Paula Weiman
@tinyfairyhunter.bsky.social
Literary agent. Ice cream snob. I bake a lot of bread.
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I don't accept queries over bluesky. Please follow the submission guidelines at https://ashliterary.com/#submissions and send any questions about your query to [email protected]
they/them
I don't accept queries over bluesky. Please follow the submission guidelines at https://ashliterary.com/#submissions and send any questions about your query to [email protected]
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I'm excited to announce that I've accepted a comics co-editor position at @therumpus.net
We're looking for original literary fiction and non-fiction comics that feel personal. Bonus if it's hand-lettered (the path to my heart) 😘
No AI
Pays $100
therumpus.submittable.com/submit
Pass it on!
We're looking for original literary fiction and non-fiction comics that feel personal. Bonus if it's hand-lettered (the path to my heart) 😘
No AI
Pays $100
therumpus.submittable.com/submit
Pass it on!
December 12, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I'm excited to announce that I've accepted a comics co-editor position at @therumpus.net
We're looking for original literary fiction and non-fiction comics that feel personal. Bonus if it's hand-lettered (the path to my heart) 😘
No AI
Pays $100
therumpus.submittable.com/submit
Pass it on!
We're looking for original literary fiction and non-fiction comics that feel personal. Bonus if it's hand-lettered (the path to my heart) 😘
No AI
Pays $100
therumpus.submittable.com/submit
Pass it on!
I'm running a free, virtual workshop at 7 pm EST tonight with Orange County Library System: attend.ocls.org/event/14071584
This is an updated version of a class on early career development that I ran for OCLS in the spring, now with a few additional resources to get you started in each category.
This is an updated version of a class on early career development that I ran for OCLS in the spring, now with a few additional resources to get you started in each category.
Career Development for Pre-Published Authors
Literary agent Paula Weiman will discuss how to best prepare for a career as an author before landing the first book deal.. Event starts at December 8, 2025 7:00 PM EST
attend.ocls.org
December 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I'm running a free, virtual workshop at 7 pm EST tonight with Orange County Library System: attend.ocls.org/event/14071584
This is an updated version of a class on early career development that I ran for OCLS in the spring, now with a few additional resources to get you started in each category.
This is an updated version of a class on early career development that I ran for OCLS in the spring, now with a few additional resources to get you started in each category.
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NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
I've started requesting stacks of books from the library to read while my office is closed for the end of the year. Any recommendations? What were your favorite releases of 2025/2024? I'm mostly looking for YA fiction by newer authors, but open to something else if it sounds interesting.
November 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I've started requesting stacks of books from the library to read while my office is closed for the end of the year. Any recommendations? What were your favorite releases of 2025/2024? I'm mostly looking for YA fiction by newer authors, but open to something else if it sounds interesting.
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good thread!! the idea of bringing the audience into view when choosing a next project, and then putting it away so you can write, then bringing it back again when you're editing is exactly what i do haha
Been pondering the "write for yourself / no, write for an audience" convos I've seen going around. This obviously varies for everyone, but for me it's "write for myself, edit for an audience." I can't finish a project unless I retreat into a bubble and pretend nobody will ever read it--
November 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
good thread!! the idea of bringing the audience into view when choosing a next project, and then putting it away so you can write, then bringing it back again when you're editing is exactly what i do haha
I talked to three people about Louise Bourgeois's spider sculptures over the weekend, and they're not as widely known as I thought! I visited Maman a few years ago and stood beneath the sculpture, looked up at its belly, walked in and out around the legs. museumspotlighteurope.com/the-enduring...
Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Spider? Not Louise Bourgeois | Museum Spotlight Europe
It’s not only Louise Bourgeois’ gigantic spider but also the glittering Guggenheim Museum Bilbao itself, surrounded on three sides by water, that casts its allure over any visitor. There is no other w...
museumspotlighteurope.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I talked to three people about Louise Bourgeois's spider sculptures over the weekend, and they're not as widely known as I thought! I visited Maman a few years ago and stood beneath the sculpture, looked up at its belly, walked in and out around the legs. museumspotlighteurope.com/the-enduring...
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reading literary fiction about annoying people in new york must hit so hard if you're an annoying person in new york
November 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
reading literary fiction about annoying people in new york must hit so hard if you're an annoying person in new york
I'm running a free, virtual event with the Orange County Library System in about half an hour to talk about taking your book on sub! My goal is to put writers' anxieties to rest and demystify one of the most nerve-wracking stages in the publication journey. attend.ocls.org/event/14071355
Going on Sub as a Writer
Literary agent Paula Weiman will discuss many of the different ways you can be "on sub(mission)" as a writer, including querying, with domestic publishers, subrights, and international submissions.
attend.ocls.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I'm running a free, virtual event with the Orange County Library System in about half an hour to talk about taking your book on sub! My goal is to put writers' anxieties to rest and demystify one of the most nerve-wracking stages in the publication journey. attend.ocls.org/event/14071355
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Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
November 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
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qrp for everyone's knowledge!
small edits regarding a specific scene are totally ok i think -- it means the sample you sent is still valid
editing the beginning: that's the sample!! I'd withdraw and requery bc the package fundamentally changed and that's what their full req was/will be based on
small edits regarding a specific scene are totally ok i think -- it means the sample you sent is still valid
editing the beginning: that's the sample!! I'd withdraw and requery bc the package fundamentally changed and that's what their full req was/will be based on
...and possibly lead to a rejection or turning down a second look. Obviously if I was wrong about this and I should have done it the other way around, it's really good to know for the future.
