So last week my 16 year old Maltese fell off the loft — 15 feet or so onto the hard floor. He’s been in that loft for 15+ years with no issue and I feel guilty as hell for not boarding up the baluster slats then.
I was eating lunch and heard it — thought it was Doug rolling off
Anyone else sing to their fur babies? Hear me out: studies have shown plants like music so why shouldn’t animals? I’m certain all 5 dogs love being serenaded. And each has their own specific song. So there.
Your agent should handle the business side of your career so you can write. If there’s a problem with a publisher or editor it’s the AGENT’S job to handle it. Our job is to make it easier (and more successful!) for you to write. Just my $.02.
If you don’t think horror is “literary” or “intellectual” you may have a problem with your reading because all modern novels trace roots back to the Gothic also called Romanticism. Why “romance?” Because they evoked emotions. If you want to judge a genre, go study, buddy.
Hey all,
@Danaiwrites
and I will be checking out
#PitDark
today so if you receive a like please submit to lane at thetobiasagency dot com and CC Danai at the tobiasagency dot com with PITDARK in the subject line. Thanks.
Apparently it’s…
#questpit
…so I’ll be stopping by. If I <3 anything feel free to send the first 3 chapters and synopsis (3-5 pages) as attachments to lane at thetobiasagency dot com. Mention “
#questpit
” in the subject line and CC danai at thetobiasagency dot com. Thx.
May be dipping into
#SFFpit
. If I like your tweet, query me at lane at thetobiasagency dot com with the first three chapters and synopsis as attachments. Include “SFFPIT” in the subject line and your tweet in the body of the email.
Thanks,
Lane
Um how did I not know today was
#PitDark
???? Anyway, I’ll be dipping in. If I <3 your tweet please send your query with first three chapters and synopsis (3-5 pages) as attachments to lane @ thetobiasagency dot com. Reference “PitDark” in the subject line and include your tweet.
Just remembered today is
#PitDark
! If I <3 your tweet, please send a query, subject line “
#PITDARK
”, with the first three chapters and synopsis (3-5 pages) as attachments.
Will be dipping into
#PitMad
. If I favorite your pitch please submit a query + first three chapters + synopsis as attachments. Subject line should include “
#Pitmad
”.
As a horror guy, Friday the 13th has always been lucky for me. So, I expect a ten-figure offer to roll in, to meet a dragon, or to find out I’m secretly a wizard. I don’t know, finding a dollar on the floor would work too.
DO. NOT. DISCUSS. BUSINESS. UNTIL. YOU. HAVE. AN. AGENT. OR. *PUBLISHING* ATTORNEY. You will screw yourself because you DON’T know what you DON’T know.
#CapsAnnoying
Authors if you get an offer from a publisher doing an open submission like Berkley, Harlequin & others, pls remember to reach out to agents for representation at that point. I've signed authors with these deals who now we have multiple deals. I've increased offers 75% of original
Taking a dip into
#PitDark
. If I like your pitch please email lane @ thetobiasagency dot com. Query + first 5 pages as attachment. “
#PitDark
” somewhere in the subject line.
Thanks,
Lane
Tomer shegev was at the music festival where 260 civilians were killed. We haven’t heard from him since Saturday… Anyone in Israel if you see him call the number.
That agent doesn’t know horror because Gothic is literally horror and romance. Mary Shelley, who wrote Frankenstein, was a romance writer. A very good example is Justen Benson’s SPRING which is an incredible film.
A few weeks ago, an agent tweeted about the very specific comps I used in my query and basically said my comping a horror and a romance made her feel like I didn't know what I was doing. I was following her at the time to keep up to date, but it made me feel really shitty lol
If you want to support the WGA strike, stop watching reality TV. You know the shows studios and streamers are banking on. If no one’s watching their backup plan, there’s no income without scripted shows…
So, some news! I am THRILLED to say that i've signed with
@LaneHeymont
at
@TheTobiasAgency
- to represent both Talking Scared and any future literary endeavours.
It feels like the perfect next step for me and the show. I'm very excited about it.
