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Literary agent. Abolitionist (http://christiansforabolition.org ). Student theologian. Learning to organize. Let's tell revolutionary stories together. She/her

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    1. Hannah Bowman‏ @hannahnpbowman 31 May 2019

      Musings from my queries: 1) I'd forgotten that killer plants are one of my favorite tropes. 2) Ask yourself "has this 'regular person becomes magical creature'" idea been done before? How is my version different?"

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    2. Hannah Bowman‏ @hannahnpbowman 31 May 2019

      3) A lot of people's worldbuilding is way too complex (at least for me, at least to share in a query). I want a deep and fully-realized world, but if it reads like a D&D manual, something's gone off the rails

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    3. Hannah Bowman‏ @hannahnpbowman 31 May 2019

      4) I'm always going to be a hard sell on feminist girl-power YA or fantasy written by a man. Sorry! You might be the brilliant exception, but I approach it with a hermeneutic of suspicion…

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    4. Hannah Bowman‏ @hannahnpbowman 31 May 2019

      5) It is VERY VERY difficult to write fully realized epic fantasy in less than 100k words. If your fantasy novel is 70-80k, I am skeptical. (It could work! But I'm skeptical!) OTOH, it's almost impossible to write a book too long for me to consider.

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    5. Hannah Bowman‏ @hannahnpbowman 31 May 2019

      6) 80% of the queries I reject are "this concept has been done to death/doesn't interest me/doesn't sound good." The other 20% are "this could work but this writer clearly can't pull it off yet."

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    6. Hannah Bowman‏ @hannahnpbowman 31 May 2019

      7) I am almost always going to skip or skim your opening paragraph with general info and all your comps. Actually, in general, I'm probably going to read your query out of order, looking for a) good sense of voice and world in word choice etc. b) major plot beats that excite me

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    7. Hannah Bowman‏ @hannahnpbowman 31 May 2019

      8) No. Humanoid. Aliens. Without. Explanation.

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      Hannah Bowman‏ @hannahnpbowman 31 May 2019

      9) YA is almost un-sellable. Ask yourself: why is my book YA? You may find that it does not need to be. (This is especially true for SFF stories)

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        2. Hannah Bowman‏ @hannahnpbowman 31 May 2019

          10) I am never the right agent for pseudoscience, New Age spirituality, or "Bible prophecy."

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        3. Hannah Bowman‏ @hannahnpbowman 31 May 2019

          (This includes anything about religion which uses the word "quantum." Not for me.)

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        4. Hannah Bowman‏ @hannahnpbowman 31 May 2019

          11) Your title matters more than you think it does. But your comps matter less, and no comps are better than ones that aren't the right fit.

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        5. Hannah Bowman‏ @hannahnpbowman 31 May 2019

          12) if your prologue is part of the story, DO NOT LEAVE IT OUT OF THE SAMPLE PAGES. If it's not, leave it out of the book. (I like prologues though)

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        2. Ilana C. Myer‏ @IlanaCT 31 May 2019
          Replying to @hannahnpbowman

          I’m surprised to hear this about YA. Is it a recent development?

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        3. Shawn Speakman‏ @ShawnSpeakman 31 May 2019
          Replying to @IlanaCT @hannahnpbowman

          Right. I just finished a YA/adult SF&F hybrid novel that @TerryBrooks and @robinhobb think is largely YA, based on their readings. Now I’m scared to death it skews too YA — taking me out of the adult market too. haha Time to write the next book, I guess. ;)

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        2. Hannah Bowman‏ @hannahnpbowman 31 May 2019
          Replying to @mlcfrench

          The market is totally oversold and has been for years. So many books already on shelves it's really hard to sell anything new.

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        2. Lisa Dunn‏ @AuthorLisaDunn 31 May 2019
          Replying to @hannahnpbowman

          Given the saturation of the YA market, what would you advise writers to do with stories that can't be aged up? Small press? Wait five years?

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        3. Hannah Bowman‏ @hannahnpbowman 31 May 2019
          Replying to @AuthorLisaDunn

          Understand why you’re writing YA. If the book is truly YA, keep trying. (It’s not impossible! Just difficult and what I like doesn’t sell!) Otherwise, write something new in a different genre.

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