Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Rhian Parry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚 @dearrhian.bsky.social · Aug 7

Six weeks and SEVEN(?!) offers of rep later, I’m thrilled to announce I’m now represented by Lauren Gardner at @belllomaxmoreton.bsky.social 🥳🥂Lauren’s vision for this book is unmatched, as is her enthusiasm for my autistic ghoul and the woman he’s pathetic for!

Editors, watch this space 🌊✨🥀

Rhian Parry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚 @dearrhian.bsky.social · Jun 30

✨Author News ✨

After amicably parting with my agent, I’m seeking new representation w/ A MORTAL DROWNING, my academic rivals to lovers romantasy ft. #ownvoices autistic rep, gothic undertones, Welsh folklore (& big 5 editor interest!)

#Agents hit me up if you’re intrigued 👀

3

Rhian Parry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚 @dearrhian.bsky.social · Jul 14

Being LGBTQ+ and getting diagnosed with autism and a chronic illness within the span of a year is incredible work if I may say so myself, I just know the anti-woke brigade are frothing at the mouth to condemn me

2

Rhian Parry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚 @dearrhian.bsky.social · Jul 9

A MORTAL DROWNING, my academic rivals to lovers romantasy ft. #ownvoices autistic rep, gothic undertones, Welsh folklore & big 5 editor interest is sitting pretty with 8 full manuscript requests (& 1 partial) after just 3 weeks of querying - and now, behold it in ✨meme form✨

#UnhingedPit #F #R #Q

3 12

Rhian Parry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚 @dearrhian.bsky.social · Jul 9

I see your toxic shadow daddy and raise you a sopping wet, pathetic loser so obsessed with the FMC (who’s literally immortal btw) that he nearly 💀 himself multiple times to protect her - while also being hunted by a deity drowning a nation in search of him 🤡

#UnhingedPit #Q #F #R

1 2 15

Rhian Parry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚 @dearrhian.bsky.social · Jul 9

Competing for magic that’ll save you from your immortal ex is fine until you fall for your academic rival - worse yet when he needs it to evade the deity drowning a nation in search of him 💀🥀

With 8 full requests (and 1 partial) in under 3 weeks, behold AMD in ✨meme form✨

#UnhingedPit #Q #F #R

3 19

Rhian Parry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚 @dearrhian.bsky.social · Jun 30

✨Author News ✨

After amicably parting with my agent, I’m seeking new representation w/ A MORTAL DROWNING, my academic rivals to lovers romantasy ft. #ownvoices autistic rep, gothic undertones, Welsh folklore (& big 5 editor interest!)

#Agents hit me up if you’re intrigued 👀

1 1

Rhian Parry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚 @dearrhian.bsky.social · Jun 20

Finally got my query inbox below 500, got another full request for my own book (no other agent respond so I can maintain my 100% request rate plz), my chronic illness is actually behaving for once, the sun is shining, and I’m spending the weekend in the countryside!! WAR IS OVER

2

Rhian Parry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚 @dearrhian.bsky.social · Jun 13

Nah 2025 is actually cursed, my glass shower screen just exploded for no reason?! To top it off, this was just after I came back from a not fun medical procedure 😭

1

Rhian Parry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚 @dearrhian.bsky.social · Jun 6

Playing up my Welsh accent while in Scotland this weekend to make it VERY clear where my loyalties lie (read: in pursuit of a Celtic union)

1

Rhian Parry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚 @dearrhian.bsky.social · Jun 5

The boots I ordered aren’t going to arrive in time for the weekend, so if you see me wearing vans that are literally split in half at @cymerafestival.co.uk no you don’t x

2

Rhian Parry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚 @dearrhian.bsky.social · Jun 4

My job is great because in what other industry could I possibly attend business meetings and repeatedly refer to shadow daddies without anyone batting an eyelid

Rhian Parry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚 @dearrhian.bsky.social · Jun 4

Everyone go read my querying advice! NOW!! 🏃‍♀️ I promise I know what I’m talking about (most of the time) 😇

(and while you’re there, subscribe to the TBP substack - it’s a GOLDMINE for bts publishing info and advice) #WritingCommunity

The Blair Partnership @tbpagency.bsky.social · Jun 4

Our FIFTH Substack is now live! This highly informative piece is not one to miss! 🥰🥳

read it here: thenotsosecretagents.substack.com/p/how-to-fin...

