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5 months

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

5 months

A thread about having your heart broken by your local indie bookstore... Earlier this week, I went to my local indie bookstore to introduce myself and my book. Before I even said my name, the woman working guessed my name and said someone came in looking for my book already. 🧵

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

5 months

I hope one day I'm a wildly successful author and they ask me to do a signing there just so I can say no. I understand they can't carry every book from every author that comes through the door. But it's a small town. You can at least be kind when speaking to local authors.

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

I have officially booked "the call" with an agent. Having been agented before, I have to say that it feels different the second time around. Last time was all blind optimism, but this time I know things. 😂 #amquerying

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

5 months

I tried to stay positive and asked if she'd like to keep a copy of my book to look at. She said no, she didn't need to see it. Then she basically dismissed me. So thankful I have my first signing in Savannah with my all-time favorite bookstore where I was actually welcomed.

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

I've been very open about my querying journey, and I don't want to only post good news because that's not reality. My agent call yesterday did not go as I hoped. We are not the right fit, but better to know that now. #amquerying #still

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

In today's episode of the #amquerying roller coaster: full request, full pass, and a call request from an agent who passed on my full recently and is reconsidering after a convo with an editor looking for a book like mine. 🎢 This looks something like progress, right? Maybe? 😂

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

Today is the day: I have an agent call. I am feeling all the things. I keep trying to remind myself how well this turned out 11+ years ago when I had my last agent called and ended up with my nonfiction book deal. But fiction feels so much harder! #amquerying #WritingCommunity

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

Yay for another full request while I was at a conference yesterday, plus two agent likes in a pitch contest this week! 🎉 Also...agent call today. Feels like I'm getting closer! #amquerying

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

Woke up to a partial request! I'm at 10 fulls and 2 partials with agents, 2 fulls and 1 partial with editors from a pitch contest and 1 full with another publisher. I'd like to believe that will lead to something for this MS! #amquerying

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

5 months

She said she'd never heard of my publisher, and that I could go back to the first woman I met and see if they had time for me to schedule a signing on consignment. Because, by this point, I'm just dying to do a signing with such a warm, welcoming place for local authors. 🙄

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

5 months

Also, she lied about not stocking self-published authors. I know two with books currently in the store.

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

5 months

This got far more attention than I thought it would. Thank you for all the kind messages, and for sharing your own stories. If you want to check out Lucy and Logan's Little Free Library love story: . 💌

The Library of Second Chances: A Heartwarming Summer Romance

Get it now:

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

10 months

Signing my contract for my second novel today! After many years of writing and querying, I signed two book deals this year! 🎉 This second one is particularly special because it had a rough go on submission in 2020 due to bad timing and other uncontrollable circumstances.

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

👀VAGUE PUBLISHING TWEET👀 Dream come true sort of news coming soon!❤️Lucy and Logan and their You've Got Mail style Little Free Library romance are in such great hands. I can't believe I can't scream it from the rooftops, because I'm literally ready to burst. Stay tuned . . .

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

5 months

She said they don't stock self-published authors. I said that I'm traditionally published and handed her a sell sheet. With barely a glance, she said, "This doesn't look traditionally published to me." When I got over my shock, I asked why it didn't and assured her it is.

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

5 months

That seems like a good start, right? She told me to come back and bring a copy of my book to another woman who handles purchasing. I did so today while an author friend was there signing. The woman cut me off before I could even hand her my book. 🧵

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

I never answer calls from unknown numbers, but I had one today from New York. My first thought was, what if it's a literary agent? So, I answered. Telemarketer. 🤦🏼‍♀️ #amquerying

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

Regardless of whether my agent call this week leads to an offer, I do feel really confident in my query and first pages due to the number of full requests (10 so far). For the #amquerying crowd, I highly recommend reading the @QueryShark archives and a @MSWLMA agent meeting.

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

Finishing up an R&R for an agent today...and just got a call request from a different agent. Back on the roller coaster after my very kind pass on a full last night! 🎢 #amquerying

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

5 months

@blktinabelcher Thank you for saying that. It costs nothing to just be kind. I've been going to this bookstore since I was a kid, and now she's ruined it for me.

