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Founder & Agent, Headwater Literary Management. Host of the award-winning Print Run Podcast. AALA Member. Publishers Weekly industry MVP. She/her & Ms/Mx. Closed to Queries.
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Not seeing near enough tributes on the TL today from podcasters, given that it's the 100-year anniversary of the creation of the microphone. Ungrateful swine

New First Pages Show is up! This month we've got: -MG Fantasy -adult futurist -adult fantasy adventure We talked about fast, active openings, and how best to use dialogue in a poignant way early in stories. CW for this episode: weight, scales,related anxiety www.patreon.com/posts/februa...

We're recording a big ol first pages critique show this morning! If you ever wanted to know what runs through an agent's mind when they open your manuscript, this shows you!

Sometimes, your business partner just needs to come to your house and eat your Easter peanut butter m&ms and watch Batman movies before work

I literally could not imagine a worse way to sign clients, thanks

Please enjoy a short video of a tiny pit bull eating some banana

Increasingly, I have no truck with the mealy mouthed claims that even if AI isn't good for art, it is good for business writing. My spouse just tried to use ChatGPT to write a work bio (he didn't want to "bother me") and that shit was corny as hell! Half the sentences didn't actually say anything!

Prince of Clay is out! And that means it’s time for the last (and a bit of a bonus) portrait by @data2048.bsky.social: Azrael from Skyfarer, whose actions still shake events a year later. You can buy the book now direct from Falstaff right here: falstaffbooks.myshopify.com/products/pri... #booksky

When you have a friend with a resin printer, it’s only a matter of time until things start getting silly

This is in one hour!

Hi friends! I am hosting Office Hours tonight at 5p.m. CST! This is a free, open event where you can come hang out and ask any publishing or writing questions you have! www.patreon.com/posts/februa...

INVITE US TO TALK TO THE YOOTS! HELL, INVITE US TO TALK ANYWHERE!

We got a fabulous question from a listener on @printrunpodcast.bsky.social the other day that led me to wonder if signing with an agent is primarily an artistic, ethical, or business decision (particularly in the present moment). I hope you give it a listen. on.soundcloud.com/JU7aeKLaxPAH...

Last month we did a query-critique donation drive to raise some money for an org focused on trans kids. That money finally hit our account (no we aren't doing fraud, Paypal), and so it's been donated to the Trans Youth Equality Foundation, in particular their Trans Youth Emergency Fund.

Last week the windchill was -40. Now it’s 40F. I opened the windows.

NEW EPISODE What We Owe Each Other The culture is shifting, and not for the better. How do we make sure that the people we are in publishing relationships with really have our backs, and how can we make sure to have theirs? on.soundcloud.com/AdAgq81rMJsY...

recording an episode of "Print Run Podcast"

I've always loved romance characters who are not really nice and frankly not very good people. Caroline Bingley is the OG mean girl and actually the very most perfectest person to get a life-changing HEA 😍

I feel like I’m about to discover someone’s wearing a mask or has a bomb or has a pool with friggen sharks with friggen lasers attached to their friggen heads

Ok so this is very much Not The Point but I just noticed how reposts on truthsocial are called “retruths” and uh, wow is there a lot to unpack there

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It is 69 days exactly (heh) until my sapphic regency romance THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET launches! 🌺🌸 Featuring: - 'only one bed' trope 🛏️ - slow burn ❤️‍🔥 - gardening gays 👩‍🌾 - a surprisingly sturdy pianoforte 🎹 PLEASE TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS!

Love to play the “why is there blood on the floor and who did it come from” game! Do you have a guess? It was Betty! (she’s fine and didn’t notice)

This is in 27 minutes! Free office hours/Q&A with a literary agent!

Hi friends, Office Hours are BACK! Erik is hosting a FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC zoom today! Come ask your questions, or just come hang out!