Eric Smith
@ericsmithrocks.bsky.social
🏠 Founder & Agent at Neighborhood Literary.
📚 Award-winning Author.
👴🏽 Perpetually Tired Dad.
Latest book: With or Without You (a Junior Library Guild selection!), out now!
🚪 https://www.neighborhoodliterary.com
📚 Award-winning Author.
👴🏽 Perpetually Tired Dad.
Latest book: With or Without You (a Junior Library Guild selection!), out now!
🚪 https://www.neighborhoodliterary.com
Was in NYC all day for work (hey, go Mamdani!) and made it home to Philly late.
And it’s not too late to hit the polls, friends. Let’s go. 💪🏽
And it’s not too late to hit the polls, friends. Let’s go. 💪🏽
November 4, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Was in NYC all day for work (hey, go Mamdani!) and made it home to Philly late.
And it’s not too late to hit the polls, friends. Let’s go. 💪🏽
And it’s not too late to hit the polls, friends. Let’s go. 💪🏽
Update? Had to refill the bench twice. 250 books gone in just a few hours. A perfect night. ❤️
October 31, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Update? Had to refill the bench twice. 250 books gone in just a few hours. A perfect night. ❤️
Please check your kid’s Halloween candy tonight. Apparently requests for a synopsis are being hidden in candy bars.
October 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Please check your kid’s Halloween candy tonight. Apparently requests for a synopsis are being hidden in candy bars.
I always thought if I ever owned a house I’d make us “the book house” each Halloween.
Getting all the chapter books, MG reads, and YA (we had a lot of teens last year, and yes, teenagers are kids don’t be jerks to them on Halloween) sorted for tomorrow!
250 giveaway books! But also candy.
Getting all the chapter books, MG reads, and YA (we had a lot of teens last year, and yes, teenagers are kids don’t be jerks to them on Halloween) sorted for tomorrow!
250 giveaway books! But also candy.
October 31, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I always thought if I ever owned a house I’d make us “the book house” each Halloween.
Getting all the chapter books, MG reads, and YA (we had a lot of teens last year, and yes, teenagers are kids don’t be jerks to them on Halloween) sorted for tomorrow!
250 giveaway books! But also candy.
Getting all the chapter books, MG reads, and YA (we had a lot of teens last year, and yes, teenagers are kids don’t be jerks to them on Halloween) sorted for tomorrow!
250 giveaway books! But also candy.
What’s this? That’s right. Some new YA is heading your way from @kaylaancrum.bsky.social!
October 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
What’s this? That’s right. Some new YA is heading your way from @kaylaancrum.bsky.social!
Kiddo took home a Minecraft book from the school library.
Apparently Lerner has an imprint called Updog Books.
I saw the name this morning and literally muttered “what’s updog?”
I am FURIOUS.
Apparently Lerner has an imprint called Updog Books.
I saw the name this morning and literally muttered “what’s updog?”
I am FURIOUS.
October 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Kiddo took home a Minecraft book from the school library.
Apparently Lerner has an imprint called Updog Books.
I saw the name this morning and literally muttered “what’s updog?”
I am FURIOUS.
Apparently Lerner has an imprint called Updog Books.
I saw the name this morning and literally muttered “what’s updog?”
I am FURIOUS.
After a tiny hiatus the Neighborhood Literary free events are back, and in November @katemckean.bsky.social is coming to American Grammar for a chat!
Hope you’ll join! This is gonna be a good one. 🎉 www.neighborhoodliterary.com/neighborhoods
Hope you’ll join! This is gonna be a good one. 🎉 www.neighborhoodliterary.com/neighborhoods
October 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
After a tiny hiatus the Neighborhood Literary free events are back, and in November @katemckean.bsky.social is coming to American Grammar for a chat!
