Hi! I'm Lynette. I'm writing an m/m K-pop romance under my pen name: Keeko McKween.
Does anyone here read this genre?

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Here are the workshops that are starting the week May 12th. Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions ([email protected])

• Show Don’t Tell: The Writer’s Golden Rule with Cynthia Owens: May 12 to June 8
• Effortless eBook and Paperback Formatting for Indie Authors with Terri Main: May 12 to June 8
• NEW! Jumpstart Your Platform: Build Bold, Launch Fast with Lori Walker: May 12 to May 18
• NEW! Love, Drama, and Storytelling: What Romance Writers Can Learn from K-Dramas with Romy Sommer: May 12 to May 25

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Dear friends
I wrote a historical novel titled Ayesha: Prophet Muhammad's Heartbeat. It is based on the life of the youngest, enigmatic, and most divisive figure of her time.
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Not everyone has the means to support the site and we completely understand! But we want to give everyone access to all of our content. And that means that we’re going to start a contest! Starting now until April 28th, everyone who gifts a sub to their fellow Savvy member is going to get entered into a drawing to win 3 workshops on us. AND! Each gifted sub counts as extra entries. So 10 gifted subs = 10 entries.

Members that receive gifted subs will also get a notification letting them know that you gifted them in case they’d like to send you a little thank you

We really appreciate everyone’s generosity and we hope everyone has fun with the contest. The winner will be announced on April 29th, so get going everyone and if you’d like to gift a few subs you can do that here! Gift subscription | SavvyAuthors

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We are looking for new workshop proposals! This can be on craft, marketing, publishing business, etc. We are also looking for workshops that would appeal to our indie authors and also authors that write in various genres, including outside romance and mystery.

Please reach out to [email protected] for more information or to submit a proposal.

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RJ

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Here are the workshops that are starting the week May 5th. Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions ([email protected])

• Writing Dialogue with Tere Michaels: May 5 to May 18
• Burning Ink: Writing Steamy Romances with NY Times Bestselling author Angela Knight: May 5 to June 1
• NEW! How to Run a Contest Without Putting Yourself in Legal Jeopardy with Cassandra Carr: May 5 to May 18
• SPECIAL EVENT! Page to Pitch: From Idea to Pitch-Ready Manuscript: May 5 to October 19

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The SavvyCrew

What are you working on? Is it coming along smoothly? Or coming along not as smoothly?

Feel free to share the project that you are working on.

RJ

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Here are the workshops that are starting the week April 28th. Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions ([email protected])

• NEW! Fantasy & Sci-Fi: What is the Underlying Genre with Anna Denisch: April 28 to May 4
• NEW! Why Aren’t You Writing Action-Adventure? with Beth Daniels: April 28 to May 25
• NEW! Start With A Bang! Write a Great Inciting Incident with Cynthia Owens: April 28 - May 11

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The SavvyCrew

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Here are the workshops that are starting the week April 21st. Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions ([email protected])

• NEW! Slow Burn to Soulmates: Using the 12 Stages of Intimacy in Your Writing with Deborah Bailey: April 21 to May 4
• NEW! Maximizing Your Online Author Platform for Visibility and Discoverability with Laurie Cooper: April 21 to April 27
• Write Your Memoir in 30 Days! with Irene Roth: April 21 - May 18

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The SavvyCrew

Not everyone has the means to support the site and we completely understand! But we want to give everyone access to all of our content. And that means that we’re going to start a contest! Starting now until April 28th, everyone who gifts a sub to their fellow Savvy member is going to get entered into a drawing to win 3 workshops on us. AND! Each gifted sub counts as extra entries. So 10 gifted subs = 10 entries.

Members that receive gifted subs will also get a notification letting them know that you gifted them in case they’d like to send you a little thank you

We really appreciate everyone’s generosity and we hope everyone has fun with the contest. The winner will be announced on April 29th, so get going everyone and if you’d like to gift a few subs you can do that here! Gift subscription | SavvyAuthors

Did you choose a pen name for your books? If so how did you decide on them? Did you copyright the name?

Hello. I am a picture book and early chapter book author. I am currently dipping my toes in writing other genres. I currently have 2 picture books and 1 chapter book self-published with a 3rd PB due out this fall.

Hi all. I am a children's author from Ohio whose passion is picture books, but I also write chapter books, middle grade, and hope to one day write a cook book. Currently I have five self published books, but I am actively looking for an agent because I would like to be traditionally published.

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Happy Monday! I am looking for my next read. What are you reading? Is there a genre that you can't seem to get enough of right now?

