I may not be eating all the pasta and gelato at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair this week, but I am killing it at my elementary school’s Literati book fair! Day 3 of 5. A massage is in my future.

I am so excited to welcome Ellen Armendáriz Stumbo to my client list. She pitched her middle grade as COCO meets A CHRISTMAS CAROL with a Día de los Muertos twist and I just adored it.

Can’t wait to share with editors soon!

I am such a book publishing nerd when it comes to talking about paper and printing. Very cool to read about Harper's attempts to cut back on paper used to print while not sacrificing the reader's experience.

fastcompany.com/91071102/harpe…

I'm just giddy for A.J. Irving 💖💜💙 and robin glow-in-the-dark (Fae/ It/ He)! Pretty sure I'll be making the trip to NYC for the awards ceremony and will FINALLY meet these two in-person. Two of the clients I've worked with the longest!

Let's keep making amazing queer books for kids!

AND! robin glow-in-the-dark (Fae/ It/ He) received a second Lambda Literary nomination for their poetry collection LANTERNFLY AUGUST.

If you haven't had a chance to read Robin's poetry (across middle grade, YA, and adult), you need to get on that!

I'm over the moon that robin glow-in-the-dark (Fae/ It/ He)'s DEAR MOTHMAN also received a Lambda Literary nomination. It is such a special book!

Huge congrats to A.J. Irving 💖💜💙 and kip alizadeh / find me at kipalizadeh.bsky.social for their Lambda Literary nomination for THE WISHING FLOWER!!!!

I adore this book and am thrilled that it is being recognized!

I'm live on Twitch! Gonna be cubing for a couple hours. Come hang out and have fun with Magic: The Gathering and ME.
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The Kate diagnosis is terribly sad and will absolutely be used to shame people who asked questions, when jobs of the PR/comms (they are professionals!) should be the issue here. Everything they did fanned the flames of guessing and their refusal to pivot strategy, is a failure

Saw #GhostbustersFrozenEmpire last night and still need to know if James Acaster and Dan Aykroyd talked about that episode of Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster.

AND James's character talking about how brass lamps have been known to hold spirits made me laugh as James is a genie in another life.

Prepping a very silly and adorable young graphic novel series for submission and can't wait for editors to meet these Beary-Bears. It's giving Elephant & Piggie meets Frog & Toad. I just love them.

*Editors, hit me up! You don't wanna miss out on these two!

Prepping a very silly and adorable young graphic novel series for submission and can't wait for editors to meet these Beary-Bears. It's giving Elephant & Piggie meets Frog & Toad. I just love them.

*Editors, hit me up! You don't wanna miss out on these two!

Editorial job alert! Berkley is hiring an editorial assistant to support an executive editor who focuses on science fiction, fantasy and horror (not me, lol). Great position at my imprint if you read in those areas.
penguinrandomhouse.dejobs.org/new-york-ny/ed…

Second time seeing James Acaster live. This time I brought Matt London. 2020 was awful but at least it introduced me to a slew of British comedians thanks to all the Taskmaster I watched. Acaster is by far my fave.

Speaking of THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE, I also recently listened to Anne Ursu's NOT QUITE A GHOST and Anne manages to evoke that opening Hill House paragraph beautifully. What an amazing homage to that book and 'The Yellow Wallpaper'.

And the invisible illness rep was spot-on.

Happy March 1st, I am now OPEN for queries!

See my QueryManager page for more details (querymanager.com/Bradys_Inbox).

Writers, please send your sci-fi / fantasy / speculative fiction goodness my way!