Hope you’ll join! This is gonna be a good one. 🎉 www.neighborhoodliterary.com/neighborhoods
Hope you’ll join! This is gonna be a good one. 🎉 www.neighborhoodliterary.com/neighborhoods
Oh hey, it’s in PM, so in case you missed it…
So excited for this gorgeous book, especially because we need more kid-lit that addresses what children have been through in the pandemic.
So excited for this gorgeous book, especially because we need more kid-lit that addresses what children have been through in the pandemic.
October 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Oh hey, it’s in PM, so in case you missed it…
So excited for this gorgeous book, especially because we need more kid-lit that addresses what children have been through in the pandemic.
So excited for this gorgeous book, especially because we need more kid-lit that addresses what children have been through in the pandemic.
Surprised to find Don’t Read the Comments is just a dollar across eBook retailers today. Maybe grab a copy if you haven’t checked it out? It turned five this year, and is still going. ❤️ www.harpercollins.com/products/don...
September 30, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Surprised to find Don’t Read the Comments is just a dollar across eBook retailers today. Maybe grab a copy if you haven’t checked it out? It turned five this year, and is still going. ❤️ www.harpercollins.com/products/don...
I just know @mikechenwriter.bsky.social is gonna be pressed against his window waiting for mail that day like
September 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I just know @mikechenwriter.bsky.social is gonna be pressed against his window waiting for mail that day like
A little emotional knowing this book is out in the world this week.
Sure, some projects I immediately know the readership, editor, publisher, etc.
But this one? I saw my kiddo, every step of the way. Thank you for this, @authormargeaux.bsky.social. www.bloomsbury.com/us/everythin...
Sure, some projects I immediately know the readership, editor, publisher, etc.
But this one? I saw my kiddo, every step of the way. Thank you for this, @authormargeaux.bsky.social. www.bloomsbury.com/us/everythin...
September 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
A little emotional knowing this book is out in the world this week.
Sure, some projects I immediately know the readership, editor, publisher, etc.
But this one? I saw my kiddo, every step of the way. Thank you for this, @authormargeaux.bsky.social. www.bloomsbury.com/us/everythin...
Sure, some projects I immediately know the readership, editor, publisher, etc.
But this one? I saw my kiddo, every step of the way. Thank you for this, @authormargeaux.bsky.social. www.bloomsbury.com/us/everythin...
I write Young Adult novels and run a literary agency that has a bonus focus on building writing communities.
I try to be a good literary citizen every day. ❤️
I try to be a good literary citizen every day. ❤️
September 11, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I write Young Adult novels and run a literary agency that has a bonus focus on building writing communities.
I try to be a good literary citizen every day. ❤️
I try to be a good literary citizen every day. ❤️
So proud of this one, friends. Stories are resistance, and so worth fighting for.
September 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
So proud of this one, friends. Stories are resistance, and so worth fighting for.
Today’s the National Book Festival at the Library of Congress. While I might not be there, my novel is, as the kid-lit selection for Pennsylvania.
This book’s publishing journey has been wild, particularly with the imprint being shuttered. Thanks for showing up for it. ❤️
This book’s publishing journey has been wild, particularly with the imprint being shuttered. Thanks for showing up for it. ❤️
September 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Today’s the National Book Festival at the Library of Congress. While I might not be there, my novel is, as the kid-lit selection for Pennsylvania.
This book’s publishing journey has been wild, particularly with the imprint being shuttered. Thanks for showing up for it. ❤️
This book’s publishing journey has been wild, particularly with the imprint being shuttered. Thanks for showing up for it. ❤️
While nudges and follow up emails are always welcome, please note this is how I’m reading manuscripts lately. I’m behind, but I’ll get to you. ❤️
September 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
While nudges and follow up emails are always welcome, please note this is how I’m reading manuscripts lately. I’m behind, but I’ll get to you. ❤️
I’m close to every project I work on, but sometimes one really hits home.
So thrilled that this memoir is happening. ❤️
So thrilled that this memoir is happening. ❤️
August 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I’m close to every project I work on, but sometimes one really hits home.
