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Joe Hessert
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Seeking Representation for my Middle Grade Fantasy Debut | MFA, Iowa Writers’ Workshop
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A poor farm boy earns a place at a magical academy, discovers a long-forgotten magic his teachers cannot control, and must choose between using it to save the queen or hiding it to save his life.

📕 Middle Grade Fantasy Debut
with 📚 Series Potential

#QuestPit #Q #MG #F
First time doing an agent pitch event. Really wasn't my thing. I wasn't clear what to do, and the whole thing felt so far removed from the experience of writing/editing my first book.

So I went to the library.

Now my 9yo is reading next to me on the couch, my wife is reading to my 6yo. Better. 📖
January 31, 2026 at 9:37 PM
A poor farm boy earns a place at a magical academy, discovers a long-forgotten magic his teachers cannot control, and must choose between using it to save the queen or hiding it to save his life.

📕 Middle Grade Fantasy Debut
with 📚 Series Potential

#QuestPit #Q #MG #F
#KidLit #AmQuerying
January 31, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Reposted by Joe Hessert
A poor farm boy earns a place at a magical academy, discovers a long-forgotten magic his teachers cannot control, and must choose between using it to save the queen or hiding it to save his life.

📕 Middle Grade Fantasy Debut
with 📚 Series Potential

#QuestPit #Q #MG #F
January 31, 2026 at 1:34 PM
A poor farm boy earns a place at a magical academy, discovers a long-forgotten magic his teachers cannot control, and must choose between using it to save the queen or hiding it to save his life.

📕 Middle Grade Fantasy Debut
with 📚 Series Potential

#QuestPit #Q #MG #F
January 31, 2026 at 1:34 PM
📖 I'm querying my middle-grade fantasy debut ✍🏼

What if the greatest warrior in the kingdom was a ten-year-old boy?

A poor farm boy earns a place at a magical academy, discovers a power stronger than his teachers, and must choose between using it to save the queen or hiding it to save his life.
January 23, 2026 at 2:30 AM