Eric Smith
@ericsmithrocks.bsky.social
🏠 Founder & Agent at Neighborhood Literary.
📚 Award-winning Author.
👴🏽 Perpetually Tired Dad.
Latest book: With or Without You (a Junior Library Guild selection!), out now!
🚪 https://www.neighborhoodliterary.com
📚 Award-winning Author.
👴🏽 Perpetually Tired Dad.
Latest book: With or Without You (a Junior Library Guild selection!), out now!
🚪 https://www.neighborhoodliterary.com
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Eric Smith
@ericsmithrocks.bsky.social
· Mar 18
Come on in. — Neighborhood Literary
Well, here we are. The news is out, the agency is open. Welcome. There’s a lot to potentially say in an introduction post. But I’ll try to keep it short and sweet. I’ve always been driven to make...
www.neighborhoodliterary.com
So excited to finally talk about Neighborhood Literary, an agency with an extra focus on taking care of our local writer communities.
🏠 The door is open.
🫖 The kettle is on.
✨ Come on in.
Good neighbors make good books. www.neighborhoodliterary.com/blog/come-on...
🏠 The door is open.
🫖 The kettle is on.
✨ Come on in.
Good neighbors make good books. www.neighborhoodliterary.com/blog/come-on...
Reposted by Eric Smith
Also shoutout to @katwithsword.bsky.social who has seen SO MUCH of my early drafts to make sure they work before I send to @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social or my editorial team. You should hire her for freelance editing, I would not exist without her great brain! www.kathowardbooks.com/editing
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Also shoutout to @katwithsword.bsky.social who has seen SO MUCH of my early drafts to make sure they work before I send to @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social or my editorial team. You should hire her for freelance editing, I would not exist without her great brain! www.kathowardbooks.com/editing
ICYMI: Last week @sarahmackattack.bsky.social shared some big news!
NEARBY NATURE, heading your way in 2027. 🦝
NEARBY NATURE, heading your way in 2027. 🦝
November 24, 2025 at 11:54 PM
ICYMI: Last week @sarahmackattack.bsky.social shared some big news!
NEARBY NATURE, heading your way in 2027. 🦝
NEARBY NATURE, heading your way in 2027. 🦝
Lots of folks are gonna be sending “hey it’s almost the end of the year” nudges and follow-ups, regarding their pitches and art and stuff that’s so close to their hearts.
Be gentle with them. ❤️
Be gentle with them. ❤️
November 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of folks are gonna be sending “hey it’s almost the end of the year” nudges and follow-ups, regarding their pitches and art and stuff that’s so close to their hearts.
Be gentle with them. ❤️
Be gentle with them. ❤️
Trauma bonding with all the parents at drop off today as we all seemed to have watch All Her Fault over the weekend.
November 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Trauma bonding with all the parents at drop off today as we all seemed to have watch All Her Fault over the weekend.
Remember as you gear up for family gatherings this week, if anyone asks “are you still doing that writing thing?” you ARE entitled to challenge them to single combat.
November 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Remember as you gear up for family gatherings this week, if anyone asks “are you still doing that writing thing?” you ARE entitled to challenge them to single combat.
So our latest “making publishing less scary” event was standing room only by the end, and @katemckean.bsky.social was just so wildly brilliant. What a great afternoon.
My lil’ agency will be back with more events like this in the New Year. Thanks for supporting this! ❤️
My lil’ agency will be back with more events like this in the New Year. Thanks for supporting this! ❤️
November 23, 2025 at 2:22 AM
So our latest “making publishing less scary” event was standing room only by the end, and @katemckean.bsky.social was just so wildly brilliant. What a great afternoon.
My lil’ agency will be back with more events like this in the New Year. Thanks for supporting this! ❤️
My lil’ agency will be back with more events like this in the New Year. Thanks for supporting this! ❤️
Annual reminder that I don’t think anyone works harder than @runwithskizzers.bsky.social
ok so a cool thing I haven't posted about but can finally shout from the rooftops is.....
✨HOUSE OF HARKNESS IS COMING OUT IN PRINT!!✨
It's out next summer from Graphix/Scholastic, and I cannot *wait* and!! You can preorder it right now >>
💫 bookshop.org/p/books/hous...
✨HOUSE OF HARKNESS IS COMING OUT IN PRINT!!✨
It's out next summer from Graphix/Scholastic, and I cannot *wait* and!! You can preorder it right now >>
💫 bookshop.org/p/books/hous...
November 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Annual reminder that I don’t think anyone works harder than @runwithskizzers.bsky.social
Tomorrow!!!
Hey friends, just a reminder to my local crew that we’re hosting the one and only @katemckean.bsky.social at American Grammar on Saturday!
It’s a free AMA! Come get those publishing questions answered from one of the best. www.neighborhoodliterary.com/neighborhood...
It’s a free AMA! Come get those publishing questions answered from one of the best. www.neighborhoodliterary.com/neighborhood...