Jazzed to announce that I'm now represented by
@LaneHeymont
of
@TheTobiasAgency
! 🤩
The last few days have been a bit dizzying 🖤 super grateful to everyone cheering me on, and I'm so excited for what's to come.
Dipping into
#QueerPit
If I like your tweet please send a query, synopsis, and first three chapters to lane at thetobiasagency dot com and CC Danai at thetobiasagency dot com. Don't forget to mention
#QueerPit
!
What am I looking for? Horror, horror, HORROR. Obviously. Also, thriller, suspense, and nonfiction by experts in their fields. So let’s dive in a little more a
#MSWL
🧵
Who wants to jump in next with a
#mswl
?
@LaneHeymont
? (And, authors, remember you can ask any of us questions and feel free to tag any of us you want to answer.)
Closed to unsolicited queries for the time being in order to catch up on a deep backlog. I’m determined to get through every query — even if it’s from 10 years ago. If your book is now on shelves and you receive a pass, please feel free to scoff at me!
As a writer you should be breaking down every book you read and every movie you see. What are the beats? The subtext? People rarely ever say what they mean. An argument about how to make the coffee isn’t an argument how to make the coffee.
#writingtips
Going through the query inbox I notice authors insulting other books and or genres and talking about their book without ever pitching their book. Please do not do this. Especially the first part.
#querytip
Watching the waves at the beach has me thinking: agenting is a sacred job — forgive the corniness — in which your agent should be actively trying secure you work, providing advice beneficial to you and only you. We have a fiduciary duty to do so. In essence, you call the shots.
Happy birthday to the Ashoka-mazing
@_jennykiefer
who’s an amazing person, author, and client! You should probably scare yourself silly and order her upcoming debut THIS WRETCHED VALLEY full of rock climbing and ghosts in the Kentucky woods.
@quirkbooks
@RKGyllenhaal
MFA discussion going around so I’ll add my two cents as an agent: I have almost no idea what degree — if any — my clients have. I *think* I know two because it’s come up in convo. I don’t care about your degree or if you have one. Hell, I don’t really remember what MY degree is.
The electric razor just turned on by itself. Obviously there’s some internal or external issue but the horror connoisseur in me also suspects this is the beginning of a movie starring me. 🤷
Apologies for being MIA. My cousin passed last night so, in Jewish tradition, the funeral was today. The whirlwind of death comes fast, laid to rest in a day, and then sit Shiva for seven. Knowing my cousin, she’s probably pissed she’s not here to serve the food.
Someone(s) out there pretending to be me — other agents here at
@TheTobiasAgency
— soliciting manuscripts. This is the email they use. It’s NOT us. It’s not our email address structure. After some research, the account was created on 1/27. DO NOT FALL FOR THIS.
@victoriastrauss
*Ahem* I have some news.....
Thanks to
@LaneHeymont
for believing in me and
@SagaPressBooks
@joemts
for taking a chance.
Coming Septemeber 2025!
Many of the authors and Lane and Joe will be at
@StokerCon
to celebrate for me!
May delete this later… 🤷
Had a convo with some editors who said I can post this without using their names. With the caveat agents aren’t all nice and bubblegum which can easily land them on a “no deal with” list…except you know who.
Basically, rejecting a project doesn’t
I'm lost for words, but doing my best:
I'm so pleased to share that Tony Eldridge and Lonetree Entertainment are taking up my 2023 horror novel A LIGHT MOST HATEFUL for film.
I couldn't be more excited 🥰
Before today starts and we all go about tweeting — like me — there are no words to describe the rage and heartbreak right now. Eff your 2nd amendment, eff the GOP, and let’s just ban some effing guns so people aren’t massacred every other day. How frigging hard is that?
Today is my birthday, meaning I’m old AF. If you want to celebrate with me consider preordering a copy of
@ComptonWrites
‘s THE SPITE HOUSE before it releases tomorrow and leaving a review.
@TorNightfire
@ddurham
#horrorcommunity
Well this is cool!
@HaileyPiperSays
@FANGORIA
@TitanBooks
“Bram Stoker Award-Winner Hailey Piper’s Horror Novel A LIGHT MOST HATEFUL Getting Film Adaptation”