Lisa Abellera
@lisaabellera.bsky.social
Literary agent at Kimberley Cameron & Associates, AALA member, VONA alum, Filipina/Pinay, and lover of all things books; she/her📚🦄🐲👾🤖💃🏽🕵️♀️👮🏽♀️✍🏾📚
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🚨 Have you signed up for this yet?! 🚨
What's included:
-a webinar on submission materials
-a 2 hour live Q&A
-review of your query letter, one-page synopsis, and first 10 pages of your manuscript
writersdigestuniversity.mykajabi.com/how-to-craft...
What's included:
-a webinar on submission materials
-a 2 hour live Q&A
-review of your query letter, one-page synopsis, and first 10 pages of your manuscript
writersdigestuniversity.mykajabi.com/how-to-craft...
April 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
🚨 Have you signed up for this yet?! 🚨
What's included:
-a webinar on submission materials
-a 2 hour live Q&A
-review of your query letter, one-page synopsis, and first 10 pages of your manuscript
writersdigestuniversity.mykajabi.com/how-to-craft...
What's included:
-a webinar on submission materials
-a 2 hour live Q&A
-review of your query letter, one-page synopsis, and first 10 pages of your manuscript
writersdigestuniversity.mykajabi.com/how-to-craft...
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IT IS OFFICIALLY RELEASE DAY FOR—
🍃🌬️🏰A Palace Near the Wind 🏰🌬️🍃
—a big thank you to everyone who made this book possible from start to finish 😭🤍
@titanbooks.bsky.social
🍃🌬️🏰A Palace Near the Wind 🏰🌬️🍃
—a big thank you to everyone who made this book possible from start to finish 😭🤍
@titanbooks.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 4:11 AM
IT IS OFFICIALLY RELEASE DAY FOR—
🍃🌬️🏰A Palace Near the Wind 🏰🌬️🍃
—a big thank you to everyone who made this book possible from start to finish 😭🤍
@titanbooks.bsky.social
🍃🌬️🏰A Palace Near the Wind 🏰🌬️🍃
—a big thank you to everyone who made this book possible from start to finish 😭🤍
@titanbooks.bsky.social
Story Circle calls @MKelsonAuthor’s NOT THE KILLING KIND, a mystery that “ratchets up the tension so smoothly that readers simply won’t be able to put the book down.” www.storycircle.org/book_review/...
Not the Killing Kind
www.storycircle.org
March 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Story Circle calls @MKelsonAuthor’s NOT THE KILLING KIND, a mystery that “ratchets up the tension so smoothly that readers simply won’t be able to put the book down.” www.storycircle.org/book_review/...
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excited to see A PALACE NEAR THE WIND mentioned in @newscientist.com 👀🙇🏻♀️🤍🌬️🏰
forthcoming April 15, 2025 — @titanbooks.bsky.social
forthcoming April 15, 2025 — @titanbooks.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 12:28 AM
excited to see A PALACE NEAR THE WIND mentioned in @newscientist.com 👀🙇🏻♀️🤍🌬️🏰
forthcoming April 15, 2025 — @titanbooks.bsky.social
forthcoming April 15, 2025 — @titanbooks.bsky.social
The ebook of NOT THE KILLING KIND, a multicultural mystery novel featuring a Latina education reformer in rural NorCal, by debut Chicana author, Maria Kelson is now on sale for $2.99!
shorturl.at/5pQiC
shorturl.at/5pQiC
Not the Killing Kind: A Novel
Not the Killing Kind: A Novel - Kindle edition by Kelson, Maria. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Not the Killing Kind: A Novel.
