Cole Lanahan
@LanahanCole
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Lit agent at The Seymour Agency. Certified MHFA instructor. Dog lover, chicken wrangler, and guaranteed to ruin every movie by predicting the twist. she/her
St Louis, MO
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I've read so many subs that have fantastic premises and are "so close" but just not quite there yet and so I have to pass due to time constraints. Here are some books to get you there. 🧵
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It’s PM official! I’ve been promoted from junior agent to agent! (And I’m just getting started!)
#alltheexclamationpoints
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I've seen so many despairing tweets from authors in my feed lately and, while I don't write anymore (personal reasons), it took me 2 years and 200 rejections to get my first agent. Another year and 12 passes to get my first book deal. Don't give up!
#WritingCommunity
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Here is your daily dose of inspiration: I just received an offer for a book that has been on sub for a year.
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If I pass on your query and you retaliate by attacking my authors, that's not a good look. Actually, retaliating in any form means you're not emotionally ready for the querying process. 1/2
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At Seymour Agency, we stand firm against bullying in all forms. Therefore, I've ended my professional association with Cardigan due to actions inconsistent with our values.
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Hi friends! I'll be popping in and out of
#questpit
today. If I like your pitch and you feel like we might be a match, please send me your query and three chapters here:
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I quietly opened to queries thinking that a couple would trickle in here and there. I was wrong. Very wrong. lol. At this rate, I will probably close again at the end of July to catch up. So get those queries in now.
#amagenting
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Hi
#kidlitpit
! If I <3 your pitch, and you think I'm a good fit, please click on my submission form for instructions:
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Excited to check out
#PitDark
pitches today. If I 💙your pitch and you feel like we might be a fit, please submit your query and three chapters to:
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Hey friends! I'll be in and out today checking out
#pitdark
. If I like your pitch and you feel like we'd be a good team, please submit your query and 1st 3 chapters here:
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I meant to request a full in QM and accidentally passed. I fixed my mistake but the pass remains in our messages. What a rollercoaster of emotions for the poor author.
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Just had a man explain publishing to me (no one I'm connected to on Twitter). I'm so glad because I've only been in the industry for 20 years. 🙃
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Just read an editor MSWL for a historical based in the 2000's and now I must go shopping for a cane and prune juice. 💀🪦
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Just finished editing client's third-person present-tense and moved on to editing a different client's first-person past-tense and now I've crossed into the fifth dimension where time and space have no meaning.
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To be clear, it's human to be hurt by rejection. And it's human to be frustrated by rejection. These are natural reactions and should be approached with curiosity and understanding. What is not okay is the response to cause harm to another human. 2/2
#WritingCommunity
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I'll be checking out
#MoodPitch
throughout the day Thursday, so if I like your pitch (and you think I'm a good fit), please submit your query & 3 chapters to me at .
#writingcommunity
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Working on a submission and need some feedback; without Googling, can you tell me (yes or no) if you know what the "yips" are? Thank you!
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Good morning,
#PitDark
friends! If I like your pitch and you want to submit to me, please do so using this link:
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Goal, Motivation, and Conflict by Debra Dixon
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With all this talk about agent/author relationships, I've been thinking about how beneficial it would be to develop a client charter with each author. A charter isn't a legal document, but a case-by-case outline of how the agent and author plan to communicate & work together.
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Hi friends! I didn't get a chance to review as many
#pitdark
pitches as I wanted. So please check out my MSWL and, if you think we're a good match, feel free to query me!
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Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody.
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Submissions update. All queries have been responded to. I have seven fulls remaining and I'm *tentatively* hoping to open for queries again by the middle/end of June.
#amagenting
#WritingCommunity
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The First Five Pages by Noah Lukeman
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When I open up again, I'd love to see more subs from "2nd Act" authors. These are authors who published a book(s), maybe hit the mid-list and were brushed aside because of it/low sales. (Where my fellow apocalypsies--2012 debuts--at?) I believe in you!
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Good morning
#moodpitch
! If I like your tweet and you want to query me, please use the following link to submit your full:
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I love writing submission packets. It's like writing little love letters for my client's manuscripts. 🥰
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@BHeckmanWriter
I think the biggest mistake is having a character who just "reacts" to the story instead of having clear goals and motivations that shape their journey in the story.