Kate McKean at American Grammar — Neighborhood Literary
Join Neighborhood Literary as we host our friend Kate McKean (Morhaim Literary Agency) at American Grammar for an AMA session and a discussion about her latest book, Write Through It , a guide abou...
www.neighborhoodliterary.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Tomorrow!!!
Some exciting news from @sarahmackattack.bsky.social! 🎉
Big news: I’m writing a book!!
I’ll be writing & illustrating a beginner’s guide to appreciating wildlife in cities/suburbs, & how all of us can make our neighborhoods better for those animals.
Thank you to my book agent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social & the folks at Storey for believing in this book!
I’ll be writing & illustrating a beginner’s guide to appreciating wildlife in cities/suburbs, & how all of us can make our neighborhoods better for those animals.
Thank you to my book agent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social & the folks at Storey for believing in this book!
November 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Some exciting news from @sarahmackattack.bsky.social! 🎉
Finished up a client contract for something (!!!) and was struck by the fact that the book will exist when my three month old is like, two years old.
Ah, publishing.
I measure you in swaddles and onesies and very tiny socks.
Ah, publishing.
I measure you in swaddles and onesies and very tiny socks.
November 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Finished up a client contract for something (!!!) and was struck by the fact that the book will exist when my three month old is like, two years old.
Ah, publishing.
I measure you in swaddles and onesies and very tiny socks.
Ah, publishing.
I measure you in swaddles and onesies and very tiny socks.
Sometimes I search for old band t-shirts on eBay, for groups I loved growing up, and they come up alongside descriptions like “Y2K fashion!” and my back goes out.
November 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Sometimes I search for old band t-shirts on eBay, for groups I loved growing up, and they come up alongside descriptions like “Y2K fashion!” and my back goes out.
A huge part of an agent’s job is knowing the very specific things our editor friends are looking for and enjoy.
And as someone actively trying to work with more of the musicians I love, a lot of my emails lately are like…
“Were you also a Warped Tour kid in the early 2000’s?”
And as someone actively trying to work with more of the musicians I love, a lot of my emails lately are like…
“Were you also a Warped Tour kid in the early 2000’s?”
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A huge part of an agent’s job is knowing the very specific things our editor friends are looking for and enjoy.
And as someone actively trying to work with more of the musicians I love, a lot of my emails lately are like…
“Were you also a Warped Tour kid in the early 2000’s?”
And as someone actively trying to work with more of the musicians I love, a lot of my emails lately are like…
“Were you also a Warped Tour kid in the early 2000’s?”
Hey friends, just a reminder to my local crew that we’re hosting the one and only @katemckean.bsky.social at American Grammar on Saturday!
It’s a free AMA! Come get those publishing questions answered from one of the best. www.neighborhoodliterary.com/neighborhood...
It’s a free AMA! Come get those publishing questions answered from one of the best. www.neighborhoodliterary.com/neighborhood...
Kate McKean at American Grammar — Neighborhood Literary
Join Neighborhood Literary as we host our friend Kate McKean (Morhaim Literary Agency) at American Grammar for an AMA session and a discussion about her latest book, Write Through It , a guide abou...
www.neighborhoodliterary.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Hey friends, just a reminder to my local crew that we’re hosting the one and only @katemckean.bsky.social at American Grammar on Saturday!
It’s a free AMA! Come get those publishing questions answered from one of the best. www.neighborhoodliterary.com/neighborhood...
It’s a free AMA! Come get those publishing questions answered from one of the best. www.neighborhoodliterary.com/neighborhood...
Reposted by Eric Smith
I'm regularly asked about how authors can get involved writing for their favorite franchises like Star Wars and Star Trek. WELL HERE YOU GO, I break it all down in this one-hour discussion with the excellent @andibartz.bsky.social as part of her Substack. open.substack.com/pub/andibart...
"Professionals associated with that IP are gonna be like, 'I don't want to work with that person. They seem like a dick.'"
A detailed, candid convo about writing IP books with bestseller Mike Chen
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I'm regularly asked about how authors can get involved writing for their favorite franchises like Star Wars and Star Trek. WELL HERE YOU GO, I break it all down in this one-hour discussion with the excellent @andibartz.bsky.social as part of her Substack. open.substack.com/pub/andibart...
👀
In cool-but-vague news to get your week started. Star Wars audiobooks always have top-notch production and performances, but fans of Outlaws are going to LOVE who's involved with Low Red Moon.
I can't say more yet but you can preorder now:
readstarwars.com
I can't say more yet but you can preorder now:
readstarwars.com
Star Wars Books
The complete Del Rey books collection
readstarwars.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:29 AM
👀
I love the escapism and wish-fulfillment of video games. My character can sleep and wake up refreshed and energized? Wow. Oh, to live in this fiction.
November 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I love the escapism and wish-fulfillment of video games. My character can sleep and wake up refreshed and energized? Wow. Oh, to live in this fiction.
So excited about this. 🥹
Watch tonight's @criticalrole.bsky.social for more on the just-announced Mighty Nein anthology. Respectfully, I'm having a blast writing a cozy adventure about everyone's favorite shopkeeper Pumat Sol (and Pumat Sol and Pumat Sol and Pumat Sol).