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February 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The ebook of NOT THE KILLING KIND, a multicultural mystery novel featuring a Latina education reformer in rural NorCal, by debut Chicana author, Maria Kelson is now on sale for $2.99!
shorturl.at/5pQiC
shorturl.at/5pQiC
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Finalizei leitura de "A Palace Near the Wind (Natural Engines, #1)" - Ai Jiang
🟠 surtada | 🟣 conectada | 🟡 apaixonada
@maratona.app 💙📚 https://maratona.social/estante/cm5cr3hmu00ahhyudlau78298
🟠 surtada | 🟣 conectada | 🟡 apaixonada
@maratona.app 💙📚 https://maratona.social/estante/cm5cr3hmu00ahhyudlau78298
A Palace Near the Wind (Natural Engines, #1)
Ai Jiang
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January 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Finalizei leitura de "A Palace Near the Wind (Natural Engines, #1)" - Ai Jiang
🟠 surtada | 🟣 conectada | 🟡 apaixonada
@maratona.app 💙📚 https://maratona.social/estante/cm5cr3hmu00ahhyudlau78298
🟠 surtada | 🟣 conectada | 🟡 apaixonada
@maratona.app 💙📚 https://maratona.social/estante/cm5cr3hmu00ahhyudlau78298
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We’re about 3 months out from PALACE’s release!! If y’all are looking for something to add to your 2025 TBR… 👀💫🌬️🏰
(preordered already? go to the link in my bio to fill out the form for swag! 🤍🙆🏻♀️)
(preordered already? go to the link in my bio to fill out the form for swag! 🤍🙆🏻♀️)
January 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
We’re about 3 months out from PALACE’s release!! If y’all are looking for something to add to your 2025 TBR… 👀💫🌬️🏰
(preordered already? go to the link in my bio to fill out the form for swag! 🤍🙆🏻♀️)
(preordered already? go to the link in my bio to fill out the form for swag! 🤍🙆🏻♀️)
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Happy New Year! #BluePit is coming up fast on January 13th!
We'll be sharing tips & tricks and starting Jan 8th will our #BluePitHype Q&A begins!
We can't wait to see all your great pitches!
We'll be sharing tips & tricks and starting Jan 8th will our #BluePitHype Q&A begins!
We can't wait to see all your great pitches!
January 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Happy New Year! #BluePit is coming up fast on January 13th!
We'll be sharing tips & tricks and starting Jan 8th will our #BluePitHype Q&A begins!
We can't wait to see all your great pitches!
We'll be sharing tips & tricks and starting Jan 8th will our #BluePitHype Q&A begins!
We can't wait to see all your great pitches!
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2024 Writer’s Wrapped:
What a wild time year 🫣
— won the Nebula and Stoker award
— was a finalist for the Locus, BSFA, Aurora, Hugo, Astounding awards
— got a 2-book deal for my debut novel
— wrote 1.5 novels + turned a novelette into a novella
— wrote 10+ short stories
— read 70+ books
What a wild time year 🫣
— won the Nebula and Stoker award
— was a finalist for the Locus, BSFA, Aurora, Hugo, Astounding awards
— got a 2-book deal for my debut novel
— wrote 1.5 novels + turned a novelette into a novella
— wrote 10+ short stories
— read 70+ books
December 26, 2024 at 10:23 PM
2024 Writer’s Wrapped:
What a wild time year 🫣
— won the Nebula and Stoker award
— was a finalist for the Locus, BSFA, Aurora, Hugo, Astounding awards
— got a 2-book deal for my debut novel
— wrote 1.5 novels + turned a novelette into a novella
— wrote 10+ short stories
— read 70+ books
What a wild time year 🫣
— won the Nebula and Stoker award
— was a finalist for the Locus, BSFA, Aurora, Hugo, Astounding awards
— got a 2-book deal for my debut novel
— wrote 1.5 novels + turned a novelette into a novella
— wrote 10+ short stories
— read 70+ books
What’s Christmas without a bit of food coma? Daughter made an incredibly delicious rack of lamb for our Xmas dinner. Dessert was a yummy white chocolate raspberry cake 😋
December 26, 2024 at 6:10 AM
What’s Christmas without a bit of food coma? Daughter made an incredibly delicious rack of lamb for our Xmas dinner. Dessert was a yummy white chocolate raspberry cake 😋
December 26, 2024 at 3:15 AM
December 25, 2024 at 7:33 AM
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Margaret Atwood, poet: "This is the solstice, the still point
of the sun, its cusp and midnight,
the year’s threshold
and unlocking, where the past
lets go of and becomes the future;
the place of caught breath, the door
of a vanished house left ajar...”
of the sun, its cusp and midnight,
the year’s threshold
and unlocking, where the past
lets go of and becomes the future;
the place of caught breath, the door
of a vanished house left ajar...”
