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Vicky Weber - Agent, Author, Educator 📚

@vickyweberbooks.bsky.social

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Literary Agent at CMA ❤ Publishing Coach + 🇵🇷 Children's Book Author repped by Amy Giuffrida @kissbyink.bsky.social 👉 Query me: http://querymanager.com/vweber 👉 Writing/Publishing Advice: www.athomeauthor.com 👉 www.vickyweber.com

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Vicky Weber - Agent, Author, Educator 📚 @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social · Sep 3

I’m sad to share that starting Sept 15, I’ll be pausing unsolicited queries through the end of the year 💙 I’m still happy to consider referrals or connect at a conference or pitch events. Thanks for understanding!

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Vicky Weber - Agent, Author, Educator 📚 @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Publishing isn’t perfect. But I stay because I believe in stories, and in the people who fight to tell them.

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Vicky Weber - Agent, Author, Educator 📚 @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social · 2d

Every time I see someone say “agents are just in it for the money,” I want to invite them to look at my bank statement.

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Vicky Weber - Agent, Author, Educator 📚 @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social · 3d

The publishing industry doesn’t need more people with one kind of perspective. It needs the opposite—different voices shaping what stories get through the door.

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Vicky Weber - Agent, Author, Educator 📚 @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social · 4d

There’s a difference between listening to understand and listening to respond. Lately, it feels like the world forgot that.

Vicky Weber - Agent, Author, Educator 📚 @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social · 5d

The hardest part about agenting isn’t the rejections I send. It’s the ones I don’t want to send. The manuscripts I believe in, but can’t take because of time, or list fit, or bandwidth.

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Vicky Weber - Agent, Author, Educator 📚 @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social · 5d

Querying is weird. You’re literally sending love letters about your book to strangers and hoping they’ll fall for it.

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Vicky Weber - Agent, Author, Educator 📚 @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social · 6d

Some days I feel like I’m wearing 47 hats—mom, agent, author, coach—and not wearing any of them well. Anyone else?

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Michael Dashow @mdashow.bsky.social · 7d

Hi #KidLitArtPostcard day!
I’m Mike and drawing fun, colorful characters is my cup of tea!
I'm repped by @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social & I'm especially looking for middle grade cover work.

See more of my work at mdashow-kidlitart.carrd.co

#kidLitArt #childrensIllustration #witch #middleGrade #MG

A girl witch and a boy sitting down for tea in a pretty garden next to a cottage. There are a handful of frogs around, including on the table. The girl in her purple witches robes is talking animatedly about something while the boy is smiling nervously as he eyes the green steam from his tea and the frog on the table.
The image header reads "Michael Dashow, illustrator, https://mdashow-kidlitart.carrd.co, repped by Vicky Weber @ CMA"

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Vicky Weber - Agent, Author, Educator 📚 @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social · 7d

Landing an agent doesn’t end rejection—it just changes inboxes. Publishers say no, too. Here are 9 publishing twists you didn’t see coming 👉 buff.ly/4vd0YPU

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Vicky Weber - Agent, Author, Educator 📚 @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social · 8d

Publishing isn’t one door. It’s a hallway full of doors: trad, self, small press, or a mix...You don’t have to walk the same one everyone else does.

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Vicky Weber - Agent, Author, Educator 📚 @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social · 9d

I’m game for horror ANY time of year 😂

Vicky Weber - Agent, Author, Educator 📚 @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social · 9d

Querying too soon = like entering a baking contest with raw dough. You’ll leave with a mess and a sudden desire to throw your laptop into a lake. I wrote the checklist you actually need 👉 buff.ly/uBvGZMt

Should I Query Yet? A Brutally Honest Checklist for Writers on the Fence

So you’ve got a draft.

buff.ly

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Vicky Weber - Agent, Author, Educator 📚 @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social · 10d

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Vicky Weber - Agent, Author, Educator 📚 @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social · 10d

Query trenches tip: Remember that every “no” means your book is out there, being read. That’s brave.

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Vicky Weber - Agent, Author, Educator 📚 @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social · 11d

Querying and feeling lost? I wrote about what “not for me” really means—and how to read between the lines 👉 agentantics.substack.com/p/decoding-f...

Decoding Form Rejections (From Someone Who’s Been on Both Sides of the Inbox)

Before I was an agent, I was a querying author.

agentantics.substack.com

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Vicky Weber - Agent, Author, Educator 📚 @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social · 12d

Overwhelmed doesn’t even begin to cover it. Deadlines stacked, inbox exploding, laundry pile looming. Every time I check one thing off, three more pop up.

Vicky Weber - Agent, Author, Educator 📚 @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social · 12d

I signed my first book contract as an author. I thought I’d scream or cry. Instead, I just sat there staring at the PDF like…wait, this is mine?

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Vicky Weber - Agent, Author, Educator 📚 @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social · 13d

Working from a dentist’s waiting room while my husband is under oral sedation. 🫠

Vicky Weber - Agent, Author, Educator 📚 @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social · 13d

What’s one piece of writing advice you think is actually…bad?

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Vicky Weber - Agent, Author, Educator 📚 @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social · 14d

That means there is something in the execution/writing holding them back but they don’t know how to fix it.

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Vicky Weber - Agent, Author, Educator 📚 @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social · 14d

That means they would love it as a reader, but they are not the best fit as an agent/editor. I don’t rep stuff that’s too campy or cozy because I’m not good at working on those editorially even though I love reading them.

Vicky Weber - Agent, Author, Educator 📚 @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social · 14d

Writers: what’s the most confusing piece of feedback you’ve ever gotten from an agent/editor?

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Vicky Weber - Agent, Author, Educator 📚 @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social · 15d

I didn’t sleep last night. Not for any dramatic reason—just a brain that wouldn’t shut off. Today’s words are fueled by coffee and stubbornness.

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Vicky Weber - Agent, Author, Educator 📚 @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social · 15d

It's easy to say "don't let rejections get you down" but even if you're a seasoned writer, they sting.

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Vicky Weber - Agent, Author, Educator 📚 @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social · 16d

Here’s something nobody told me: you can “make it” in publishing and still feel insecure. Success doesn’t erase doubt.

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