Cathie Hedrick-Armstrong, Lit Agent
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Literary Agent at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency
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Q&A: Erica Lucke Dean, Author of 'Chasing Stardust' | The Nerd Daily
We chat with author Erica Lucke Dean about Chasing Stardust, which is a funny and heartfelt novel about learning who your parents are as people, finding yourself, and falling in love in the strangest ...
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Sooo proud of my son who just passed the written test for his commercial airline license. 980-odd study questions, roughly 100 actual test questions—most written with the INTENT of goofing up the person testing—and he scored…
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96%!!!!!!
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96%!!!!!!
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November 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Sooo proud of my son who just passed the written test for his commercial airline license. 980-odd study questions, roughly 100 actual test questions—most written with the INTENT of goofing up the person testing—and he scored…
<DRUMROLL>
96%!!!!!!
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96%!!!!!!
Man, it’s hard being a college student home for a holiday when NOTHING is open. Son is trying to use Black Friday as an excuse to run around a dead town at 1AM, but everything’s closed. I don’t micromanage his coming & going when he’s home, but 1AM when literally nothing is open is not smart. 🤦♀️🤦♀️
November 28, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Man, it’s hard being a college student home for a holiday when NOTHING is open. Son is trying to use Black Friday as an excuse to run around a dead town at 1AM, but everything’s closed. I don’t micromanage his coming & going when he’s home, but 1AM when literally nothing is open is not smart. 🤦♀️🤦♀️
Helping my son study for the written test for commercial air and…oof! Something like 980 questions, and more than half offer trick answers that are so subtly wrong that you’d miss it if you’re not completely on your toes. Dang! How for these pilots pass these tests??
November 28, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Helping my son study for the written test for commercial air and…oof! Something like 980 questions, and more than half offer trick answers that are so subtly wrong that you’d miss it if you’re not completely on your toes. Dang! How for these pilots pass these tests??
Holy buckets! If you like darker romance (mafia-esque) get this book! I think Kage may be the hottest MMC to ever hit the printed page! Phew! I’m sweating and all he’s done is talk! #booksky
November 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Holy buckets! If you like darker romance (mafia-esque) get this book! I think Kage may be the hottest MMC to ever hit the printed page! Phew! I’m sweating and all he’s done is talk! #booksky
GAME ON!!! 😂😂😂
Join us December 2nd at 8:30 PM Central on TikTok (@c_h_armstrong) and find out the REAL story!! #WritingCommunity
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Replying to @Rhiannon Bloss | Author 📝📚 SHE SAID IT. And you can hear her say it Dec 2nd at 8:30 on her page @Cathie | Literary Agent when we go live for an AMA! #booktok #authorsoftiktok #writertok...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
GAME ON!!! 😂😂😂
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A new Agent Antics w/Cathie & Vicky has dropped! Share with your friends and enoy! #WritingCommunity
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You Asked...I'm Answering!
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November 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
A new Agent Antics w/Cathie & Vicky has dropped! Share with your friends and enoy! #WritingCommunity
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Mark your calendars for December 2nd at 8:30 PM Central!! #writingcommunity
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November 24, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Mark your calendars for December 2nd at 8:30 PM Central!! #writingcommunity
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I love that my kids (at 9yrs apart) are very close. But right now, I’m INSANELY jealous. I haven’t seen either of them in weeks, they both live equidistant of me and each other, but I just got a photo of them having brunch together. They have time for each other but not me! 😂😂😂
November 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I love that my kids (at 9yrs apart) are very close. But right now, I’m INSANELY jealous. I haven’t seen either of them in weeks, they both live equidistant of me and each other, but I just got a photo of them having brunch together. They have time for each other but not me! 😂😂😂
Hello #BookSky!!
Today is RELEASE DAY for CHASING STARDUST
Check out this article for CHASING STARDUST, and pick up your copy today!!
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Today is RELEASE DAY for CHASING STARDUST
Check out this article for CHASING STARDUST, and pick up your copy today!!
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Q&A: Erica Lucke Dean, Author of 'Chasing Stardust' | The Nerd Daily
We chat with author Erica Lucke Dean about Chasing Stardust, which is a funny and heartfelt novel about learning who your parents are as people, finding yourself, and falling in love in the strangest ...
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November 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Hello #BookSky!!
Today is RELEASE DAY for CHASING STARDUST
Check out this article for CHASING STARDUST, and pick up your copy today!!
thenerddaily.com/erica-lucke-...
Today is RELEASE DAY for CHASING STARDUST
Check out this article for CHASING STARDUST, and pick up your copy today!!
thenerddaily.com/erica-lucke-...
Today is RELEASE DAY for CHASING STARDUST!
Share & Comment to Enter for one of 5 ten-page critiques if it hits NY Times or USA Today Bestselling List in Nov! If both, I’ll give away 10!
Check out this article for CHASING STARDUST & pick up your copy today!!
thenerddaily.com/erica-lucke-...
Share & Comment to Enter for one of 5 ten-page critiques if it hits NY Times or USA Today Bestselling List in Nov! If both, I’ll give away 10!
Check out this article for CHASING STARDUST & pick up your copy today!!
thenerddaily.com/erica-lucke-...
Q&A: Erica Lucke Dean, Author of 'Chasing Stardust' | The Nerd Daily
We chat with author Erica Lucke Dean about Chasing Stardust, which is a funny and heartfelt novel about learning who your parents are as people, finding yourself, and falling in love in the strangest ...
thenerddaily.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Today is RELEASE DAY for CHASING STARDUST!