December 21, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Margaret Atwood, poet: "This is the solstice, the still point
of the sun, its cusp and midnight,
the year’s threshold
and unlocking, where the past
lets go of and becomes the future;
the place of caught breath, the door
of a vanished house left ajar...”
of the sun, its cusp and midnight,
the year’s threshold
and unlocking, where the past
lets go of and becomes the future;
the place of caught breath, the door
of a vanished house left ajar...”
Made sweet potato corn bread. Not too bad for my first time 😋
December 21, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Made sweet potato corn bread. Not too bad for my first time 😋
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Apply to @banffcentre.bsky.social's SCIENCE FICTION residency w/ mentorship from @aijiang.bsky.social , @premeemohamed.com , & @amalelmohtar.com: www.banffcentre.ca/programs/lit... (att'n @locusmag.bsky.social @theignyteawards.bsky.social @thehugoawards.bsky.social @worldfantasy2024.bsky.social)
December 17, 2024 at 2:55 AM
Apply to @banffcentre.bsky.social's SCIENCE FICTION residency w/ mentorship from @aijiang.bsky.social , @premeemohamed.com , & @amalelmohtar.com: www.banffcentre.ca/programs/lit... (att'n @locusmag.bsky.social @theignyteawards.bsky.social @thehugoawards.bsky.social @worldfantasy2024.bsky.social)
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Thank you to the wonderful team at @titanbooks.bsky.social for this gorgeous copy of A Place Near the Wind by @aijiang.bsky.social. Looking forward to reading it.
December 16, 2024 at 8:18 PM
Thank you to the wonderful team at @titanbooks.bsky.social for this gorgeous copy of A Place Near the Wind by @aijiang.bsky.social. Looking forward to reading it.
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The lovely folk @titanbooks.bsky.social have sent me A Palace Near the Wind by @aijiang.bsky.social which is a novella I’ve been desperately wanting to read
This is set in a world where the Feng (tree-like) race are oppressed & beholden to humans & their king. I’m so intrigued by this!
Out April
This is set in a world where the Feng (tree-like) race are oppressed & beholden to humans & their king. I’m so intrigued by this!
Out April
December 16, 2024 at 9:54 AM
The lovely folk @titanbooks.bsky.social have sent me A Palace Near the Wind by @aijiang.bsky.social which is a novella I’ve been desperately wanting to read
This is set in a world where the Feng (tree-like) race are oppressed & beholden to humans & their king. I’m so intrigued by this!
Out April
This is set in a world where the Feng (tree-like) race are oppressed & beholden to humans & their king. I’m so intrigued by this!
Out April
December 15, 2024 at 3:04 AM
🧵🎅🏼😂
It's Santacon tomorrow. If you don't live in NYC, let me explain it for you, because I live in Santacon Fucking Central. Here is what you need to picture: it is mid-December. The weather is grim but CHEER is rising. Or, should be. But hark...
December 15, 2024 at 12:54 AM
🧵🎅🏼😂
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A PALACE NEAR THE WIND (@titanbooks.bsky.social) mentioned in LibraryJournal’s prepub alert and the long list for Publishers Weekly’s spring 2025 preview 👀🤍🫶🏼🙇🏻♀️
December 13, 2024 at 6:54 PM
A PALACE NEAR THE WIND (@titanbooks.bsky.social) mentioned in LibraryJournal’s prepub alert and the long list for Publishers Weekly’s spring 2025 preview 👀🤍🫶🏼🙇🏻♀️
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Let's talk synopsis.
The synopsis tells what happens in the book from beginning to end with full spoilers. It includes the plot arc and character arc. It is not just a longer version of the query letter.
I've been seeing a lot of synopses that tease the end - they should tell the end!
The synopsis tells what happens in the book from beginning to end with full spoilers. It includes the plot arc and character arc. It is not just a longer version of the query letter.
I've been seeing a lot of synopses that tease the end - they should tell the end!