So thrilled that this memoir is happening. ❤️
So thrilled that this memoir is happening. ❤️
ICYMI: Last week, client Sita Jit announced some news!
Oh how I love my kid-lit verse novels. ❤️
Oh how I love my kid-lit verse novels. ❤️
August 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
ICYMI: Last week, client Sita Jit announced some news!
Oh how I love my kid-lit verse novels. ❤️
Oh how I love my kid-lit verse novels. ❤️
Just me in the comments of every social network lately.
August 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Just me in the comments of every social network lately.
Getting to work with your heroes is pretty neat!
Editor friends, if you’re fans of The Wonder Years, maybe hit me up. www.instagram.com/p/DNVp9I1NI8...
Editor friends, if you’re fans of The Wonder Years, maybe hit me up. www.instagram.com/p/DNVp9I1NI8...
August 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Getting to work with your heroes is pretty neat!
Editor friends, if you’re fans of The Wonder Years, maybe hit me up. www.instagram.com/p/DNVp9I1NI8...
Editor friends, if you’re fans of The Wonder Years, maybe hit me up. www.instagram.com/p/DNVp9I1NI8...
Over the last few days a lot of friends from that rival blogging era have been texting me stuff like “how are we ever gonna recover from this.”
It’s like a snapshot from rivals to friends movie in the early 2000’s.
I’d say he’s won, but really, I feel like I have. ❤️
It’s like a snapshot from rivals to friends movie in the early 2000’s.
I’d say he’s won, but really, I feel like I have. ❤️
August 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Over the last few days a lot of friends from that rival blogging era have been texting me stuff like “how are we ever gonna recover from this.”
It’s like a snapshot from rivals to friends movie in the early 2000’s.
I’d say he’s won, but really, I feel like I have. ❤️
It’s like a snapshot from rivals to friends movie in the early 2000’s.
I’d say he’s won, but really, I feel like I have. ❤️
August is here, which means the Philly Bookstore Crawl is almost upon us!
45 stores, dozens of authors, tons of events and giveaways in the region.
It’s a huge labor of love of mine, and I hope you’ll come out and celebrate the area’s bookstore scene. ❤️ www.phillybookstorecrawl.com
45 stores, dozens of authors, tons of events and giveaways in the region.
It’s a huge labor of love of mine, and I hope you’ll come out and celebrate the area’s bookstore scene. ❤️ www.phillybookstorecrawl.com
August 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
August is here, which means the Philly Bookstore Crawl is almost upon us!
45 stores, dozens of authors, tons of events and giveaways in the region.
It’s a huge labor of love of mine, and I hope you’ll come out and celebrate the area’s bookstore scene. ❤️ www.phillybookstorecrawl.com
45 stores, dozens of authors, tons of events and giveaways in the region.
It’s a huge labor of love of mine, and I hope you’ll come out and celebrate the area’s bookstore scene. ❤️ www.phillybookstorecrawl.com
Oh, what’s this? A poetry collection from @alwayscoffee.bsky.social, coming your way with @clashbooks.bsky.social! ✨
July 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Oh, what’s this? A poetry collection from @alwayscoffee.bsky.social, coming your way with @clashbooks.bsky.social! ✨
I love how many scammy book marketing people message me on LinkedIn and Instagram, but this was my favorite today.
“Nice book.”
I was legit waiting for some kind of Sopranos style “it’d shame if something were to happen to it.”
“Nice book.”
I was legit waiting for some kind of Sopranos style “it’d shame if something were to happen to it.”
July 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I love how many scammy book marketing people message me on LinkedIn and Instagram, but this was my favorite today.
“Nice book.”
I was legit waiting for some kind of Sopranos style “it’d shame if something were to happen to it.”
“Nice book.”
I was legit waiting for some kind of Sopranos style “it’d shame if something were to happen to it.”