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Hi there
#QueerPit
! Today has been a little hectic, but I'm still checking out your pitches throughout the day. If I ❤️ your pitch, and you feel like I'm a good fit, please submit your query and first 3 chapters here:
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Agent friends, I'm considering buying a Kindle to read submissions on because of the versatility, but I'm worried because I won't be able to make notes. What do you use?
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I have read so many craft books over the last two decades and feel these three are absolutely essential to any writer's library. If you have other recommendations you'd like to suggest please comment!
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When I climbed out of bed this morning an M&M fell out of the blankets onto the floor. If this doesn't "show versus tell" who I am as a person, nothing does.
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I haven't seen the sun in a month and it's affecting my
#MSWL
. Please send me more domestic thrillers, YA thrillers, stories about cults, and non-supernatural horror where the monsters are regular people.
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This is how Karen feels about waking up to all the snow. Same, Karen, same
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I’m at a bookstore browsing and this woman appears out of nowhere and says “Oh, you do not want that. And I’ll tell you why.” She then gave me a review and her recommendations. She didn’t even work there! I’m not even mad—I’m impressed! These are the people we exist for.
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I hate to do this, but I'm behind in my reading and have so many good things in my inbox that I'm going to close to queries at the close of today in order to catch up. I'll still check out
#moodpitch
tomorrow.
#WritingCommmunity
#amagenting
#MSWL
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Just checking in to let everyone know I'm terribly behind in my submission reading. Happy to say it's because of all the distracting good news that has filled my inbox lately.
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It's actually nice some authors have taken the initiative to weed themselves out of the industry through their behavior. It saves us all a lot of time in the end.
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My cat Karen would like to wish everyone a happy New Year weekend. (This is her happy face)
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Please tell me I’m not the only one with emotional support sweatpants.
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WAHOO!!! 🧙♂️🧝♀️🧚♀️🧌⚔️🛡️
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I know it's inconvenient that I close to queries so often. But I'd rather manage my pile and respond to everyone than become buried and a non responder.
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Good morning, friends. Did everyone get a good night's sleep? Did you eat breakfast? Drink a glass of water? Scream into the void until you collapse? Unfortunately, change doesn't happen overnight. (I studied change management in college.) However, we can make progress together.
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I have so many projects to edit, submissions to write, and subs to read. But I set it all aside today to make cinnamon swirl bread with my daughter. I'm so glad I pushed through the guilt because she's going to be out of the house soon and the work will always be here.
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I need to apologize to everyone this week. Apparently, my brain went on vacation without me and all of the iced coffee in the world is not enough to coax it to return.
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When you’re old and no longer grooming yourself properly, you get matted fur. Matted fur has to be shaved. And then you get to wear a sweater and look fabulous.
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Hi friends. I'm going to close to queries Feb 1 to focus on my clients and requests. Before I do, I would love to see some more
#nonfiction
in my box. Click on thread for
#MSWL
#WritingCommunity
🧵(screwed up first thread and trying again)
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Look what we just fished out of our window well! Two months ago it was a kitten. This is getting ridiculous
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When will companies wake up and realize their most important asset is their staff? Pay them well, communicate with them, offer support, invest in their advancement, and guess what? Profits! The math is simple. And the research proves it.
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I lost five hours of my day, but I installed an external hard drive, split it into partitions, and installed it as the starting disk on my old Mac and now it's running lightening fast. I really need someone to give me a "Good Job!" sticker because I earned it!
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So much for publishing being slow this time of year. *collapses*
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YAAAAAY!!
I'm excited to announce that HOLDING OUT FOR A GYRO will published by
@entangledpub
Amara early next year!!
Huge thanks to my editor Gwyn Jordan and to my amazing agent
@LanahanCole
at
@seymour
.agency for your enthusiasm and support!
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Homework isn’t just for agents. Read what’s popular and you’ll always walk away with some new insight.
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For anyone who’s ever had a Zoom with me and wondered about the bed on my desk - it’s an offering to the elusive desk gremlin.
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I'm not superstitious at all. BUT, does today feel weird to anyone else? I feel a disturbance in the force...
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You know, you reach a certain age (not to mention married for 19 years) when you think no one new will see you naked again. And then you get a new mammogram technician and life is interesting again.
#BreastCancerAwareness
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I’ve seen age ranges that consider me a Gen-x and others that call me a Millennial so I’m going to invent my own for all 1980’s babies. We are Gennials—not to be confused with Genitals (thx autocorrect).
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Creative people have to create. I highly recommend switching mediums if you're suffering from writer's block. For me, I turn to quilting. Keep creating art and the words will return.
