@allielevick.bsky.social
Senior literary agent at Writers House, LLC. I believe in books. Always learning. Opinions are my own. She/Her. Open to queries the 1st-7th each month. Profile image by Monica Arnaldo
@allielevick.bsky.socialCurrently reading: THE KNAVE AND THE MOON by Rachel Gillig
@allielevick.bsky.socialCurrently reading: INTERIOR CHINATOWN by Charles Yu
@allielevick.bsky.socialYep!
@allielevick.bsky.socialSeptember reads: SALTCROP by Yume Kitasei THE WOODS ALL BLACK by Lee Mandelo THE KNIGHT AND THE MOTH by Rachel Gillig THE RED WINTER by Cameron Sullivan DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL by Matt Dinniman STRANGE HOUSES by Uketsu
@allielevick.bsky.socialHi all! I’m very late going through #DVPit pitches, but I will be perusing today! If I 💗 your pitch and you feel we could be a match, please send your query and first 25 pages to me at alevick(@)writershouse(.)com.
@stephlaubooks.comReposted by @allielevick.bsky.socialHi #KidLitArtPostcard! I'm Steph, and I like stories full of misfits and mischief. My 2nd picture book, Medusa's Pet Rock, just came out last week.
@allielevick.bsky.socialCurrently reading: THE RED WINTER by Cameron Sullivan
@allielevick.bsky.socialAs early as they’ll allow me into the process, often I can tell them if I think one idea is more viable than another or if they have a major editorial problem and save them time/energy.
@allielevick.bsky.socialIt’s a consideration, but not the only consideration!
@allielevick.bsky.socialI would suggest pitching this as an early reader or chapter book as you have here! And go to agents who are either calling out that they are looking for such projects or those who rep MG and PB!
@allielevick.bsky.socialDepends on how you left things with the R&R agent. Some request an exclusive R&R so while you may be able to keep the existing mss out with agents, you wouldn’t be able to share the new material under that agent passed. Each situation is a little different though so this very much depends. #AskDV
@allielevick.bsky.socialYes there’s a great amount of info online about query letters! I personally feel the format is helpful to get the information I need to set my expectations for reading the pages.
Sometimes people want to get jazzy with it and write form the characters POV but that is just confusing to me!
#AskDV
@allielevick.bsky.socialI think you’ll find the most folks in the tried and true locations. I personally don’t intend to get a litconnect account because that becomes yet another thing I need to remember to manage.
Email queries still work amazingly well! Query manager is great too! Pitch events like this are fab!
#AskDV
@allielevick.bsky.socialOh I love this.
@allielevick.bsky.socialPopular with readers! It feels hard to sell to publishers.
@allielevick.bsky.socialI love when folks hone in on some common themes between seemingly
disparate works!
@allielevick.bsky.socialI think it’s much less contested now than it was a few years ago. My gut would still be pitch as adult with crossover appeal (but obviously that is project dependent!).
@allielevick.bsky.socialI ask myself and my clients whether each scene is serving multiple functions in the story and if not whether we could combine some moments and make them pull double duty! #AskDV
@allielevick.bsky.socialI don’t think so! #AskDV
A tight word count can be great these days!
@allielevick.bsky.socialI’m going to give a major caveat that ALL of my answers on #AskDV are just my opinion! They are most certainly *not* publishing law 😂
Can’t wait to see those questions!