SlushWire Weekly Literary Agent Alerts & Writing Community Highlights Sunday, 05-04-2025
Summary
Total Alerts: 148
Reddit Posts: 36
Bluesky Posts: 45
Agent Openings: 58
Active Agents: 9
This week was a big week on the Liternet (does that work?). Tons of valuable query-specific discussions on reddit. Spring is here – increased agent openings, new agent listings, and some bad news: NaNoWriMo shutting down and the disastrous A Million Lives Book Festival. Enjoy this handpicked collection of highlights!
Reddit Posts
[PubQ] How to know if an agent is a good fit based on their list and MSWL
Comments: 5 | Upvotes: 11
[PubQ] Manuscript requested then rejected a minute later
Preview: Hi all! I’m using a throwaway for this one. So, my situation is this: I’m currently finishing off a manuscript that I suppose could accurately be described as ‘buzzy’, just in that it’s placed in a few high-level competitions and has pinged on some agents’ radars from pitch events etc. Last week, I got an email from an agent at one of the major agencies in my country asking if …
[PubQ] Query advice/mentorship
Comments: 8 | Upvotes: 4
[PubQ] Do I have to read my comps?
Preview: I just received an offer of rep today and have been notifying agents who I previously queried. One agent quickly responded asking for my full manuscript, synopsis, and who the offering agent was. Less than a minute after that, I got an automated form rejection from QueryTracker. Would it be OK to email the agent with the materials she requested, or should I treat that auto-rej…
Bluesky Posts
writingcommunity
Agent Openings
Cole Lanahan – The Seymour Agency
Agency: The Seymour Agency
Bio: Cole Lanahan is a literary agent with The Seymour Agency. As an agent, Cole Lanahan possesses a wide range of skills to offer her authors…Subscribe to SlushWire Pro for full details.
Clients: barbara devlin, christina ferko, peg fitzpatrick, dawn luedecke, mary ann marlowe, maggie marton, melody maysonet, sophie h. morgan, …Subscribe to SlushWire Pro for full details.
Kelly Dyksterhouse – The Tobias Literary Agency
Agency: Raven Quill Literary Agency
Sales: MOST RECENT SALES / FORTHCOMING BOOKS, Author of THE HUNT FOR THE HOLLOWER Callie C. Miller’s THE RETURN OF THE HOLLOWER, in which…Subscribe to SlushWire Pro for full details.
Bio:, Kelly graduated from the Vermont College of Fine Arts in 2014 with an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults and spent five…Subscribe to SlushWire Pro for full details.
Clients:, Lindsey McDivitt, Callie C. Miller, Tom Birdseye, Kelly’s client list includes Kellye Crocker, Kelly’s client list includes…Subscribe to SlushWire Pro for full details.
Samantha Wekstein – Thompson Literary Agency
Agency: Thompson Literary Agency
Sales: The Do-Gooder by Jessie L. Star, Cake at Midnight by Jessie L. Star, The Seventh Sun by Lani Forbes, The Jade Bones by Lani Forbes, The Ob…Subscribe to SlushWire Pro for full details.
Bio:, Samantha graduated from the University of Maryland with a B.A. in English Language and Literature. She began her career at Writers House …Subscribe to SlushWire Pro for full details.
Clients:, Jessie L. Star, Renee B. Lute, Kenan Trebincevic, Samantha’s list of clients includes Lani Forbes, Korrie Leer, …Subscribe to SlushWire Pro for full details.
Cathie Hedrick-Armstrong – Marsal Lyon Literary Agency, LLC
Agency: Marsal Lyon Literary Agency
Bio: Cathie Hedrick-Armstrong is a literary agent with the Marsal Lyon Literary Agency. Cathie Hedrick-Armstrong is a life-long lover of books and …Subscribe to SlushWire Pro for full details.
Clients: caitlin alexander, kelly beck, kely beck, jim cagany, rebecca crowley, melanie doctors, christina elle, abby honold, j.c. kenney, soni…Subscribe to SlushWire Pro for full details.
Agent Activity
Wendy Goldman Rohm
Agency: The Rohm Literary Agency
Sales: Rebecca Walker, Time for Us, Penguin Random House/Dorling KindersleyPeter Atwater, The Confidence Map, Penguin PortfolioTaiye Selasi, …Subscribe to SlushWire Pro for full details.
Bio: Wendy Goldman Rohm is a literary agent with The Rohm Literary Agency. She has represented innovative new media projects–including b…Subscribe to SlushWire Pro for full details.
Clients: Jonny B. Good, Saket Soni, Taiye Selasi, Rebecca Walker, Peter Atwater, Peter Nichols, Pan Nalin, Janina Scarlet, Igor Tulchin…Subscribe to SlushWire Pro for full details.
Dan Mandel
Agency: Sanford J. Greenburger Associates Inc.
Bio: Mandel studied at Cornell University. He has also studied on the Radcliffe Publishing Course. After graduating, he worked as an intern at T…Subscribe to SlushWire Pro for full details.
Clients: Duff McKagan, Christopher Brookmyre, Dana Schwartz, Katie Sise, Howard Frank Mosher, Edgar M. Bronfman, Clint Emers…Subscribe to SlushWire Pro for full details.
Noah Ballard
Agency: Verve Talent & Literary Agency
Bio:, Noah has appeared at graduate writing programs and writers’ conferences across the country, such as the Pennwriters annual conference, M…Subscribe to SlushWire Pro for full details.
Clients:, Joshua Hunt, Jason Matt, Tom O’Donnell, Noah’s client list includes Justin Taylor, Mark Wisniewski, Tom O’Donnell, Shelley DeWees,…Subscribe to SlushWire Pro for full details.