Share & Comment to Enter for one of 5 ten-page critiques if it hits NY Times or USA Today Bestselling List in Nov! If both, I’ll give away 10!
Check out this article for CHASING STARDUST & pick up your copy today!!
thenerddaily.com/erica-lucke-...
Share & Comment to Enter for one of 5 ten-page critiques if it hits NY Times or USA Today Bestselling List in Nov! If both, I’ll give away 10!
Check out this article for CHASING STARDUST & pick up your copy today!!
thenerddaily.com/erica-lucke-...
So excited!!! My client’s book is on the Amazon billboard on FREAKIN’ NEW YORK CITY!!!!!!! #Booksofbluesky
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October 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
So excited!!! My client’s book is on the Amazon billboard on FREAKIN’ NEW YORK CITY!!!!!!! #Booksofbluesky
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S12E12 of GREY’S ANATOMY…I’ve never related to Bailey more than watching her try to treat the COVID denier in the wake of her own mother’s death by the virus. It hit way too close to home since losing my own mom in 4/2020, also from COVID.
October 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
S12E12 of GREY’S ANATOMY…I’ve never related to Bailey more than watching her try to treat the COVID denier in the wake of her own mother’s death by the virus. It hit way too close to home since losing my own mom in 4/2020, also from COVID.
A new Agent Antics with Cathie and Vicky has dropped! Enjoy!
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Pick Your Path
Unraveling the Myth that Self-Published Authors are Taking Deals Away from Traditional Publishing Authors
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October 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A new Agent Antics with Cathie and Vicky has dropped! Enjoy!
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If you’re hoping to be published, read this. I’ll answer from an agent’s POV this week!
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and I are tackling a fun topic this week on our Substacks....
THE STATE OF TRAD PUB.
There's receipts & cited sources about the deals & trends I'm noticing as an author. Maybe a new avenue I'm considering....
Mine publishes tomorrow morning! <3 #writingcommunity
and I are tackling a fun topic this week on our Substacks....
THE STATE OF TRAD PUB.
There's receipts & cited sources about the deals & trends I'm noticing as an author. Maybe a new avenue I'm considering....
Mine publishes tomorrow morning! <3 #writingcommunity
October 6, 2025 at 3:39 AM
If you’re hoping to be published, read this. I’ll answer from an agent’s POV this week!
So excited to announce that CHASING STARDUST is an Amazon First Reads selection! This is one of the very first books I ever signed, and was on submission for *3 YEARS* before Lake Union offered a pre-empt! Download free for Amazon Prime Members:
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October 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
So excited to announce that CHASING STARDUST is an Amazon First Reads selection! This is one of the very first books I ever signed, and was on submission for *3 YEARS* before Lake Union offered a pre-empt! Download free for Amazon Prime Members:
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#writingcommunity #Reading
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Taking time while I have a few mins at a conference to read a manuscript from my slush pile, & I’m completely OBSESSED in a way I never have been before. I love everything I take on, but this one??? I’m OBSESSED. It has every part of me. One of the best things I’ve read this year, published or not.
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September 27, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Taking time while I have a few mins at a conference to read a manuscript from my slush pile, & I’m completely OBSESSED in a way I never have been before. I love everything I take on, but this one??? I’m OBSESSED. It has every part of me. One of the best things I’ve read this year, published or not.
My daughter’s video absolutely broke my heart this morning. Rest in Peace, Sweet Jet-Jet. I think losing her hurts more than all of my dogs combined.
September 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
My daughter’s video absolutely broke my heart this morning. Rest in Peace, Sweet Jet-Jet. I think losing her hurts more than all of my dogs combined.
Well…yesterday sucked. It was my birthday, but we spent the whole day grieving, myself included. My adult daughter’s beloved dog, Jet, passed away suddenly. She was only 11. She was such a good dog & was my daughter’s rock through some really bad years. Gonna miss that sweet girl!
September 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Well…yesterday sucked. It was my birthday, but we spent the whole day grieving, myself included. My adult daughter’s beloved dog, Jet, passed away suddenly. She was only 11. She was such a good dog & was my daughter’s rock through some really bad years. Gonna miss that sweet girl!
TeamCathie Retreat 2026!!!
September 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
TeamCathie Retreat 2026!!!
Reading a client’s manuscript, and I think it’s one of the most beautiful works of fiction I’ve ever read. I love ALL of my clients’ projects, but THIS ONE is special, and I’m humbled that I get to rep it.
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September 9, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Reading a client’s manuscript, and I think it’s one of the most beautiful works of fiction I’ve ever read. I love ALL of my clients’ projects, but THIS ONE is special, and I’m humbled that I get to rep it.
Can I just say a huge THANK YOU to the authors for whom I still have submissions? Your patience & kindness right now are deeply appreciated. YOU are the kind of people I want to work with! I appreciate your kind notes after my last email…
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September 7, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Can I just say a huge THANK YOU to the authors for whom I still have submissions? Your patience & kindness right now are deeply appreciated. YOU are the kind of people I want to work with! I appreciate your kind notes after my last email…
That moment when I *FINALLY* get a chance to relax and fully focus on a client’s manuscript and wish to hell I could’ve started it so much earlier…WOW! @emilycolinbooks.bsky.social has something truly special about to go on submission!! #WritingCommunity #AuthorsOnSubmission
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September 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
That moment when I *FINALLY* get a chance to relax and fully focus on a client’s manuscript and wish to hell I could’ve started it so much earlier…WOW! @emilycolinbooks.bsky.social has something truly special about to go on submission!! #WritingCommunity #AuthorsOnSubmission