Lane Heymont
@LaneHeymont
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Literary Agent. Connoisseur of horror, serious nonfiction, and caffeine. Founder of @TheTobiasAgency . Opinions are my own. (he/him)
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So last week my 16 year old Maltese fell off the loft — 15 feet or so onto the hard floor. He’s been in that loft for 15+ years with no issue and I feel guilty as hell for not boarding up the baluster slats then.
I was eating lunch and heard it — thought it was Doug rolling off
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Anyone else sing to their fur babies? Hear me out: studies have shown plants like music so why shouldn’t animals? I’m certain all 5 dogs love being serenaded. And each has their own specific song. So there.
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@ZoeSchiffer
It’s so funny he wants to vet all these engineers’s codes when he probably doesn’t even understand what he’s looking at.
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Your agent should handle the business side of your career so you can write. If there’s a problem with a publisher or editor it’s the AGENT’S job to handle it. Our job is to make it easier (and more successful!) for you to write. Just my $.02.
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If you don’t think horror is “literary” or “intellectual” you may have a problem with your reading because all modern novels trace roots back to the Gothic also called Romanticism. Why “romance?” Because they evoked emotions. If you want to judge a genre, go study, buddy.
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Officially opened to queries. Bring on all the horror, nonfiction, and other kickass reads!
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Hey all,
@Danaiwrites
and I will be checking out
#PitDark
today so if you receive a like please submit to lane at thetobiasagency dot com and CC Danai at the tobiasagency dot com with PITDARK in the subject line. Thanks.
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May be dipping into
#SFFpit
. If I like your tweet, query me at lane at thetobiasagency dot com with the first three chapters and synopsis as attachments. Include “SFFPIT” in the subject line and your tweet in the body of the email.
Thanks,
Lane
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Um how did I not know today was
#PitDark
???? Anyway, I’ll be dipping in. If I <3 your tweet please send your query with first three chapters and synopsis (3-5 pages) as attachments to lane @ thetobiasagency dot com. Reference “PitDark” in the subject line and include your tweet.
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REAL AGENTS DO NOT ASK FOR ANY UPFRONT PAYMENTS!!! Do NOT pay any agent upfront for ANYTHING!!!!
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Horror twitter is about to lose its mind again. Just saying. 😈
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As a horror guy, Friday the 13th has always been lucky for me. So, I expect a ten-figure offer to roll in, to meet a dragon, or to find out I’m secretly a wizard. I don’t know, finding a dollar on the floor would work too.
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DO. NOT. DISCUSS. BUSINESS. UNTIL. YOU. HAVE. AN. AGENT. OR. *PUBLISHING* ATTORNEY. You will screw yourself because you DON’T know what you DON’T know.
#CapsAnnoying
Authors if you get an offer from a publisher doing an open submission like Berkley, Harlequin & others, pls remember to reach out to agents for representation at that point. I've signed authors with these deals who now we have multiple deals. I've increased offers 75% of original
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Not gonna lie, there’s way too many awesome-sounding
#DVpit
pitches out there today. Just stop it. Stop. My finger hurts.
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No agent is better than a bad agent and no deal is better than a bad deal.
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That agent doesn’t know horror because Gothic is literally horror and romance. Mary Shelley, who wrote Frankenstein, was a romance writer. A very good example is Justen Benson’s SPRING which is an incredible film.
A few weeks ago, an agent tweeted about the very specific comps I used in my query and basically said my comping a horror and a romance made her feel like I didn't know what I was doing. I was following her at the time to keep up to date, but it made me feel really shitty lol
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We found him… May his memory be blessing.
Tomer shegev was at the music festival where 260 civilians were killed. We haven’t heard from him since Saturday… Anyone in Israel if you see him call the number.
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This is seriously the greatest sign ever written anywhere anytime in the history of anything. C/o
@SparrowBeckett
#WomensMarchOnWashington
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If you want to support the WGA strike, stop watching reality TV. You know the shows studios and streamers are banking on. If no one’s watching their backup plan, there’s no income without scripted shows…
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HELL YES!!! SO excited to have you on the team, Neil!!!
So, some news! I am THRILLED to say that i've signed with
@LaneHeymont
at
@TheTobiasAgency
- to represent both Talking Scared and any future literary endeavours.