November 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
So excited about this. 🥹
Reposted by Eric Smith
“TWC Live! Literary Agents on Publishing in a Time of Unrest” premieres TONIGHT at 7:00 p.m. ET! See @frecklywench.bsky.social, of Aevitas Creative Management, Danya Kukafka of Trellis Literary Management, and @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social of Neighborhood Literary on AWP’s YouTube channel.
TWC Live! Literary Agents on Publishing in a Time of Unrest
TWC Live! returns November 13, and this time literary agents will be expanding on June’s Big Conversation in the magazine: “Publishing in a Time of Unrest.”
www.awpwriter.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
“TWC Live! Literary Agents on Publishing in a Time of Unrest” premieres TONIGHT at 7:00 p.m. ET! See @frecklywench.bsky.social, of Aevitas Creative Management, Danya Kukafka of Trellis Literary Management, and @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social of Neighborhood Literary on AWP’s YouTube channel.
Magic the Gathering novels in the mid 90s.
Hear me out.
There was a chunk of time when I wasn’t into books anymore as a kid, and then the Magic the Gathering novels brought me back in.
Anytime I see someone rag on media tie ins, I tell them how they can be such a gateway for reluctant readers. ❤️
Hear me out.
There was a chunk of time when I wasn’t into books anymore as a kid, and then the Magic the Gathering novels brought me back in.
Anytime I see someone rag on media tie ins, I tell them how they can be such a gateway for reluctant readers. ❤️
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Magic the Gathering novels in the mid 90s.
Hear me out.
There was a chunk of time when I wasn’t into books anymore as a kid, and then the Magic the Gathering novels brought me back in.
Anytime I see someone rag on media tie ins, I tell them how they can be such a gateway for reluctant readers. ❤️
Hear me out.
There was a chunk of time when I wasn’t into books anymore as a kid, and then the Magic the Gathering novels brought me back in.
Anytime I see someone rag on media tie ins, I tell them how they can be such a gateway for reluctant readers. ❤️
Reposted by Eric Smith
It's our book birthday! Kid Olympian: Winter is (adorably) illustrated by Allison Steinfeld. Thanks to my editor @jamteayang.bsky.social and to agent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social for making this book happen!
Join us in welcoming OLYMPIANS: WINTER by <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4jp76gyapp3ckkplgwmar3sf" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@robinstevenson.bsky.social to the world! 👋🌎📙
This book tells the triumphant, relatable, and totally true childhood stories of a diverse group of international athletes!
Get your copy now!
https://www.quirkbooks.com/9781683693932/kid-olympians-winter/
This book tells the triumphant, relatable, and totally true childhood stories of a diverse group of international athletes!
Get your copy now!
https://www.quirkbooks.com/9781683693932/kid-olympians-winter/
November 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
It's our book birthday! Kid Olympian: Winter is (adorably) illustrated by Allison Steinfeld. Thanks to my editor @jamteayang.bsky.social and to agent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social for making this book happen!
Lots of folks on Threads are talking about the staggering amount of scammer emails from people pretending to be book clubs, reviewers, and more.
Seems like the endgame is eventually getting you to pay a good chunk of money for promotions and readers that likely don’t exist.
Be careful out there.
Seems like the endgame is eventually getting you to pay a good chunk of money for promotions and readers that likely don’t exist.
Be careful out there.
November 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Lots of folks on Threads are talking about the staggering amount of scammer emails from people pretending to be book clubs, reviewers, and more.
Seems like the endgame is eventually getting you to pay a good chunk of money for promotions and readers that likely don’t exist.
Be careful out there.
Seems like the endgame is eventually getting you to pay a good chunk of money for promotions and readers that likely don’t exist.
Be careful out there.
Reposted by Eric Smith
did you know that most independent booksellers do not get healthcare through their jobs and navigate insurance markets on their own? do you know most independent booksellers don't make a lot of money?
anyway for no particular reason here's a reminder to donate to BINC: bincfoundation.org
anyway for no particular reason here's a reminder to donate to BINC: bincfoundation.org
Home - Binc Foundation
The Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation and Macmillan Publishers are proud to announce that applications are open for the Macmillan Booksellers
bincfoundation.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
did you know that most independent booksellers do not get healthcare through their jobs and navigate insurance markets on their own? do you know most independent booksellers don't make a lot of money?
anyway for no particular reason here's a reminder to donate to BINC: bincfoundation.org
anyway for no particular reason here's a reminder to donate to BINC: bincfoundation.org
Great, cannot wait to wake up to fundraising emails with subject lines like “we’re not giving up!” asking me for $3 after completely letting us down.
November 10, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Great, cannot wait to wake up to fundraising emails with subject lines like “we’re not giving up!” asking me for $3 after completely letting us down.
❤️
I had two moments happen in the past week that helped me regain clarity on my author successes and efforts. Because publishing makes it really easy to feel in a void. Short thread:
1) For a proposal, @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social had me gather my career milestones/praise. It was eye opening to review
1) For a proposal, @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social had me gather my career milestones/praise. It was eye opening to review
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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