RJ

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Here are the workshops that are starting the week April 14th. Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions ([email protected])

• Making a Scene with Terri Main: April 14 to April 27
• NEW! Demonstrate Complex Emotions without Sinking into Stereotypes with Cassandra Carr:
• April 14 to April 27
• SPRING SESSION: Mentoring & Coaching with June Diehl: April 14 to July 13

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The SavvyCrew

I realize this is a personal preference sort of thing, but I'm curious to know when other writers decide they're ready to query. My background is in screenwriting where people seem to exist in an endless rewriting loop. Is it the same for you?

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Here are the workshops that are starting the week April 7th. Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions ([email protected])

• NEW! Bringing Memorable Characters to Life with Sally Kilpatrick: April 7 to April 20
• NEW! Create Mock Book Covers and Images for Your Online with June Diehl: April 7 to April 20
• NEW! Wrong Character, Right Story with Jodi Henley: April 7 to April 13

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The SavvyCrew

Thank you for participating in SavvyAuthors' Spring Pitchfest.

Please find all the agent requests below. Please visit the editor requests thread for that announcement.

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Lynnette Novak at The Seymour Agency

Please have the authors send me the full and a synopsis (2-4 pages)? They should use Times New Roman, size 12, black, double-spaced text, 1” margins all around, and ½” paragraph indents. Attach the manuscript and synopsis as two separate Word documents (docx), and paste the pitch and bio in the email. Add "Requested At Savvy Authors Spring Pitchfest" along with the title in the subject line. Send to: [email protected].

• #7 FIRE ON FIRE by Jeff Lakustra
• #32 CENOTE by Elizabeth Cox
• #55 HOME by Glen Erick Miller
• #190 WHAT FESTERS IN THE FOREST by Katrin (no last name mentioned)
• # 236 THE WRONG CINDERELLA by Karla Brown

Jacqueline Lipton at The Tobias Agency

Please send query, synopsis, and first 20-30 pages of their manuscript (wherever a page or chapter break works most naturally) to: Query Jacqui Lipton at Tobias Literary Agency
* Please include "Savvy Authors Spring Pitchfest Request" in the referral line.

• The Masquerade by Dan Marz
• A Fatal Cape Cod Summer by Joyce McChesney-Kaye
• The Lab Partner Contract by Julie Navickas
• NO TITLE by Stephanie Cotela
• The Gold List by Valli Vikram
• Dust in the Light by Marcela Bessan
• Intuition of Evil by Ann Schwarz
• A PORTRAIT OF MADNESS by L. D. Rex

Jordy Albert at Booker Albert Agency

Please send query, synopsis, and first 10 pages to: Query Jordy Albert at Booker Albert Agency

• Title? By Eli Bergey
• Without Conditions by Leela Meyer
• The True Ones by Nina Bangs
• Realm by Matthew Ketch
• To the Stars and Back by Bethany Hershberger
• Hearts and Diamonds by TA Higgins
• Title ? by TR Simmons
• Galileo Murphy’s Law of Disaster by Allison P. Lee
• The Wolf & The Star by Vanessa Elle
• Falling for the Escort by Sarah Carroll
• The Guardian & The Light Bringer by Kerrie Herron

Louise Buckley at Hannah Sheppard Literary Agency

If I am “open” to queries on our website, please fill in the submission form there. If I'm not “open” (I'm only officially open for the first 7 days of each month) then they can email me their query letter, synopsis and first 10,000 words to [email protected]

• The Curse - jlycette
• A Whisper of Secrets - Allison Meldrum
• Welcome to Blackridge - C. Daley
• Unreliable Visions - K. D. Fluitt
• Lila's Last Call - Lucie Frost
• Dust in the Light - Marcela Bessan
• Intuition of Evil - Ann Schwarz
• Hope is an Octopus - Dorit d'Scarlett
• Time and Consequences - Katherine D. Caldwell

Colleen Oefelein at MacGregor and Luedeke Literary

Please send your pitch/query/synopsis/25 pages to Colleen at: [email protected] Thank you!

• The Pool of Petrichoria by ELizabeth Cox
• Title ? by Bethany Averie
• The Olden Girls Catch a Killer by Peg Cochran
• Unreliable Visions by K.D. Fluitt
• A ROSE IN SNOW by Susan Burdorf
• The Mysterious Disappearance of Colby Blue by Eric A. Vasallo
• NOW OR FOREVER by Robin Shelley
• The Lab Partner Contract by Julie Navickas
• Free to Love by Judy Malcolm
• MAGIC GLOVES by Jennifer Lott
• THE GIRLS WHO SHOOK MOUNTAINS by Meredith Hardt
• Crushed Jersey Tomatoes by Tracy Amedeo
• Title ? by Diana Homescu
• JUNIPER, FIRE, AND JOY by Melissa Phillips

Andie Smith Formerly of The Booker Albert Agency is NOW at Creative Media Agency

Please have authors send me their query, synopsis, and first 3 chapters to this link: https://QueryTracker.net/query/AndieSmith/PitchEvent

• Jordan Turbeville - Saints and Sinners
• Kassandra Tyst — The Portrait of Theodore Quill
• Susan Burdorf — THE SEA TURTLE SUMMER
• Julie Navickas — The Lab Partner Contract
• Charlene Groome — Searching for Prince Charming

Thank you for participating in SavvyAuthors' Spring Pitchfest.