#writerscommunity
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As I step further into the publishing world, I still have one foot in the mental health world and I’m so excited to get to lobby for stronger safety measures for PTSD service dogs this week.
#PTSDAwareness
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My dog took over my editor zoom meeting and she immediately stated she'd buy whatever he was selling. From now on please send your queries to my Dutch Shepherd.
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I'll be checking out
#APIpit
this evening. If I like your pitch and you feel like I'm a good fit, please submit your query and first three chapters to this link:
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That alien congressional hearing yesterday was wild. Q: "How is the government funding alien research without the public's knowledge?" A: "Misappropriated funds." I'm using this on next year's taxes.
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I have so many AMAZING projects on my list right now. From YA to adult romance to a quirky adult GN and even a NF that will revolutionize medical decisions. I LOVE my job so much.
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Prom 💕 how can I have a child attending prom already?!? A minute ago she was little and playing with her ponies 😢
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Latest quilt top (my first self created pattern) finally pieced. All that’s left is the border and then it will get quilted with minky for extra warmth. 💕
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I wasn’t on Twitter yesterday but am catching up today. I’m closed to queries right now but will happily accept any queries from any NL authors. Cole (at) theseymouragency (dot) com.
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Taking pitches today for the RSJ convention when I notice my filtered eyebrows! I have no idea how this happened or how to turn them off! 😂 I love making great first impressions. 😂
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All right,
@HarperCollins
, it's time for you to hire an outside Organizational Psychologist. You're not doing so hot managing things internally. Enough is enough.
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I am a xennial, and as such, I will stop using the 😂emoji when you pry my phone from my cold, dead hand. It is a part of me now. I am 😂 and 😂 is me.
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Chiropractor: “Why is your back so screwed up?”
Me: **sits like this 8 hours a day** “It’s a mystery.” (Also, why do I wear black???)
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**steps onto soapbox** Friends, when writing in past tense, "-ing" verbs should used only for actions that are continuous. This is the hill I will die on. **steps off soapbox**
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When the guy at the bar makes aggressive eye contact with you…
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#amquerying
friends. I'm going to close to queries on November 1st -30th to get caught up on reading and editing. There is already so much good stuff in my box!
#WritingCommmunity
#amagenting
#lovemyjob
#MSWL
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Why is my back so messed up? No idea. In other news I sit like this 8 hours a day because princess insists on a warm lap while I work.
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Hi friends! Friendly publishing tip: If you want to get published, please read recent books in your genre. If you're indy and want to go trad, read trad books. If you want to have a bestseller, read bestsellers. Bottom line: read, read, & read some more.
#WritingCommmunity
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My dearest authors, be kind to yourselves and keep those creatives souls strong. Simply put, DO NOT READ YOUR REVIEWS.
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So she's not on Twitter, but if you know my author Katherine Quinn, make sure to congratulate her for becoming a NYTimes bestseller with To Kill A Shadow
@EntangledTeen
!!!
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I'm so excited about this book! It's going to be a game-changer for DEIJ.
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When you think you’ve seen every type of hook and longline out there 👀
Betty Gilpin was on The Daily Show tonight and described the plot of Mrs. Davis as "if a Rubik's Cube had sex with a haunted calculator" and boy do I wish I had come up with that.
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Another deal! Admittedly I stepped to the plate in the 9th inning on this one, but I couldn't be more excited for this fun, swoony book to hit the shelves. Congrats
@NoelStarkAuthor
!!!
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Here's my take on voice: If an editor/agent says they don't "connect" it doesn't necessarily mean they don't relate to the character's background/lifestyle. 🧵
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At an awards ceremony. Recipients are giving speeches. Woman at the podium, “Lord, I am 84. I am tired and I want to go home.” I have never connected with a speech more in my life.
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I love publishing meetings with dogs in attendance. I think dogs should be a staple in every business meeting.
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Reading YA for decades has left me woefully unprepared for the fact I just removed FIVE full bags of trash from the teen’s room this weekend. Where was that little tidbit in the novels?!?
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Happy New Year!
#amquerying
update: I received 4 client projects in my box this morning, so I won't be opening to queries today as I'd hoped.
#amagenting
I'll post here when I'm able to open.
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Free to good home: Pokémon that refuses to stay in her poké ball and will lick your glasses when you’re trying to read.
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This is how the desk gremlin feels about today. Is it Friday yet?
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