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

6 months

I'm grading assignments today for my journalism classes I teach, and the amount of AI being used is really frustrating. I'm already working on some new assignments that are more AI-proof. But I don't understand wanting to be a writer and then not doing the writing.

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

I just got the most wonderful email from an agent who had my full with SO many kind words about my voice and the MS I #amquerying ...and the nicest pass. She has another book that's too similar. 😭 I thought form passes were rough, but this might have been harder. But also better.

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

5 months

When I wrote this thread, I had no idea how much love you all would send me. Now I'm glad she gave me a reason to get introduced to so many of you!! It was a blessing in disguise. ❤️ You all made my day today!

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

1 year

In my debut, the main characters are exchanging books in a Little Free Library (with cute anonymous notes to each other), and I *really* wanted to name a real book and use some quotes from it. Finally got permission from the publisher today!! 🥂 So excited!

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

I haven't talked much lately about how my #amquerying journey is going because I'm at the stage where I don't feel like I can talk as openly or publicly. However, I turned down an agent offer today, and I just want to say how incredibly difficult that was to do.

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

7 months

I got my first blurb today, and it's from an author I adore and have read for many years. ♥️ My heart is so full!!

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

6 months

I am so excited to finally be able to share that I'm now represented by @roseferrao of @PSLiterary for both my fiction and nonfiction. 🎉 Rose and I clicked immediately, and I feel like I gained a real teammate. Excited to go out soon with my new nonfiction sports project!

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

I'm at the point in my #amquerying journey where I can't share everything that is happening...but things are happening! It's still unfolding, but hopefully I'll have news in the coming weeks. 🤞

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

Because my querying tweets have been so popular lately (and I've been through this and agented before), I've been writing a big blog post with querying advice. Putting the final touches on it this morning! #amquerying #amwriting

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

Y'all...I can finally share the news from my "vague publishing tweet" back in February! 🥂 It was my dream to publish this book with @HarpethRoad !! @jhaleauthor is one of my favorite authors, and she's given me great writing advice over the years. I'm beyond excited!

Harpeth Road Press

@HarpethRoad

2 years

We are tickled pink to announce that the fabulous @SavvyCarlisle will join the Harpeth Road family with her fiction debut! Read more on our blog, here:

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

One of my latest head scratching #amquerying stories is an agent saying she loved my first pages and to send my full...and then her assistant responding to my full to say that she can't pass it along to the agent unless I'm willing to revise just the first eight pages.

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

6 months

I just realized I can quit paying for QueryTracker now that I've signed with @roseferrao as my new agent. After 18 months of querying both my fiction and nonfiction, it still doesn't feel real!

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

5 months

@GLPeralto Thank you! I firmly believe that!

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

I spent years wanting to work with @BrynDonovan when she was at Hallmark Publishing. When she passed on my last MS two years ago, I was devastated. However, I'm working with her as a coach and editor and realize I'm so lucky to have her now in this capacity! ♥️

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

5 months

@MothersGilt Yes!!!!

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

5 months

Left a copy of my new novel in a beachy-themed @LtlFreeLibrary on my island today to celebrate #LFLWeek ! My main characters are falling in love via anonymous notes left in books in a Little Free Library, so it seemed only fitting. ♥️

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

@mollymcghee Yes! There are even stairs baskets! 😂

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

5 months

@bethcarter007 I do think I'm going to email the owner in a respectful manner.

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

The MS I'm querying has: 👩‍❤️‍👨Enemies to lovers 🏖️Small beach town 💌You've Got Mail vibes 📚The cutest Little Free Library What about yours? #amquerying

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

7 months

Just sent one of the most exciting and maybe some of the most difficult emails of my author career! I'm officially entering my vague era! 👀

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

5 months

@RolphSarah Funny thing is, my very favorite indie bookstore (in a city 2 hours away) said yes to a signing as soon as I reached out because I've shared about them on my social media for years. I'm excited for that one.

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

6 months

Just signed an exciting contract. 👀

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

Now it feels *really* real!! Can't wait to publish Lucy and Logan's Little Free Library romance with @HarpethRoad next summer. ♥️

Harpeth Road Press

@HarpethRoad

2 years

Delighted to see our acquisition of @SavvyCarlisle ’s novel in Publisher’s Marketplace today!

