Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent

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Every now and then Confident Me does something to outsmart Anxiety Me and whenever that happens I'm like

two men are standing next to each other and one of them is saying " don 't make me angry ... " ALT: two men are standing next to each other and one of them is saying " don 't make me angry ... "

I get that times are tough and landing an agent is ridiculously hard these days, but I will 100% contact that other agent you are trying to use as leverage against me and we WILL compare notes.
Don't fib to try and trick us into making an offer.
It makes me angry...

If they ask you for money, they’re not a real publisher or agent.

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Disclaimers obviously for SFF and Historical Fiction on the maximum length.

Guess it's time for this chart again!
Let the debate begin anew...

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Went minorly viral on Threads for posting that Indiana Jones/Harrison Ford is the perfect character/celeb to sit next to on a flight because he'd ignore you the whole time and if this is my legacy, fine.

If you're going to manipulate the system, just manipulate the system and don't use me as a pawn assuming I'm too stupid to realize that's what you're doing.

I'm so excited about my office day today! I'm going to be so productive!
⛈️⛈️⛈️🔌💥🌑🕯️😣

Got to read this last week and it's fantastic. A wonderfully dark and creepy story about monsters, people who are turned into monsters, and some who just choose to be monsters. Preorder it and check it out.

guaranteed if I read "copse of trees" my mind saw "corpse of trees" - every. single. time...

So many writers querying me with their names uncapitalized. Like, is this a choice - a trend? Or a typo?
Someone young explain this to me.

what's the first song you're gonna blast when It Happens
youtu.be/Ag1o3koTLWM?...

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First time in a LONG TIME a team I wanted to win, actually won, and that's because I did not watch the game. (Anytime I watch, my team will lose... Every... Time...)
So to all you Sea Hawk fans out there, you're welcome.

🎵 If they ask you to pay money it's a scam 👏👏
🎵 If they ask you to pay money it's a scam 👏👏
🎵 that is not your favorite author or a stunning book club offer
🎵 They are asking you for money=it's a scam 👏👏

The stats:
Out of the 50+ queries I read today, I requested to read 5 full manuscripts.

Trends I noticed after reading 50+ queries today:
- Horror novels abt trauma manifesting in monstrous form
- So many dead relatives from car crashes. So many
- Unhappy/tragic endings. Hint: give me at least 1 survivor
- Writers subbing SF as other genres even though I'm not looking for SF right now

When you get to the point in reading queries where everything sounds good or everything sounds bad, then it's time to call it quits for the day.

Hey Agents! DM for info.

If you come at one of my agent friends with racist garbage I will absolutely do my best to destroy your chances with every fucking agent I can reach.

When they were in the stairwell, I also wondered about antibiotics, for...reasons.

Hideous licensing agreement from Red Ogre Review, but what really jumps out at me is the moral rights waiver

By entering the competition and in consideration for Hearst publishing your entry, you assign to Hearst the entire worldwide copyright in your entry for all uses in all print and non-print media formats, including but not limited to all rights to use your entry in any and all electronic and digital formats, and in any future medium hereafter developed for the full period of copyright therein, and all renewals and extensions thereof, any rental and lending rights and retransmission rights and all rights of a like nature wherever subsisting.

Venerable magazine Harper's Bazaar is running its short story contest again, with the winner receiving "the chance" of publication in the magazine. Just one catch: per the wording of the guidelines, _just by entering_ you transfer copyright ownership of your story to Harper's parent, Hearst. 1/3

Pre-published authors: Querying is THE WORST!
Writers on Submission: Submission is THE WORST!
Writers Waiting to Announce their Deal: Waiting to announce is THE WORST!
Writers after their Editorial Letter arrives: Editorial letters are THE WORST!
Copy edits are THE WORST!
Day after Launch:THE WORST!

Ok but TBD and I Alone are some of my favorite songs OF ALL TIME! I LOVE this album.
But yes, Lightning Crashes is not my fave.

WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS by Alex Bledsoe launches today!
Congratulations, Alex!!!

LOL
You want EVP?

The General Themes of the Bronte Sisters:
Charlotte: Men are the worst thing to happen to you.
Emily: We're the worst thing to happen to each other.
Anne: I am the worst thing to happen to you.

I'd watch that!
He was very put out at the thread count on my daughter's bedsheets lol

After my flawless performance, the public backlash was quite harsh, so much so even Sandra Bullock spoke out in my defense. I thought the whole thing was hilarious. Woke up chuckling when the Pope showed up at my doorstep w/ a suitcase asking if he could move in b/c he'd run away.

Dream Report: For a local, televised Catholic Church service that the Pope was to attend, the Church asked local singers to submit audition tapes. Mine was chosen and they selected my version of I'M THE ONLY ONE by Melissa Ethridge b/c the chorus sounded religious. LOL It's not.