I'm loving reading everyone's "Ins and Outs" for 2023/24, and thought it time to update my own
#mswl
ins for the coming year! If you're querying commercial romance or romantasy, I'd love to hear from you! (1/7)
#amquerying
#WIP
#amwriting
SOME NEWS ✨ Thrilled to be taking this next step at
@DA_Agency
and couldn't think of a better person or agent to be doing it with
@jadekav_
So excited to hit the ground running this autumn
#romance
#romantasy
Jade Kavanagh and Rebeka Finch have been promoted at Darley Anderson Agency & Associates (
@DA_Agency
), expanding the agency’s space for romance, fantasy, crime and horror 👇
🚨 Loving reading all the
#QuestPit
pitches. If I like you're project and you'd like to submit, please send your submission to rebeka
@darleyanderson
.com and include your tweet and
#QuestPit
in the subject! Can't wait to read them.
Full
#MSWL
:
🚨 News Klaxon 🚨
Calling all
#amquerying
authors.
We’re back again running another
#PitchToDA
event.
Wednesday 24th July we’re looking for your ☀️ Summer Sizzler ☀️ pitches.
Have you got a poolside read we need to hear about?! 🏖️ pitch to us!
Read more 👇 🧵 …
🚨✨BOOK NEWS✨🚨
I’m ecstatic to share my debut novel FORGET ME NOT will be out with
@AlcovePress
in 2025!! FMN is the “Fake Dating a Hot Nurse Because Grandma Has Memory Loss” book of my DREAMS, & I can’t wait for readers to fall in love with Elle, Adam, & Lovie next year💙
Yesterday was such a blast! 💥Thanks to everyone who supported the event! Looking forward to reading all the fab submissions shortly! For more updates, check out the 🧵below!
@DA_Agency
#PitchtoDA
#WritingCommunity
(1/6) 🧵Thank you everyone who participated, promoted and pitched in yesterday's
#PitchtoDA
event! We were bowled over by the quality of pitches we received and have had so much fun reading them all...
🚨 News Klaxon 🚨
Calling all
#amquerying
authors.
We’re back again running another
#PitchToDA
event.
Wednesday 24th July we’re looking for your ☀️ Summer Sizzler ☀️ pitches.
Have you got a poolside read we need to hear about?! 🏖️ pitch to us!
Read more 👇 🧵 …
I'm excited to be kicking off the weekend with a sneak peak at my
#MSWL
for this year! I'm on the hunt for for contemporary romantic fiction, specifically for the booktok hungry new adult, 20+ markets!
#romancebooks
#amquerying
#amwritng
@DA_Agency
Calling all
#amquerying
#amwriting
! We've had a huge uptick in submissions recently and thought it was time to bring back
#AskDA
! New to the querying trenches, starting your next
#WIP
or anything in between, drop us a comment tomorrow between 10-4pm BST!
#askagent
#askanagent
HATE MAIL, COMING TO SHELVES MARCH ✨
Can’t wait for you all to be able to get your hands on
@DonnaMarchetti_
incredible (pen)enemies to lovers debut!
Absolutely in love with this cover from the brilliant
@lenikauffman
and
@0neMoreChapter_
I'm beyond thrilled to welcome
@Ameliaplikett
to
@DA_Agency
! Her incredible storytelling, world building and fierce characters had me hooked from the first page! Anyone looking for pirate romantasy, hit me up, Will Turner has nothing on Commodore Maddock!
✨📖🥂I'm beyond excited to announce that I've officially signed an OFFER OF REPRESENTATION with the incredible
@Beka_finch
& the team at
@DA_Agency
!
I'm beyond grateful that I get to work with such a visionary agent in the process to get my debut romantasy💖⚔️released to the 🌎
The instant need to go back to the beginning of the series and start all over…🥰🥹
How much for a rural Christmas tree farm, asking for a friend!
@kinzalameria
@authorbkborison
thank you!
Beyond thrilled to be working with
@AnnaliseErrico
on her incredible debut (and future queer romcoms)! You better make space for Noah Peters in your heart, he'll be there to stay! 😍✨
@DA_Agency
I am SO excited to announce that I am now repped by the impossibly lovely Rebeka Finch (
@Beka_finch
) at Darley Anderson (
@DA_Agency
)!💖
She loves my sweet hockey boys possibly more than I do, and I’m thrilled that they (and all my future queer romcoms) have a home with her!🏒❄️
Happiest of publication days
@MaryHEdits
and
@JoffeBooks
on the release of this brilliant new title
#TwoDoorsDown
!