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

5 months

I used to own a PR agency, so I'm a bit obsessive over the marketing side of being an author. I have to say, one of the best things I did was create a Genius link for my book and add tracking tags for different promo channels so I can tell where I'm actually getting traffic from.

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

I spend far too much time working, and not nearly enough time out on the beach that sits one block from my house. So, today I'm working on the beach. 😂 #compromise #lovewhatido

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

Gorgeous pink roses from my fabulous publisher @HarpethRoad to celebrate my Summer 2024 debut! Can't wait to share my Little Free Library romance with you all. ♥️

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

In celebration of my "vague publishing tweet" last week, I got some artwork of the Little Free Library where Lucy and Logan are falling in love via anonymous notes to each other left in books.❤️ Took my inspiration from a real LFL shaped like a Victorian house!

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

6 months

Hey #amquerying crowd...this might just be the best "how I got my agent" tweet I've ever seen! Eight years later this book stuck with someone and is getting it's chance. Do. Not. Give. Up.

Casie Bazay 🌳

@CasieBazay

6 months

BIG NEWS! This past year, I was querying my 6th book, but had a lovely surprise last month. @HerringAli reached out, asking to see my very 1st book, a YA time travel romance. She'd read it as an intern in 2016 & loved it. Guess what? She still loves it & I JUST SIGNED WITH HER!

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

7 months

I've been sitting on this news for a little bit, and I'm so excited I can finally share!! I took German in high school and college, and Sunny the GSD lived in Germany her first three years, so that makes this even more fun. 🎉

Harpeth Road Press

@HarpethRoad

7 months

We’re over the moon to announce that our agents at the fabulous @2SeasAgency sold the German rights to @SavvyCarlisle ’s DEBUT novel! Read more:

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

The agent did gift me the name of an editor she'd already spoken to who is looking for a book with a specific element from my MS. So, I have that info to give another agent or try and use on my own (it's an imprint that takes unagented submissions).

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

5 months

Gorgeous flowers have arrived from my publisher and my parents! @HarpethRoad sent their signature pink roses, and my parents sent some with favorites like hydrangeas and blue sea holly. 🥰

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

3 months

Hi, #writingcommunity ! I hear we're doing intros... I'm Savannah Carlisle, and I write romantic beach reads. 🏖️ I'm a corporate atty turned sports biz reporter and romance author. I also write nonfiction and report under @sportsbizmiss . My debut is out:

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

Highly recommend this playlist from @bookendslit 's YouTube if you need to prep for "the call." #amquerying . @alexadonne also has some great videos on this, including this one on questions to ask: .

Questions for THE CALL! What to ask a literary agent

What questions should you ask a literary agent on your call? This is an extensive overview of the questions I think are good to ask, divided up into thematic...

www.youtube.com

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

5 months

Look at his incredible pie for The Library of Second Chances from the Pie Lady! 😍

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

5 months

Anyone else try to match their cover? I had a fab day with friends yesterday celebrating my debut! ♥️ Grab your copy of The Library of Second Chances:

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

10 months

I just saw my cover for my @HarpethRoad debut for the first time...and you are NOT ready for how gorgeous this is!! 😍 You have until May to prepare yourself while I try not to die over the fact that I can't share it until then.

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

5 months

@TobieCarter6190 It's just so sad to be treated like that at a bookstore I have been shopping at since I was a kid. ☹️

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

7 months

Now that I've received multiple offers both times I've queried nonfiction, one agent asked if I would consider ghostwriting proposals when she has clients who are struggling. Umm, yes! Sign me up! I'm one of those weirdos who enjoys writing proposals and querying. #amquerying

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

11 months

There is a special place in heaven for editors who leave notes about what they love in your MS and not just changes or problems. I've had some lovely editors at @harpethroad for my debut! #amediting

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

4 months

I did my first book club appearance last night, and it was SO much fun! ❤️ Loved getting to talk about how Heron Isle is like my real town, who I'd have play Lucy and Logan in a movie and more.

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

5 months

Mailing off copies of my book to some @LtlFreeLibrary stewards to celebrate #lflweek ! 🥰

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

Now that I've announced my publishing deal, I need to write a new blog post on passing up my agent offers and ending my querying for now. Also, this might mean I am re-entering the query trenches later this year when I finish editing my other MS. 🤦🏼‍♀️

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

4 months

Sometimes, you have a lot of bad days being an author before you get to a good day, so you have to celebrate when those happen. My next summer novel was announced today, and then I had a great call on my new nonfiction project! 🎉 It's a beautiful day to be an author!

