider sending my way when it’s polished.

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@author_clentz I’m gonna be honest, I don’t really care where you put plot details as long as I can tell you put together a complete story with a beginning, middle, and ending + change + stakes which is satisfying to genre reader expectations. I want to know you can land the plane. Period.

[Esty @estywrites]

@HK00896259 This is a great resource: https://t.co/B4zzjziNSm

[Esty @estywrites]

@RandyZabel When I’m reading a query, I’m looking to understand what the main character stands to lose and why and how they’re compelled to move the plot forward. I’m not sure how those stakes shift. But it’s something to make sure the author can identify, amplify, and answer with action.