✨Opposites Attract
✨Forced Proximity
✨Heartwarming rom-com
perfects for fans for Sophie Kinsella and Rachel Dove!
Out now!
@DA_Agency
(5/7) Looking at romantasy, I'd love to explore stories, myths and cultures from across the globe. Specifically if your story is set in the desert, (high heat in every sense) or the pagan forests of viking realms, I need to read it!
Same book, new title!! So excited to (re)introduce my debut romance novel FAKE IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT, out March 2025 with
@AlcovePress
💙
FILYMI is about two really grumpy tall people falling headfirst (quite literally) into unexpected love & you can add it on Goodreads now!!
Are you a
#romance
or
#romantasy
#writer
? Is your book about cheesy, heartbreaking, diverse, relatable characters? Does it strike the perfect balance of romance, pace, action & world-building? Then book an
#Agent121
with Rebeka Finch on 2 Nov
#amquerying
Our
#PitchParty
agents this month are
@katenashagent
&
@Beka_finch
, ready to listen to our members' commercial pitches ranging from crime to romance and romantasy.
Sign up to
#TheWritingSphere
to read out your opening page on Tues 26 Sept 1pm BST!
Like The Voice, for writers!
(9/10) Have fun with it. It’s so clear to us where an author has had fun with their pitch and pushed themselves out of their comfort zone. We love to read pitches that look beyond the norms and feel fresh and exciting.
@KStorerwrites
@DA_Agency
We would encourage anyone pitching to have their submission package ready to go so that we have it sooner rather than later. We usually say no later than a week after the event so that we can ensure that we can respond to all pitches/submissions as quickly as we can.
(2/10) Comp titles and authors are a great way to start a pitch. It gives us a great sense of where you see your book sitting in the market. But keep it relevant to the themes, plot and setting of your book, not just the the big bestsellers.
Seemed like as good as any a time to emerge back to the land of tweets! So excited to be working with
@megmurphywrites
on her incredible debut
#ForgetMeNot
! Her talent, passion and breathtaking storytelling will have readers falling in love time after time! Watch this space💜
I’m ecstatic to announce I’m represented by
@beka_finch
&
@DA_Agency
! From the very first email, Rebeka’s passion & vision for my books aligned with my own, and the way her brain works is amazing 😍 I’m so excited to grow our careers together & see what the future has in store.
Today's
#publishingjobs
:
Darley Anderson & Associates (
@DA_Agency
) is looking for a a royalties assistant to join the team - they will manage international royalties and support with general financial admin and credit control
(Free to view)
Showcasing the lovely
@jadekav_
today! Jade is offering
#Agent121
sessions on 11 Aug for feedback on your letter, synopsis & opening chapters.
Jade loves psychological suspense, crime fiction, commercial thrillers, and escapist stories.
Book:iaminprint/agent121
#amquerying
🚨For any authors who've been trying to submit this weekend and couldn't, please send your submission directly to rebeka
@darleyanderson
.com.
Full wishlist at:
I can't wait to read! ✨
🚨PSA: For any authors who tried to query from Saturday afternoon (GMT), our submission form is currently down. Please send any emails to the relevant agent emails, found on their team pages. For queries to Darley Anderson, please email rebeka
@darleyanderson
.com.
(6/10) If you’re planning to use genre hashtags, make sure they’re relevant to the story. Make sure you’re utilising every character, so don’t waste unnecessary space on numerous, similar tags. We should be able to gauge the genre from the pitch anyway.
@mformellaleigh
@DA_Agency
We’re happy to consider pitches for books that have been submitted. If we like your pitch, please let us know that you’ve made a submission and when so we aren’t reading anything twice.
@BibianaOssai
@DA_Agency
Great question. This event is for adult fiction, all genres. If you feel your book fits within the new adult space, we'd be happy to consider your pitch, but aren't looking for pitches where MC's are in their teens. Full details can be found here
(3/10) Tropes. Does your book fall into a single or multiple tropes? If so do let us know. But make sure tropes aren’t your whole pitch. They’re used best when included alongside a two line plot summary. A list of tropes doesn’t equal a pitch.