It feels like the perfect next step for me and the show. I'm very excited about it.
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Authors, if you came up with the book, the film rights need to be yours. Just saying.
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“Excited” does not begin to describe how excited I am!
Jazzed to announce that I'm now represented by
@LaneHeymont
of
@TheTobiasAgency
! 🤩
The last few days have been a bit dizzying 🖤 super grateful to everyone cheering me on, and I'm so excited for what's to come.
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What am I looking for? Horror, horror, HORROR. Obviously. Also, thriller, suspense, and nonfiction by experts in their fields. So let’s dive in a little more a
#MSWL
🧵
Who wants to jump in next with a
#mswl
?
@LaneHeymont
? (And, authors, remember you can ask any of us questions and feel free to tag any of us you want to answer.)
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@nicizzi
@mviser
@davitydave
@Andy_Murdock
@MrGrahamClegg
@michelledhatt
He also tied his dog to the roof of the family car and drove across country.
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If you’re an author abandoned by THAT agency, feel free to drop me a DM.
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Closed to unsolicited queries for the time being in order to catch up on a deep backlog. I’m determined to get through every query — even if it’s from 10 years ago. If your book is now on shelves and you receive a pass, please feel free to scoff at me!
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As a writer you should be breaking down every book you read and every movie you see. What are the beats? The subtext? People rarely ever say what they mean. An argument about how to make the coffee isn’t an argument how to make the coffee.
#writingtips
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Being an agent is like receiving 5 offers on projects and six “Go fuck yourself” emails in a span of 3 minutes. 😂🤣😂🤣
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Anyone who is affected by Maximus Literary’s sudden closing, please feel free to reach out. DMs are open.
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Going through the query inbox I notice authors insulting other books and or genres and talking about their book without ever pitching their book. Please do not do this. Especially the first part.
#querytip
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Going to Barnes & Noble horror section is finding books of like 30 people I represent to kinda sorta know. A 🧵
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That feeling when you sign the indelible and iconic, one and only THE Linda D. Addison!!!
@nytebird45
welcome aboard
#TeamLane
!
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Um, I’m suddenly verified and didn’t sign up for the new blue thingy. Wtf?
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Thanks to
@HaileyPiperSays
@joemts
and
@SagaPressBooks
I’m back at
#1
for like the tenth time. My clients RULE !
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Yes, it’s true, I’ll be taking pitches at
@StokerCon
. Please be kind because it’ll be my first in-person pitch session in like… 5 or 6 years. 😳
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Watching the waves at the beach has me thinking: agenting is a sacred job — forgive the corniness — in which your agent should be actively trying secure you work, providing advice beneficial to you and only you. We have a fiduciary duty to do so. In essence, you call the shots.
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THREE CLIENTS nominated for the Stokers!!!!!! Congrats
@ComptonWrites
@ChristiNogle
and
@suzanne_young
!!!!
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Happy birthday to the Ashoka-mazing
@_jennykiefer
who’s an amazing person, author, and client! You should probably scare yourself silly and order her upcoming debut THIS WRETCHED VALLEY full of rock climbing and ghosts in the Kentucky woods.
@quirkbooks
@RKGyllenhaal
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MFA discussion going around so I’ll add my two cents as an agent: I have almost no idea what degree — if any — my clients have. I *think* I know two because it’s come up in convo. I don’t care about your degree or if you have one. Hell, I don’t really remember what MY degree is.
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TFW you have like 6 deals to announce from the last month aka my clients are GOAT!
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The electric razor just turned on by itself. Obviously there’s some internal or external issue but the horror connoisseur in me also suspects this is the beginning of a movie starring me. 🤷
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Apologies for being MIA. My cousin passed last night so, in Jewish tradition, the funeral was today. The whirlwind of death comes fast, laid to rest in a day, and then sit Shiva for seven. Knowing my cousin, she’s probably pissed she’s not here to serve the food.
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Aw! That is me and with one of the best authors out there!
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We can FINALLY ANNOUNCE IT!!!!!
Another book incoming to your shelves in 2025!
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Someone(s) out there pretending to be me — other agents here at
@TheTobiasAgency
— soliciting manuscripts. This is the email they use. It’s NOT us. It’s not our email address structure. After some research, the account was created on 1/27. DO NOT FALL FOR THIS.