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

10 months

Ladies, you know how when you first get engaged you can't stop looking at your ring? That's how I feel about my cover! 🥰

Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

10 months

I just saw my cover for my @HarpethRoad debut for the first time...and you are NOT ready for how gorgeous this is!! 😍 You have until May to prepare yourself while I try not to die over the fact that I can't share it until then.

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

Packing to head to Savannah tomorrow, one of my very favorite cities! ♥️ Excited to introduce seven other travel writers to it as I host a travel writing retreat there the next few days.

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

I always assign Hallmark actors to the main characters in my manuscripts so I can picture someone. @brennan_elliott is who I picked for the MMC in the MS I'm querying. Just watched Open by Christmas on Hallmark and he's totally my MMC in that movie! ❤️

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

6 months

We are down to two weeks until my debut releases!! I'm putting together assets today for the fabulous people who've read an ARC and want to share. It's so surreal. I can't believe it's almost time to share Lucy and Logan's Little Free Library romance! ❤️

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

6 months

Last week I had a crazy idea for a bookish podcast, and I reached out to a total stranger on IG who seemed like the perfect co-host. And...we're talking today!! This might become a real thing.

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

4 months

My husband is in Rhode Island and spamming me with the most beautiful hydrangeas! 😍

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

3 months

Remember when one of my local bookstores broke my heart? I walked into my other local bookstore (Story & Song) yesterday to find my book prominently displayed on a table with other new summer releases. ♥️

Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

5 months

A thread about having your heart broken by your local indie bookstore... Earlier this week, I went to my local indie bookstore to introduce myself and my book. Before I even said my name, the woman working guessed my name and said someone came in looking for my book already. 🧵

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

4 months

Left a copy of The Library of Second Chances in a Little Free Library outside the vet's office today! ♥️ Hope someone grabs it to take to the beach this weekend.

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

4 years

I always cast @hallmarkchannel actors and actresses in my story as I'm writing. Helps me picture my characters and their convos. My current leads are @brennan_elliott and @EmilieUllerup . Wouldn't they be fun together on the screen? I loved both Cedar Cove and Chesapeake Shores.

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

So, back to the query trenches! I still have quite a few queries and fulls out there. Fingers crossed there's another call in the future that's the right fit! 🤞

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

So excited to share my big news! My debut romance will be out next summer with @HarpethRoad ! Big thank you to @savannahgilbo and my #kisspitch mentor @thejessicalepe for helping me revise this MS...and then revise it some more. 😂

Harpeth Road Has Acquired My Debut Contemporary Romance Novel!

Savannah Carlisle's debut small town contemporary romance novel has been acquired by Harpeth Road for publication in Summer 2024.

savannahcarlisle.com

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

5 months

I'm so excited to finally share the gorgeous cover for The Library of Second Chances!! 😍 You can grab your copy of Lucy and Logan's Little Free Library love story today!

Harpeth Road Press

@HarpethRoad

5 months

Ta-da! Today we're revealing the cover of @SavvyCarlisle 's gloriously beachy romance The Library of Second Chances! What do you think? It's available ✨NOW✨ in eBook, paperback, and audiobook! Grab your copy! Shop now:

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

5 months

@Siobhan_RM @amydelaforce @blktinabelcher Yeah, I do think I'll feel better if I email the owner. I'll be respectful about it, but I think she should know. Especially since two other local authors told me they had the same experience.

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

6 months

@LeslieStreeter As a former historic preservation attorney, this hurts my heart.

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

5 months

After my local bookstore fiasco today, a friend reminded me the German rights to my book sold and my book will be in bookstores there. 🇩🇪 Which reminded me...when I got the news, I was in NYC getting ready to eat at my fav German restaurant and snapped a photo I never shared!

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

5 months

I can die a happy author now. ♥️ @elinhilderbrand is one of my all-time favorite authors, so receiving reviews comparing my book to hers is a total author goal unlocked! I won't pretend to believe I'm anywhere near her level (yet!), but these reviews make my heart happy.