1 8

Rhian Parry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚 @dearrhian.bsky.social · Jun 3

Cackling over the fact that when I visited family this weekend, my mum (who has no context of this book) referenced this art and commented on how lovely she looks but that he’s ‘a bit unnerving’ - hats off to Essie (the artist) for so perfectly nailing these characters’ vibes 💀

Rhian Parry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚 @dearrhian.bsky.social · Apr 19

And here’s the art by itself ✨ (as #PosterPit was me hard launching it!!)

My autistic sunlight deprived ghoul and his all-consuming obsession, a solar goddess whose strength is her softness. Their dynamic is literally this: ☀️🧎🏻‍♂️

(this is actually him smiling btw)

Art by khal_essie on 📸

A woman with long, golden hair, amber eyes, freckles across her nose and cheeks, golden skin, and white flowers in her hair. She has a warm expression, and is holding an old green book and wearing a scarlet dress. Standing behind her is a man with dark, messy hair, deep blue eyes, pale skin, and sharp features. He’s frowning with his hands in his pockets, and is wearing a white shirt with leather braces.

The image is stylised like a painting with a dark, stormy black and grey background, and features smudges and paint streaks that help create a dreamy sort of vibe to the portrait

1

Rhian Parry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚 @dearrhian.bsky.social · Jun 3

I’ve got a 4.5 hour train journey on Friday (and another on Sunday) and I am so excited, I LOVE long train journeys! The books I can read!! The writing I can do!!!

1

Rhian Parry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚 @dearrhian.bsky.social · May 30

God I love wales, I’ve been home a few hours and I’ve already been given a walkthrough tour of someone’s new (illegally) encrypted firestick, and somebody nicknamed ‘Dave the House’ had been referenced multiple times

1

Rhian Parry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚 @dearrhian.bsky.social · May 30

Best thing about pivoting to working in publishing are the reactions I get when I tell other people in the industry that my degree’s in business management, I previously worked at a tech start up, and I had a former career in management consultancy because bestie I’m confused too

Rhian Parry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚 @dearrhian.bsky.social · May 25

Hay Festival is all over my TikTok fyp at the moment and it’s making me SICK with jealousy

Rhian Parry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚 @dearrhian.bsky.social · May 24

I was obsessed with lilo & stitch when I was little and for some reason my child brain interpreted the Elvis references and Elvis-inspired soundtrack as him being Hawaiian, when I tell you I was STUNNED when I discovered he was a white man from Mississippi 😭

1 4

Rhian Parry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚 @dearrhian.bsky.social · May 23

Can the 15 people ahead of me in my library’s queue for sunrise on the reaping please cancel their reservations, I’m losing my patience x

1

Rhian Parry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚 @dearrhian.bsky.social · May 20

Hello 999, I’ve been watching videos of Michael Sheen talking about Wales until it made me want to cry again

1

Rhian Parry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚 @dearrhian.bsky.social · May 20

God really does give his toughest battles to his strongest soldiers (it’s hair wash day)

1

Rhian Parry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚 @dearrhian.bsky.social · May 18

If I see one more author justify using gen AI art by framing it as a class issue, I’m going to scream!! I did NOT spend years in the wattpad trenches making my own covers with nothing but the free version of canva and a dream for this discourse (and dare I say, they’re not bad??)

3

Rhian Parry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚 @dearrhian.bsky.social · May 16

I rarely take breaks from writing and every time I do I remember why I don’t because someone tell me why I’ve spent this evening wandering aimlessly between my bedroom and living room like a forlorn victorian ghost

1

Rhian Parry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚 @dearrhian.bsky.social · May 15

When I say I want gothic vibes in my submissions inbox, I mean this. Literally at the timestamp pictured too, thanks x

1

Rhian Parry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚 @dearrhian.bsky.social · May 15

Still thinking about the pyramid scheme interview I overheard at a cafe the other day where the interviewer stated their interests as stock investment, football, and reading self-improvement books without any irony whatsoever

1