We’re on the hunt for a Head of Rights to stand in whilst the future generation of publishers learns to walk and talk. Full job details at the link below 👶
Head of Rights – Maternity Cover (FTC)
(5/10) What makes your book unique? Is it your hook, is it a new spin on a classic, are you writing from an underrepresented voice? Whatever it is, we want to know.
(2/7) In the broadest sense, I'm looking for commercial romance ideally aimed at the new adult, 20 something market. Fun, escapist, spicy fiction with heart, relatability and humour...that said, if you're writing any of the following, let me know ASAP...
(8/10) Remember that if your pitch isn’t liked by the agency, or at other pitch events, that doesn’t mean that your work isn’t worth submitting. Some books pitch better than others. Especially in commercial fiction.
(4/10) The hook. Try and focus on the hook that will draw readers in. Similar to the tagline on a book, the hook should be able to be summed in a couple of sentences. Keep it simple and stick to the basics.
(6/7) I am also forever looking for a pirate/mermaid romantasy! Whether that's the tale of the Pirate Queen, the true story of Blackbeard, or the star crossed tale of sailor and mermaid/man.
INTERNSHIP ALERT 🚨
Calling all publishing hopefuls! 👋
We’re looking for an intern to support the busy crime & thriller team:
@CamillaJBolton
and
@jadekav_
Check it out ⬇️
(4/7) I'm always looking for queer romance in the new adult commercial space! Whether that's a enemies to lovers at a corporate lawyer firm, a spicy F1 romance on and off the track, or a second chance small town heartwarmer. If it hits the tropes, I'm already excited!
There are a couple of spaces left for
#Agent121
feedback with the brilliant
@jadekav_
. Working at
@DA_Agency
, Jade knows the crime / thriller market inside out and offers fabulous advice in this genre.
Book here. Bookings close tomorrow (Friday).
Calling all authors and submitters! This August
@DA_Agency
will be running Live Q&A's every Friday from 9-12pm. Burning publishing questions, help with submissions, agent queries, we're here to answer them! Just use
#AskDA
, starting this Friday 11th!
(3/7) A spy or heist romance. Think Ally Carter meets Mr and Mrs Smith. High stakes, high intrigue, high glamour and a kick-ass/takes no sh*t protagonist! Morally grey "villains" and "heroes" actively encouraged!
@matilda_hansson
@DA_Agency
Ooh, I think for me personally, I'd love to see a fun more adventure set romance (heists, spies, or a thriller/adventure story but make it a romance). On the fantasy end, I'd love to see more queer romantic plots and I'm always on the hunt for a desert set romantasy
@JaymeMedinaPeck
@DA_Agency
If you’d like to pitch the same manuscript more than once, that’s absolutely fine. The only thing I’d say is that we go through every single pitch in time order, so it’s best to really tightened one pitch and put that forward.
@Nattykbrown
Definitely keen for romantic fantasy, but I must warn, for the commercial fiction I'm after, a happily ever after of some description is pretty desirable when I look at submissions
It's here! The conclusion to the bestselling Chocolate Girls series, Homecoming for the Chocolate Girls is now available in hardback, eBook and Audio! Be sure to snap up your copy now!
@AnnieMurray085
@DA_Agency
@panmacmillan
Audio listeners,
@annaloulondon
is back with an absolute banger with her new novel,
#TheHousewifesSecret
!
@audibleuk
"Someone knows I’m not just a housewife. And the lies I’ve told will be all that’s left when I disappear..."
Available now:
@LynseyPassmore
@DA_Agency
Haha, that’s a question we get a lot. We want a synopsis that gives us an exact play by play of the book (with spoilers). Then more of a book blurb in the cover letter.
@lucywrites56
Hi Lucy, I’m not sure what’s happened here. If you send your submission to me, I’ll discuss with the team and the children’s agent who specialise in YA.
@morglourussell
For me personally, and the wider agency, we prefer to know if there are plans for a series. Especially when querying fantasy fiction of any kind. There's really no right or wrong answer. It's just helpful to know, especially when reading a full.