Age Against the Page : Older protagonists are having a moment. Read about it here. open.substack.com/pub/erinnium...
Age Against the Page
Older protagonists are on the rise and it's about time!
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Erin C. Niumata 📚🖋️
@ecniumata.bsky.social
SVP/Literary Agent Folio Literary Management. MA Creative Writing, Doctoral Researcher. Member @aalitagents https://linktr.ee/erinniumata She/Her
As a girl who grew up eating 1,001 variations of a ground beef, Campbell's Soup and carb casserole (Minute Rice, usually), I love @ecniumata.bsky.social's post about Peg Bracken.../1 open.substack.com/pub/erinnium...
Peg Bracken
The Woman Who Gave America Permission to Hate Cooking
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Check out my post on the formidable Germaine Greer, author of the revolutionary The Female Eunuch. substack.com/home/post/p-...
GERMAINE GREER
The Voice of a New Revolution!
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If you’re stuck with your WIP, this may help you break through.
What are romance readers seeking right now? What’s hot, what’s not? Check it out in my new post: erinniumata.substack.com/p/what-roman...
What Romance Readers Actually Want Right Now
(And What’s Slowly Subsiding)
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Check out my post on Point of View. Whose Story Is It, Anyway? open.substack.com/pub/erinnium...
Whose Story Is It, Anyway?
A Guide to Point of View
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I've been a huge fan of Laurie Metcalf for decades. This is great profile on her.
The New Yorker@newyorker.com · 3mo ago@michaelschulman.bsky.social profiles Laurie Metcalf, the 70-year-old actor who stars in the Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” and Dan Levy’s new Netflix series, “Big Mistakes.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Wolves in Your Inbox. My latest post on how scammers are targeting writers and how to avoid being a target. open.substack.com/pub/erinnium...
Wolves in Your Inbox
How Publishing Scammers Are Preying on Writers and How to Avoid It Happening to You
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Check out my post focusing on mysteries and thrillers for my query workshop today. open.substack.com/pub/erinnium...
Query Letter Workshop
Cozy Mystery and Mystery-Thriller
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If you're dreaming of those summer days, I come with good news! THE BAREFOOT SUMMER is on sale this month! 😉 Leaving one widow behind is unfortunate. Leaving three widows behind is just plain despicable. The Barefoot Summer a.co/d/0ieiMEHF
Delighted to announce this deal for Warren Smith!
What Exactly Are High Stakes in Fiction? Here's a breakdown for you. open.substack.com/pub/erinnium...
What Exactly Are High Stakes in Fiction?
A breakdown on what "high stakes" means.
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Tropes versus Story in Queries and Pitches is the topic today on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/erinnium...
Tropes versus Story in Queries and Pitches
Why One Gets Attention and the Other Gets Requests. What is the difference?
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OUT NOW! FROM FANTASY TO REALITY! Ebook and audio are now available -- it will be part of a collection in print later this year. Happy reading, Y'all! Kindle: From Fantasy to Reality: A Small-Town Romance a.co/d/1ijqgzt
Delighted my client is nominated for an Agatha Award for her book WATERS OF DESTRUCTION.
My new post on why literary agents still matter. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Why Literary Agents Still Matter
Now more than ever!
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A Month-by-Month Guide to 2026's Mysteries & Thrillers My client Lai Sanders THE PLANS I HAVE FOR YOU is featured in March! www.goodreads.com/blog/show/30... via @goodreads
A Month-by-Month Guide to 2026's Mysteries & Thrillers
A Sri Lankan cab driver finds her latest passenger murdered in the back seat of her NYC taxi. A corporate retreat gets deadly when someone sabotages ...
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My client, @Lai Sanders’ wonderful debut novel THE PLANS I HAVE FOR YOU is a top 10 pick for PW’s 2026 Spring list for Mysteries and Thrillers. Check is out: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
It's your lucky day or month in this case! THE LUCKY SHAMROCK is on sale for only $2.99! A bighearted novel about family, secrets, small-town Texas romance, and—with a little bit of luck—starting over. 🍀 The Lucky Shamrock a.co/d/gcMkNnN
Thank you, Miz Anna! I would love to see the entire Paradise series come to life one day! "A great friends to lover, small town, meddling family-holiday romance." Available now! www.carolynbrownbooks.com/romances/the...
Lai Sanders THE PLANS I HAVE FOR YOU is in the top ten most anticipated books for Spring 2026 www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Spring 2026 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Mysteries & Thrillers
On tap this season: promising debuts, provocative prequels, and new novels from Jessica Knoll and Jo Nesbø.
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Happy Thanksgiving! I’m all about thanking books and the brilliant folks who write them! Cheers! 🦃🥂#Thanksgiving2025 #books #writing #WritingCommunity #writers #writerscommunity open.substack.com/pub/erinnium...
Giving Thanks for Books
(And the Many Ways They Bring Me Joy)
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My new post is up[! A Day in the Life of a Literary Agent open.substack.com/pub/erinnium...
A Day in the Life of a Literary Agent
Inside the chaos, craft, and constant relationship-building that keep publishing alive.
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It’s snowing in London! Won’t stick but it’s nice!
My new post on platforms for fiction writers is up. Read it here! How important is a huge platform for fiction writers: The Platform Paradox. #writers #writinglife #writingtips #platform substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Platform Paradox
Why Writing Still Matters Most
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My new Substack is up. It's all about consistency in writing! Writing a Novel Through the Fog open.substack.com/pub/erinnium...
Writing a Novel Through the Fog
How to write if you have the will but don’t have the time.
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