December 13, 2024 at 3:36 AM
Let's talk synopsis.
The synopsis tells what happens in the book from beginning to end with full spoilers. It includes the plot arc and character arc. It is not just a longer version of the query letter.
I've been seeing a lot of synopses that tease the end - they should tell the end!
The synopsis tells what happens in the book from beginning to end with full spoilers. It includes the plot arc and character arc. It is not just a longer version of the query letter.
I've been seeing a lot of synopses that tease the end - they should tell the end!
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The Texas Institute of Letters has 3 awards for authors of books for young readers, each with a $1,000 prize & a 1/6 submission deadline:
Jean Flynn Award for Best YA
Deirdre Siobhan FlynnBass Award for Best MG
Brigid Erin Flynn Award for Best PB
texasinstituteofletters.org/til-2024-lit... #kidlit
Jean Flynn Award for Best YA
Deirdre Siobhan FlynnBass Award for Best MG
Brigid Erin Flynn Award for Best PB
texasinstituteofletters.org/til-2024-lit... #kidlit
TIL Literary Contest Guidelines for 2024
[PDF version of guidelines.]
The latest slate of TIL literary contests is now open with prizes adding up to $23,750. In addition, the TIL will bestow a lifetime achievement award ($7,000) and the J...
texasinstituteofletters.org
December 13, 2024 at 3:35 AM
The Texas Institute of Letters has 3 awards for authors of books for young readers, each with a $1,000 prize & a 1/6 submission deadline:
Jean Flynn Award for Best YA
Deirdre Siobhan FlynnBass Award for Best MG
Brigid Erin Flynn Award for Best PB
texasinstituteofletters.org/til-2024-lit... #kidlit
Jean Flynn Award for Best YA
Deirdre Siobhan FlynnBass Award for Best MG
Brigid Erin Flynn Award for Best PB
texasinstituteofletters.org/til-2024-lit... #kidlit
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Authors, please I'm begging you. DO NOT sign us (editors/agents) up for your mailing list when we did not ask for it especially using our work emails. This is a worse offense than sending your project to editors who don't take unsolicited and/or unagented subs or querying agents when they're closed.
December 12, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Authors, please I'm begging you. DO NOT sign us (editors/agents) up for your mailing list when we did not ask for it especially using our work emails. This is a worse offense than sending your project to editors who don't take unsolicited and/or unagented subs or querying agents when they're closed.
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*PM Announcement now live!*
Extremely excited to announce that we’ve sold my debut science fantasy novel—AN EMPIRE ABOVE OPERA—at auction, in a two-book deal, to @titanbooks.bsky.social, forthcoming Autumn 2026!! 🤍🌊🎭🏮🌸🪷
(followed by a far past *prequel*—AN OPERA OF SALAMANDERS, Autumn 2027 🦎⏳🔥🐦🔥)
Extremely excited to announce that we’ve sold my debut science fantasy novel—AN EMPIRE ABOVE OPERA—at auction, in a two-book deal, to @titanbooks.bsky.social, forthcoming Autumn 2026!! 🤍🌊🎭🏮🌸🪷
(followed by a far past *prequel*—AN OPERA OF SALAMANDERS, Autumn 2027 🦎⏳🔥🐦🔥)
December 11, 2024 at 2:00 AM
*PM Announcement now live!*
Extremely excited to announce that we’ve sold my debut science fantasy novel—AN EMPIRE ABOVE OPERA—at auction, in a two-book deal, to @titanbooks.bsky.social, forthcoming Autumn 2026!! 🤍🌊🎭🏮🌸🪷
(followed by a far past *prequel*—AN OPERA OF SALAMANDERS, Autumn 2027 🦎⏳🔥🐦🔥)
Extremely excited to announce that we’ve sold my debut science fantasy novel—AN EMPIRE ABOVE OPERA—at auction, in a two-book deal, to @titanbooks.bsky.social, forthcoming Autumn 2026!! 🤍🌊🎭🏮🌸🪷
(followed by a far past *prequel*—AN OPERA OF SALAMANDERS, Autumn 2027 🦎⏳🔥🐦🔥)