Please find all the editor requests below. Please visit the agent requests thread for that announcement.

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Jocelyn Travis at Sourcebooks

Please submit full synopsis of the project (including the ending), the manuscript, and any applicable sales history to [email protected]

• My Best Friend’s Bride by Essie Bode
• Potions and Petit Fours by Emily Brauer Rogers
• The Violet Raven by E.E. Star
• Of Salt and Spray by Kristen Ree
• Yours to Keep by Suzy Langevin
• Riding in cars with monsters by Michelle Ogilvy
• To Snatch a Shadow Puppet by Zoiya Morell
• Burn the Ships by Makayla Bryant

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Christina Herrera at Romantica Publishing

To submit your book for publication, please list Christina Herrera’s name in the subject line and send your 1-2 page synopsis, query, first ten pages, and social media handles/following in the body of the email to [email protected]. Visit romanticapublishing.com for more information.​

• The Lexington Spinster
• The Sublime Plan
• Rewriting the Dream
• An Act of Flesh and Fins
• Magic Flows Green
• Designed with Love

Kelly Moran at Rowan Press

Please send the full synopsis and first 3 chapters in a Word doc to editor: Kelly Through our submissions page: Submissions | Rowan Prose Publishing:
In the subject line, please put “Spring Pitch Fest” with the title and your pen name.

• CAFÉ CON MURDER by Mel Montes
• ROSE IN SNOW by Susan Burdorf
• DISRUPTED by C.Daley
• Drive Like A Girl by Patti J. Kurtz
• Death on the Isle: A Game Night Mystery by Diane Weiner
• I Could Be the Monster by Elaine Buckner
• An Act of Flesh and Fins by Jennifer DiArenzo
• The Natural by Elizabeth Cox
• Unreliable Visions by K.D. Fluitt
• DEADLY DELIGHTS by Judith Carlough
• Under the Salem Moon by E. A. Conran
• Charity Ball by Mara Holguin Fouts
• Frau Farbissina's Cony by Vailes Shepperd
• Daughter of Prophecy by Amanda McGill
• BREWS AND BODIES: A CAT CAFE MYSTERY by Susan Burdorf
• Spellbooks and Buttercream by Kristin Aune
• Unknown Title by Susan Dalessandro
• The Gold List by Valli Vikram
• Wilder by Kat Craig
• Hearts and Diamonds by TA Higgins
• Pitchtree Gothic by Bethany Browning
• JUNIPER, FIRE, AND JOY by Melissa Phillips
• What She Didn't Know by Elizabeth A. Pickart
• REQUIEM by S.D. Bullard
• The Crossing by Missy Jane
• PROJECT: BURDEN by Skip Ashseed
• Daywalker by Fenley Grant by Fenley Grant
• A Friend for Miles by L.L. Purcell
• Intuition of Evil by Ann Schwarz
• A Scoop on Murder by Paula Barr
• Surviving Shelby by Lynn Dyskievicz-Dick
• A PORTRAIT OF MADNESS by L. D. Rex
• A Brew of Helleborus Tea by Elaine Buckner
• The Wrong Cinderella by Karla Brown

Tova Seltzer at Holiday House Publishing

Please email the full manuscripts to me here at [email protected], with "SavvyAuthors Request" in the subject line, and the pitch included in the email body would be great. The manuscripts can be word docs, PDFs or just pasted in the body.

• CHIYO AND THE BLUSTERY GUST by Margaret Mangan
• HOW TO FIND A WORM by Elizabeth Everett
• MAGICAL REMEDIOS! By Dotty Manning
• VIEWS OF VERONA by Benjamin Zadik
• KLEZMER MEANS FAMILY by Becky Levine
• TORTILLAS, TORTILLAS by Gema Casillas
• GATHERING SUNSHINE by Jessica Jenson
• FRIENDS AT MANZANAR: RALPH LAZO'S STORY by Eloise Freeman & Sandra Martin
• CECIL’S NIGHT WALK by Laura Michaud
• THE SECRET DRAGON by Milanka Reardon
• THE STARVING STAR by Leslie Yardeni
• WHEN WE FLY by Cynthia Argentine
• MY SHOE STORE by Shirely V. Ting