@victoriastrauss
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I had way too much coffee today and am fighting to keep my skeleton from jumping out of my body.
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Only an author can stare off into space for three hours and have it be a hard day of work.
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YAY!!!! So EXCITING!!!!
Thrilled to announce I am now represented by
@LaneHeymont
of
@TheTobiasAgency
! Excited to see what the future holds!
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Yes, I am the agent who will happy dance at midnight texts. 🤣😂🤷
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Hell YES !!!! Congrats, Becky and team!!!!
@cinapelayo
@HaileyPiperSays
@Gabino_Iglesias
@JoshMalerman
@BrianKeene
@marysangiovanni
and other greats!!!
*Ahem* I have some news.....
Thanks to
@LaneHeymont
for believing in me and
@SagaPressBooks
@joemts
for taking a chance.
Coming Septemeber 2025!
Many of the authors and Lane and Joe will be at
@StokerCon
to celebrate for me!
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I feel seen.
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And the news is out!!! “Tobias, Raven Quill Agencies Merge”
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That feeling when
@ComptonWrites
‘s THE SPITE HOUSE catches an Editor’s Pick Best banner on Amazon!
@TorNightfire
@ddurham
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You all are not ready for some of the book news coming from
@TheTobiasAgency
in the next few weeks. I’m telling you.
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Can we all just agree cottage cheese is gross? It, in fact, does not slap.
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SO. FREAKIN’. EXCITED!!!! Welcome aboard!!!
Over the moon to announce that I am now represented by
@LaneHeymont
at The Tobias Literary Agency. SO excited for the next chapter of this author journey. In the words of Captain Marvel: Higher further faster, baby!
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May delete this later… 🤷
Had a convo with some editors who said I can post this without using their names. With the caveat agents aren’t all nice and bubblegum which can easily land them on a “no deal with” list…except you know who.
Basically, rejecting a project doesn’t
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Successfully stopped myself from jumping in and gunning it to 88.
#LifeComplete
#WhereWereGoingWeDontNeedRoads
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Congratulations to
@wnwagner
for The Shirley Jackson Award nom for HALOGEN SKY!!!! Woot!!!!
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WAIT! TWO CLIENTS on
@esquire
’s The 13 Best Horror Books of 2023 !
@cinapelayo
AND
@ComptonWrites
! Go TEAM!
#TheSpiteHouse
#Loteria
@TorNightfire
@PolisBooks
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TFW clients be in the trades. Congrats
@HaileyPiperSays
!!! ‘Equalizer’ Producer Takes Film Rights To ‘A Light Most Hateful’ –
@DEADLINE
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Before today starts and we all go about tweeting — like me — there are no words to describe the rage and heartbreak right now. Eff your 2nd amendment, eff the GOP, and let’s just ban some effing guns so people aren’t massacred every other day. How frigging hard is that?
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Yay! MORE AWESOME news is out!!! Congrats, Hailey!!!!
I'm lost for words, but doing my best:
I'm so pleased to share that Tony Eldridge and Lonetree Entertainment are taking up my 2023 horror novel A LIGHT MOST HATEFUL for film.
I couldn't be more excited 🥰
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TFW
@_jennykiefer
’s THIS WRETCHED VALLEY sells out on day 1 and goes into SECOND PRINTING on day 2! Way to go, Jenny!!!!
#thiswretchedvalley
#thedoglives
#HorrorCommunity
#HorrorFamily
@RKGyllenhaal
@quirkbooks
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Just found out one of our interns was so well trained that after two months at their internship they were promoted to a paid assistant position.
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Today is my birthday, meaning I’m old AF. If you want to celebrate with me consider preordering a copy of
@ComptonWrites
‘s THE SPITE HOUSE before it releases tomorrow and leaving a review.
@TorNightfire
@ddurham
#horrorcommunity
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The man of the hour
@ComptonWrites
at
@vromans
!
#thespitehouse
@TorNightfire
@ddurham
@MaisonValentino
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Hell yes!!!! 🙌
@Jacqui_Lipton
I am excited to announce that I am now represented by Lane Heymont and Jacqueline Lipton at
@TheTobiasAgency
. I look forward to the things we will do together!
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