We appreciate you!

Have you ever wondered how to write a bestselling novel?

We were lucky enough to speak with Julie Soto, NYT and USA Today bestselling author of The Thrashers, on just this topic.

Joined by Jessica, Julie, and her book coach, we got the inside scoop!

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Just like clockwork, #kidlitchat day is here! Join us here on Bluesky today and every Tuesday at 9 PM Eastern/6 PM Pacific for an hour of chat with your #kidlit friends and family (and strangers, I suppose. But that won't last). We all hope you can join us. And I'll see you then!

Which genre do you work with?

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Excited to host a free #MSWL event for #memoir writers. We hope you'll join us!

👇Sign up here:

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Congratulations to our very own @juliekingsley.bsky.social!

Why does it take SO long to get an agent?

We discuss the common misconception that silence from an agent means rejection--and what in the world agents are doing when NOT replying.

When is it "no response no" and when is it a rejection? Tune in to find out!

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The Manuscript Academy has invented a game show! The first one is members only. Interested in membership? Here's a direct link to sign up: manuscriptacademy.com/membership

Something cool about this business is that there is often joy and connection in unlikely places. Just reading the (very!) kind, patient notes back to my rejections--telling me about their lives, offering me a cup of tea if I visit their towns--is enough to make one feel better about the world.

Live Queries & Pages Panel + Interactive Critique Partner Networking!

Booking link: manuscriptacademy.com/product/live...

Looking for a Manuscript Academy critique from one of our top experts? May is a super time to get ready for submission.

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Meetings open in 20 minutes for members!

We're thrilled to welcome @borahaze91.bsky.social and @jemiscoe.bsky.social to faculty, and have a big month of special events--including a live agent feedback panel with @livivanov.bsky.social that includes a critique partner afterparty. 🎉 evt.to/eiggaeuew

We're so happy for you, Kathryn!!

Every panel is full of incredible work--and to be chosen from among those pages is a great honor.

So happy you like the certificate, and hope the included confetti wasn't too terrible to vacuum! 😃

Do you need help going to a YES in publishing? We've go the class for you!

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#mswl #mswlma

There's almost always a moment, in editing, that feels like when you'd started cleaning out your closet and, suddenly, everything is on the floor.

You wonder if you should have just left it alone. The door closed! Now it's a mess.

Expect this stage. It's scary, but you need it.

What an amazing panel today! @janechunlit.bsky.social was a fabulous guest agent!

Such beautiful proof today that zooming in close on details, on exactly the tiny moments that make a reader feel, can do more for comprehension and trust than any amount of “So forty years ago…” telling on page one.

Will check out!

I'm heading to the book store tomorrow to restock! Tell me what you're reading. Should I put it on my list?

Thinking of our query inboxes! 👀

Check out our team's #mswl and who's currently open to #queries.

Currently open: Tamar & @loveleemonicaa.bsky.social
Opening soon: @jsinsheim.bsky.social

View our submission guidelines: buff.ly/P2lftqZ

Just catching up at the Manuscript Academy. We have plenty of critiques left for April. Grab one while you still can!

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This works great with our friend NYPL (the New York public library)! I have three micro book groups going so far—one literary fiction, one romance, one nonfiction. You can both put in a hold at the same time and you’ll be on the same schedule! And circulation is good for libraries. 📚🥰

We're so happy it was helpful! Thank you J.P.! ☕️

Saw this wonderful quote at the always excellent Philadelphia Museum of Art this weekend.

Music, art and literature are an escape to a saner, more balanced world, and we need them now more than ever.
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I heard this warning twenty-five years ago in college. So frustrating.