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

I'm writing my third MS in the past few years, and every time I think there's NO way I could fall in love with the characters and plot of the next one as much as the last one . . . but that's how I know which idea to write, because there is always one I fall in love with!

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

Here's an example of a question I didn't ask last time I got an agent: what happens to me if you leave your agency? That did not happen to me with my literary agent, however, it did happen to me with my broadcast agent. I ended up stuck at an agency with an agent I didn't like.

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

5 months

@sunhippo1 Yeah, it's frustrating because people in town keep asking me where to get my book, and now I have to send them to Amazon because it's nowhere in town.

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

1 year

Reading through all the New Leaf tweets reminds me that having the wrong agent/agency is worse than not having an agent. I didn't take any of my agent offers from my last round of querying and ended up hiring an agent who is an attorney to review my contract from my publisher.

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

5 months

@El_King888 @bethcarter007 It seems usual to ask an author to come back and bring a copy of their book only to have the buyer refuse to even look at the book? And to both lie and basically accuse me of lying? I find it disappointing as both a local author and a lifelong customer.

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

4 months

I thought today was going to be a quiet day, but I got really good news on both my Summer 2025 fiction and my new nonfiction project! 🎉

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

Getting ready to head out in NYC for the day!

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

My #RomComMarch WIP mood board My Best Friend's Wedding x Married at First Sight 💍 Best friends Darcy & Duncan go to a casting call for a reality TV show as a joke and wind up married to strangers. Now Darcy has 8 weeks to show Duncan he's married to the wrong woman.

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

7 months

Getting multiple offers on my new nonfiction was fun until I had to make a decision and turn down some wonderful agents. It's a good problem to have, but I've barely slept all week trying to decide by tomorrow. I know what my gut says now, but I hate turning down the others. 😭

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

My WIP has a Married at First Sight style reality show, so I'm watching the latest season for research purposes.😂There have been 11 MAFS babies! That's 11 people in this world who wouldn't exist without this show. I've watched since Season 1 and still find that crazy! #amwriting

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

5 months

@blktinabelcher Yeah, I've been going back and forth on whether to email the owner. I'm pretty sure this woman is the exact same woman I had a problem with 10 years ago with my nonfiction release. I was just hoping things had changed there in the years since.

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

1 year

@pwheeler_agent I queried last year in late November and early December and ended up with two agent offers in Jan-Feb, so I think it's a fine time if you're ready and the agents you're interested in are open. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

She'd already sent over a copy of the agency contact, so I was pretty sure she'd offer. I'd pictured myself emailing other agents with my full today to say I had an offer. This happened to me last time I queried, and I got a great agent. Alas, there was an unexpected twist.

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

As I wait for results with the MS I #amquerying , I #amediting and #amwriting ! Here's a sneak peek at all three...

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

2 years

I can't wait to be able to tell you all more about what's been happening. It's been equal parts exciting, confusing, stressful and amazing.🎢 I'm so grateful for the interest in this MS and can't wait to have a final outcome to share with you all who've been on this ride with me!

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

4 months

Got to hang with fellow @HarpethRoad author @lgibsonauthor today in Myrtle Beach! We'll be signing books with @nancynaigle tonight at Back Again Bookshop at 5pm.

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

4 months

I am so excited to have a new book coming out with @HarpethRoad next summer! If you loved the small town beachy vibes and quirky characters in The Library of Second Chances, then I think you'll also fall in love with Big Dune Island and its residents. 🌴

Harpeth Road Press

@HarpethRoad

4 months

We're over the moon to announce that we'll be bringing you a SECOND novel from the fabulous @savvycarlisle in which a fallen star must return to her coastal hometown, bringing her fame with her, and face the man she left behind, for publication in May 2025.

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

6 months

I decided to order one last sticker for my swag to honor the bookstore cats in my debut (out next week!)...but I can't decide! Vote for #1 or #2 in the comments below and help me choose!

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

10 months

I just loaded the digital file for my book onto my Kindle, and it looks like a real book! 😍 One more pass before we send out digital ARCs.

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Savannah Carlisle 🌴

@SavvyCarlisle

5 months

Having grades due for the university classes I teach tomorrow really helps keep me distracted from the fact that my debut is out in 48 hours!! It's actually nice to have something else more pressing to demand my attention and make the time go by faster. 😂

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