Rhian Parry 🏴📚
@dearrhian.bsky.social
Romance & Fantasy author 🧚🏼♀️💖| Literary Agent 📖| Cymraes 🏴| She/her | https://linktr.ee/Rhianparry
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 🌊✨🥀
Editors, watch this space 🌊✨🥀
✨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 👀
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 👀
August 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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 🌊✨🥀
Editors, watch this space 🌊✨🥀
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
July 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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
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
#UnhingedPit #F #R #Q
July 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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
#UnhingedPit #F #R #Q
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
#UnhingedPit #Q #F #R
July 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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
#UnhingedPit #Q #F #R
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
With 8 full requests (and 1 partial) in under 3 weeks, behold AMD in ✨meme form✨
#UnhingedPit #Q #F #R
July 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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
With 8 full requests (and 1 partial) in under 3 weeks, behold AMD in ✨meme form✨
#UnhingedPit #Q #F #R
✨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 👀
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 👀
June 30, 2025 at 10:48 PM
✨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 👀
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 👀
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
June 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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
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 😭
June 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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 😭
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)
June 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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)
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
June 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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
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
June 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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
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
(and while you’re there, subscribe to the TBP substack - it’s a GOLDMINE for bts publishing info and advice) #WritingCommunity
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June 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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
(and while you’re there, subscribe to the TBP substack - it’s a GOLDMINE for bts publishing info and advice) #WritingCommunity
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 💀
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 📸
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 📸
June 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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 💀
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!!!
June 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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!!!
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
May 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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
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
May 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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
Hay Festival is all over my TikTok fyp at the moment and it’s making me SICK with jealousy
May 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Hay Festival is all over my TikTok fyp at the moment and it’s making me SICK with jealousy
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 😭
May 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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 😭
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
May 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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
Hello 999, I’ve been watching videos of Michael Sheen talking about Wales until it made me want to cry again
May 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Hello 999, I’ve been watching videos of Michael Sheen talking about Wales until it made me want to cry again
God really does give his toughest battles to his strongest soldiers (it’s hair wash day)
May 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
God really does give his toughest battles to his strongest soldiers (it’s hair wash day)
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??)
May 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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??)
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
May 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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
When I say I want gothic vibes in my submissions inbox, I mean this. Literally at the timestamp pictured too, thanks x
May 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
When I say I want gothic vibes in my submissions inbox, I mean this. Literally at the timestamp pictured too, thanks x
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
May 15, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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