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is adult mystery with speculative elements a thing? in pitches it’s hard to decide which ones to focus on. Coz it’s a murder mystery but with some paranormal elements

In gothic and horror YA, how quickly do you need the unsettling element to show up in the first pages? #askdv

Hii! In your opinion, what makes a DVPit pitch stand out? Is it the stakes, the voice, the comps, or something else entirely?
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Considering that MG is skewing shorter lately, how do you balance minimizing the word count with adding enough detail, introspection, etc. to bring the characters and story to life? #AskDV #MG #F #ND

As a neurodivergent writer who has learning disabilities. How do I go about addressing agents that I have this? How can we work together as a write who is Dyslexic to make it a smooth journey? #AskDV #F #MG #YA #ND

Would you consider a DVPit author based outside the UK or USA for publishing?
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Will the agents and editors be of diverse background? Will there be any agents or editors from Australia? When can we find out who the agents participating are? #AskDV

Hii! How early do agents expect the inciting incident in a romantic fantasy?
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upmarket is super popular right now - are more commercial, plot-driven books harder to sell? Or are they more popular in specific genres? #AskDV #DVpit

Is Southern Gothic still something you're actively looking for in YA, or has the market shifted toward different kinds of dark fantasy? #askdv

Aside from filler words, looking at scene, subplot, and character could help. Do all scenes do at least two things: advance the plot, show theme, raise the stakes, and/or help character(s)? Could any character be combined and/or cut? What purpose does a subplot serve to the overall narrative? #AskDv

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For a debut adult epic fantasy, is 125–130k generally acceptable, or would agents prefer authors to split a structurally complete manuscript mainly because of word count?

#AskDV How would you suggest querying an #MG project that you envision as having spot illustrations when you are not an illustrator?

Keep in mind that your book will be shelved in one section of a bookstore rather than on multiple shelves. An agent can help refine that category before subbing your book, but I'd consider what might be the primary genre, i.e. a horror with romantic elements, or a romance with horror elements #AskDV

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Is adult epic fantasy currently a difficult market for agents/editors, or is there interest in it? Do you expect that to change in the near future?

#askdv Do agents prefer historical fiction characters to have period accurate beliefs or do they prefer the characters to have modern beliefs? (MC is a 9th century monk and his worldviews reflect the setting. I'm wondering if this is off putting for current audiences.)

For black-centered historical fantasy, what feels fresh to you right now, and what are you seeing too much of? #askdv

If LGBTQ+ fiction is not a genre in and of itself, what is it? Do you have any advice for classifying the genre of an LGBTQ+ book when its queer elements butt heads with expected genre tropes? For context, I am working on a queerplatonic "romance." #askDV

How will agents and editors deal with culturally sensitive topics/storyline? #AskDV