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Rebecca Matte

@rebeccamatte.com

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Literary Agent & Contract Manager Bradford Literary Agency. Legal Counsel for ANSI. Freelance Attorney with Matter Services LLC. Always a nerd. She/her. www.rebeccamatte.com, www.bradfordlit.com Instagram: @rlmatte_litagent

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Rebecca Matte @rebeccamatte.com · Nov 9

Hello new friends!

For those who don't know me: I'm a literary agent at @bradfordagents.bsky.social, repping adult/YA SFF & romance. I currently have 8 incredible clients and am horribly late on queries looking for more.

You can find my MSWL here or on my website, and I'll post here with updates.

Rebecca Matte – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website

www.manuscriptwishlist.com

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Rebecca Matte @rebeccamatte.com · 11h

I’m having some lingering Covid brain fog and pain, so I wasn’t as thorough today as I would have liked! But I do open to queries on October 12, and I do encourage anyone who think I might be a good match to query me then!

Thanks everyone for your amazing books and pitches 💖

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Rebecca Matte @rebeccamatte.com · 16h

Depends on the person, but for me the answer is yes! I go to conventions and am going to try to travel to book events (with reason and means) as long as I can!

Rebecca Matte @rebeccamatte.com · 16h

I love to hear @courtney-floyd.com talk about her debut, and now you can see why too:

Check out the Big Idea behind HIGHER MAGIC wherein Courtney dives into how academia expects you to be a floating brain: whatever.scalzi.com/2025/10/08/t...

Many thanks to @scalzi.com for sharing his platform!

The Big Idea: Courtney Floyd

Though neurodivergent people tend to love the world of academia and absorbing information, the systems and structure of higher education is often antithetical to the needs of differently abled peop…

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Rebecca Matte @rebeccamatte.com · 18h

@courtney-floyd.com ‘s debut novel HIGHER MAGIC is officially out in the world and available for purchase!

HIGHER MAGIC is dark academia art at a public grad school, feat. A talking skull, unions and fighting institutional ableism in academia!

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Higher Magic

Check out Higher Magic - <strong>"<em>Higher Magic</em> is my catnip. By what dark arts I know not, Floyd has summoned up a wonderful wizard-grad-school slice-of-life, replete with organizing, romance...

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Rebecca Matte @rebeccamatte.com · 19h

Happy book birthday to @courtney-floyd.com and HIGHER MAGIC!

Thrilled to be at the launch party to celebrate Courtney and her wonderful debut with friends, skulls, and chocolate!

@htpbooks.bsky.social

Beautiful brick building with arches, and a sign in front reading “Book Launch Courtney Floyd HIGHER MAGIC”

Photo of myself and Courtney in the library, holding HIGHER MAGIC

Image of Courtney standing behind a table stacked with copies of HIGHER MAGIC, along with stickers and skulls

Courtney and a blond woman sit on high chairs before an audience speaking about HIGHER MAGIC, with a copy of the cover between them

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Rebecca Matte @rebeccamatte.com · 20h

I’m so excited for #DVPit (though I am going to try to be somewhat reasonable)!!

If I like your pitch, please send your query and first 10 pages to: QueryTracker.net/query/RMatte...

And remember this is but one way to be recognized, so enjoy the day and keep up the amazing work!

Query Rebecca Matte at Bradford Literary Agency

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Rebecca Matte @rebeccamatte.com · 1d

I mean….Hera…

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Courtney Floyd @courtney-floyd.com · 1d

Newsletter post - in which I celebrate my very first BOOK DAY, share some of the moments that made up my debut year, and remind you to claim your digital swag if you preordered.

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Rebecca Matte @rebeccamatte.com · 3d

Casual views on my drive to Vermont today

Country road in Vermont around a bend with an inn to the left and varied foliage ahead

Tree hanging over a lake, with reflections of fall foliage in the water and a boat on land

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Courtney Floyd @courtney-floyd.com · 4d

Happy Saturday! I did a Q&A with The Nerd Daily, in which I talked about my publishing journey and disclosed what I sort of things I wrote as a 7 or 8 year old.

Q&A: Courtney Floyd, Author of 'Higher Magic' | The Nerd Daily

We chat with author Courtney Floyd about Higher Magic, which follows a struggling mage student with intense anxiety must prove that classic literature contained magic—and learn to wield her own storie...

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Courtney Floyd @courtney-floyd.com · 5d

Chatting with @maxgladstone.bsky.social about Higher Magic was such a full circle moment for me. His feedback on the first few chapters of an early draft at Viable Paradise helped me unlock the R&R that got me my fantastic agent, and the rest is history... or debut year, anyway. 💚

In a Way, the Skull is an Assistive Technology

An Interview with Courtney Floyd, author of Higher Magic

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Rebecca Matte @rebeccamatte.com · 6d

Oh hey that’s me :)

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Rebecca Matte @rebeccamatte.com · 7d

Congrats on the move!!