Josh Gregory at Albert Whitman & Company

Please submit query, synopsis, and full manuscript to [email protected]

• Yessi Robles – Diego & the Quinceaneara
• Yessi Robles – Dream Walker
• Siana LaForest – Bad Science
• Cari Chamberlain – Every Voice Counts
• Kari Joseph Shender – Dad’s House
• Maritere R. Bellas – no title (Christmas Parranda story)

Rachel Gilmer at Sourcebooks

Please submit full projects to [email protected]. Materials should include a full synopsis of the project (including the ending), the manuscript, and any applicable sales history.​

• Joyce McChesney- Kaye (jakaye) - A Fatal Cape Cod Summer
• LaurenDMSmith (LaurenDMSmith) - A Flash of Smoke
• JL Lycette (jlycette) - THE CURSE
• C.Daley (Cdaley) - WELCOME TO BLACKRIDGE
• Sara C. Field (SaraCatherine23) - The Morbid Curiosities of Manon Beaufort
• Elaine Buckner (EBuckner) - I Could Be the Monster
• Bethany Browning (Bethany Browning) - Pitchtree Gothic
• Marcela Bessan (White Skillful Fly) - Dust in the Light
• Elizabeth A. Pickart (Elizabeth Pickart) - What She Didn't Know
• Shelby Holt (Shelbyholt9) - The Last to Leave
• L.L. Purcell (llpurcell) - A Friend for Miles
• Katrin (Welcoming Tan Koala) - What Festers in the Forest
• L. D. Rex (L. D. Rex) - A PORTRAIT OF MADNESS
• Jen Huey (JenHuey Author) - The Haunted Escape

Holly Ingraham at Alcove Press & Crooked Lane Books

Please submit blurb/description, short synopsis if available (1-2 pages max), and the full manuscript as a Word document to [email protected]

• DISRUPTED
• POTIONS AND PETIT FOURS
• BLESS HER HEART
• THE SECRET OF THE OLD DOCK HAND

Tess Jones at Egret Lake Books

Please email full query letter at [email protected] with the following:
Email Subject: GENRE – MANUSCRIPT TITLE – AUTHOR NAME – TODAY’S DATE – SAVVYAUTHORS SPRING 2025 REQUESTED MATERIALS

• Nowhere Wisconsin by Michelle Caffrey
• Rivals by Elizabeth Cox
• Potions and Petit Fours by Emily Brauer Rogers
• Unreliable Visions by K.D. Fluitt
• Risky Chance by Frankie Sutton
• Love You a Latte by Katie Knightley
• Yours to Keep by Suzy Langevin
• Juniper, Fire, and Joy by Melissa Phillilps
• Back Home for the Holidays by Bethany Weeks
• Her Favorite Moosetake by Rachael Cadra
• Safe by Meghan Hodgin
• Time and Consequences by Katherine Caldwell

Janet Bruins at Picnic Press

Please send query letter with full manuscript to: [email protected].

• #3 Itzel and the Eagle: An Aztec Legend
• #12 SITTING FOR MRS SOLOMON
• #24 A GIRL AND HER ELEPHANT
• #27 FLY, HALCYON, FLY
• #45 RED BEAN PURIM
• #54 JOURNEY TO SVALBARD
• #62 RESCHEDULED FOR RAMADAN
• #67 FRIENDS AT MANZANAR: RALPH LAZO'S STORY
• #69 CHESSIE THE MAGNIFICENT MANATEE
• #78 KEEP ON A-WALKIN': KIMBERLY BURWELL STANDS UP FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
• #92 The Way Home
• #132 MY SHOE STORE
• #141 She Threw Like a Girl: The Jackie Mitchell Story

Back in December, I was contracted to write a book featuring 2 unrelated horror novellas. Though I had already written multiple full-length novels and feature-length screenplays, I'd never written a story that was more than 20K words, but less than 40K. Though there were many delays in the process that were outside of my control, I finally finished the first draft and sent it to the publisher for notes. So far, he seems happy with it. Now, I'm in the process of outlining the second novella, with the goal of publishing the book by August.

Hi from Pennsylvania! I write middle grade, picture books, and poetry. I have one published picture book.

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Spring Pitchfest requests will be announced on Saturday March 29. Please watch the site for more information.

Thanks!

The SavvyCrew

Hello!

Here are the workshops that are starting the week March 31st. Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions ([email protected])

• NEW! Graphic Design for Authors with Joan Koster: March 31 to April 27
• Magical Realism: How to Bring Magic to the Real World with Anna Denish: March 31 to April 6
• NEW! Poetry for Beginners and Emerging Poets with Christina Hennemann: March 31 to April 27

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The SavvyCrew

Hello from VA.