November 4, 2025 at 4:06 AM
qrp for everyone's knowledge!
small edits regarding a specific scene are totally ok i think -- it means the sample you sent is still valid
editing the beginning: that's the sample!! I'd withdraw and requery bc the package fundamentally changed and that's what their full req was/will be based on
small edits regarding a specific scene are totally ok i think -- it means the sample you sent is still valid
editing the beginning: that's the sample!! I'd withdraw and requery bc the package fundamentally changed and that's what their full req was/will be based on
I really admired the work Teen Vogue was publishing in recent years. It was incisive, forward-thinking, clear and direct reporting on issues teens cared about, written with the intention to help youth become aware of current events that affect them and stay engaged with those issues.
November 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I really admired the work Teen Vogue was publishing in recent years. It was incisive, forward-thinking, clear and direct reporting on issues teens cared about, written with the intention to help youth become aware of current events that affect them and stay engaged with those issues.
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🚨 WNDB is committed to providing emergency grants to diverse authors & illustrators, publishing professionals, and educators experiencing dire financial need due to loss of SNAP benefits. We are now open for a new round of emergency grants, between $250 and $1,000 each.
💻 bit.ly/WNDB-emergency
💻 bit.ly/WNDB-emergency
November 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🚨 WNDB is committed to providing emergency grants to diverse authors & illustrators, publishing professionals, and educators experiencing dire financial need due to loss of SNAP benefits. We are now open for a new round of emergency grants, between $250 and $1,000 each.
💻 bit.ly/WNDB-emergency
💻 bit.ly/WNDB-emergency
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We are delighted to share that Sophie Cameron has been nominated for the 2026 Carnegie Medal for Writing with her fantastical novel about imagination and friendship, A Flash of Neon! 🎉
Congratulations @sophiecameron.bsky.social!
#Carnegies2026 @carnegiemedals.bsky.social
Congratulations @sophiecameron.bsky.social!
#Carnegies2026 @carnegiemedals.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 9:31 AM
We are delighted to share that Sophie Cameron has been nominated for the 2026 Carnegie Medal for Writing with her fantastical novel about imagination and friendship, A Flash of Neon! 🎉
Congratulations @sophiecameron.bsky.social!
#Carnegies2026 @carnegiemedals.bsky.social
Congratulations @sophiecameron.bsky.social!
#Carnegies2026 @carnegiemedals.bsky.social
If you're one of the editors thinking this and you haven't gotten an email from me this week... let's talk swashbuckling historical queer romance
My agent is @tinyfairyhunter.bsky.social so if you are an editor of an imprint thinking “I wish romantasy was queerer / more m/m and also had incredible, immersive worldbuilding that brought a medieval era viscerally to life” HAVE I GOT GOOD NEWS FOR YOU, also I have plans for 2 more similar books
October 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
If you're one of the editors thinking this and you haven't gotten an email from me this week... let's talk swashbuckling historical queer romance
Thinking again today about Olympic gymnast Giorgia Villa and her Parmigiano Reggiano sponsorship www.diningandcooking.com/2132252/gior...
Giorgia Villa: Italy’s silver medal-winning Olympian and her relationship with cheese - Dining and Cooking
Giorgia Villa stood on the podium at the Bercy Arena and took a bite. Her taste buds picked out the cold, metallic success of Italy’s first silver medal in
www.diningandcooking.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Thinking again today about Olympic gymnast Giorgia Villa and her Parmigiano Reggiano sponsorship www.diningandcooking.com/2132252/gior...
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If I had a solid 3 months of free time I'd paint a modern Robin Hood and his merry band where they're all protesters in LA
Genuinely been thinking about it for months but I do NOT have the time for something that complex 😫😭😢
Genuinely been thinking about it for months but I do NOT have the time for something that complex 😫😭😢
I have been thinking for months that given the current *gestures at everything but especially the state of capitalism and government* I should be seeing WAY MORE ROBIN HOOD REMAKES !!