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Courtney Floyd @courtney-floyd.com · 11d

10 days until HIGHER MAGIC is out! I loved the way @mkhardywrites.com did their countdown with snips from their novel, so I’m doing that, too.

In this snippet, Bartleby is practicing describing her exam spell with her mentor. It’s… not going great. @htpbooks.bsky.social @htphive.bsky.social

A quote graphic featuring a decorative image of the moon, the skull from HIGHER MAGIC’s cover, and the following text: HIGHER MAGIC
"I used algorithm-and rune-enhanced
Markov Chains to train a spellwork construct to identify common patterns in early novels and grimoires from the same period. Once it's fixed, it should. caught myself, tried again. "It will generate new narrations using those patterns and, hopefully…. um… definitely?"
I cleared my throat, wishing I could shed another layer. The office felt at least ten degrees hotter than it had been when I'd walked in.
OUT IN 10 DAYS.

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Rebecca Matte @rebeccamatte.com · 12d

My e-bike was a game changer - in Brooklyn it means I can get everywhere without worrying about public transit. I used to commute on it over the bridge, and it works when my body doesn’t.

Also aside from upfront cost, which is big, it saves a ton of money over time.

Rebecca Matte @rebeccamatte.com · 16d

Oh it's chronic, so it's always up and down! Though I did just make it through a bout of covid, so I am actually feeling better right now, thank you! :)

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Courtney Floyd @courtney-floyd.com · 17d

pspsps only a few more hours to enter the goodread giveaway for HIGHER MAGIC, y'all www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Book giveaway for Higher Magic by Courtney Floyd Sep 01-Sep 21, 2025

Enter to win one of 5 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Sep 01-Sep 21, 2025. Enter for a chance to win 1 of 5 finished reading copies of HIGHER ...

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Rebecca Matte @rebeccamatte.com · 19d

Heads up #amquerying: I will be open to queries from *October 12-19*, or until I reach 500 queries.

I am just about through the 500 queries I received in June - it has taken me 4 months due to health, working 3-3.5 jobs and making sure I have some balance remaining.

Thanks for understanding!

Rebecca Matte @rebeccamatte.com · Jun 5

In advance of reopening to queries on *June 13* to marginalized creators, I have updated my Manuscript Wishlist on my website.

Most of my wishlist remains perennially true, but I wanted to pull out some things I'm especially excited to see right now:

#mswl #amquerying #amwriting #writingcommunity

Manuscript Wishlist — Rebecca Matte | Matter Services, LLC

www.rebeccamatte.com

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Rebecca Matte @rebeccamatte.com · 22d

You know what makes covid super confusing? Getting it at likely the same exact time your vaccine booster side effects kick in, so now you're a week past exposure and been sick for four days and have no idea when you actually got it.

Or maybe that's just me.

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Rebecca Matte @rebeccamatte.com · Sep 8

My apartment is really being stretched to its limits right now - four people, on four calls, happening in four different rooms all at the same time.

On an unrelated note: I am feeling massively overstimulated by too many people for too much time.

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Courtney Floyd @courtney-floyd.com · Sep 3

Oh, hey, the B&N preorder sale is back now through the 5th. Get HIGHER MAGIC at 25% off and help me keep Max rolling in treats. #BNPreorder @barnesandnoble.com @htpbooks.bsky.social

A graphic featuring Max, my black and white English Springer Spaniel, staring soulfully into the camera. A thought bubble near him reads more preorders, more treats. The graphic is titled Higher Magic is On Sale.

A graphic featuring the cover of HIGHER MAGIC and foxglove line art that reads Barnes & Noble 25% Off Preorders 9/3 - 9/5 use code PREORDER25. US B&N Rewards and Premium Members Only.

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Rebecca Matte @rebeccamatte.com · Aug 29

Hey y'all - please don't send me queries by email (to either Bradford or my business). I hate having to delete them, but I can't accept queries outside QM.

I'm not sure how my agency email got spread around, but the number of queries has skyrocketed recently. Please stick to QM - I will open soon

Rebecca Matte @rebeccamatte.com · Aug 29

Cook and host at a friend's house!

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Rebecca Matte @rebeccamatte.com · Aug 27

I have an agent instagram: @rlmatte_litagent

Because my IRL life involves many babies and friends, I’m pretty protective of my privacy on my main insta. But I want to engage with you all there as well as here, so I made a new one!

So come find me there, if you want, and we’ll talk books :)

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Rebecca Matte @rebeccamatte.com · Aug 28

I’m sure he’s devastated at that outcome 😋