October 25, 2025 at 4:20 AM
If I had a solid 3 months of free time I'd paint a modern Robin Hood and his merry band where they're all protesters in LA
Genuinely been thinking about it for months but I do NOT have the time for something that complex 😫😭😢
Genuinely been thinking about it for months but I do NOT have the time for something that complex 😫😭😢
Gonna start citing this post when I tell someone that their YA novel set in 2012 is historical fiction for today's teens.
just realized that this means that she knows who Justin Bieber is but not only thought that he was dead she thought he died so long ago it was a different age
October 16, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Gonna start citing this post when I tell someone that their YA novel set in 2012 is historical fiction for today's teens.
The Netflix show Long Story Short has permanently altered my vocabulary. "Is a schnook not entitled?" "You laugh, but a schnook is entitled."
October 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The Netflix show Long Story Short has permanently altered my vocabulary. "Is a schnook not entitled?" "You laugh, but a schnook is entitled."
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I didn’t know what to say before, with Thyme Travellers winning just now. All I have to say is please continue to support Palestinians loudly and without apology.
So much love to you all!
So much love to you all!
The Ember Award for Unsung Contributions to Genre goes to @soniasulaiman.bsky.social
#2025IgnyteAwards
#2025IgnyteAwards
October 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I didn’t know what to say before, with Thyme Travellers winning just now. All I have to say is please continue to support Palestinians loudly and without apology.
So much love to you all!
So much love to you all!
I'll be participating in DVpit today! While I'm currently closed to unsolicited queries, I've opened a temporary link on QueryManager specifically for this pitch event. If I like your DVpit post, that's an invitation to query me: querytracker.net/query/paulaa...
Query Paula Weiman at ASH Literary
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October 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I'll be participating in DVpit today! While I'm currently closed to unsolicited queries, I've opened a temporary link on QueryManager specifically for this pitch event. If I like your DVpit post, that's an invitation to query me: querytracker.net/query/paulaa...
If you attended and heard me refer to the meter in The Cat in the Hat as trochaic tetrameter, I misspoke--that should have been anapestic tetrameter. Anapests are two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable. Trochees are one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable.
I'm leading a (free, online) craft talk on writing picture books tomorrow night through the Orange County Library System. Come listen to me climb on my soapbox about poetic scansion and common picture book pitfalls: attend.ocls.org/event/14071115
Writing Rhyming Picture Books that Sell
Literary agent Paula Weiman will discuss the craft of writing picture books, with a focus on considerations for rhyming picture books.
attend.ocls.org
October 8, 2025 at 1:13 AM
If you attended and heard me refer to the meter in The Cat in the Hat as trochaic tetrameter, I misspoke--that should have been anapestic tetrameter. Anapests are two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable. Trochees are one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable.
I'm leading a (free, online) craft talk on writing picture books tomorrow night through the Orange County Library System. Come listen to me climb on my soapbox about poetic scansion and common picture book pitfalls: attend.ocls.org/event/14071115
Writing Rhyming Picture Books that Sell
Literary agent Paula Weiman will discuss the craft of writing picture books, with a focus on considerations for rhyming picture books.
attend.ocls.org
October 7, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I'm leading a (free, online) craft talk on writing picture books tomorrow night through the Orange County Library System. Come listen to me climb on my soapbox about poetic scansion and common picture book pitfalls: attend.ocls.org/event/14071115
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#DVpit is 1 week away!
We're excited to have over 70+ Agents & Editors committed to participate & boost marginalized creators from dozens of literary agencies and publishing imprints!
For the next week we'll be having a #DVparty to get hyped up for the event!
more info: dvpit.carrd.co
#writersky
We're excited to have over 70+ Agents & Editors committed to participate & boost marginalized creators from dozens of literary agencies and publishing imprints!
For the next week we'll be having a #DVparty to get hyped up for the event!
more info: dvpit.carrd.co
#writersky
October 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
#DVpit is 1 week away!
We're excited to have over 70+ Agents & Editors committed to participate & boost marginalized creators from dozens of literary agencies and publishing imprints!
For the next week we'll be having a #DVparty to get hyped up for the event!
more info: dvpit.carrd.co
#writersky
We're excited to have over 70+ Agents & Editors committed to participate & boost marginalized creators from dozens of literary agencies and publishing imprints!
For the next week we'll be having a #DVparty to get hyped up for the event!
more info: dvpit.carrd.co
#writersky
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As we are one day away from #PicantePit, here is the list of all the agents who will be participating across both X and 🦋☁️
Thank you to everyone who took the time to fill out our form!
Thank you to everyone who took the time to fill out our form!
September 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
As we are one day away from #PicantePit, here is the list of all the agents who will be participating across both X and 🦋☁️
Thank you to everyone who took the time to fill out our form!
Thank you to everyone who took the time to fill out our form!
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Marching out into the deep woods and telling the first fae I see my whole and true name, I'm fuckin done here time to go
September 18, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Marching out into the deep woods and telling the first fae I see my whole and true name, I'm fuckin done here time to go