I met so many talented writers, agents, and editors at the Undiscovered Voices anthology launch party yesterday. I will never forget this moment. ❤️
Ivy Lin | Querying Author
@ivy-lin.bsky.social
Autistic writer currently querying THE LOVE IN YOUR WORDS 🏆 Undiscovered Voices Winner '26 Published in SOMEONE LIKE ME, avail in bookstores Website: ivylin.co.uk
I'm on Substack now! Follow me at ivylinwrites.substack.com Just published a little article about why I write, and my autism diagnosis and stuff. Also, there are coding puns. #writing #writers #querying
My agent's guide to GODCAT, a PIRANESI x SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN fantasy/horror (with big 5 editor interest + an award)! I'm #amquerying in a few weeks, so if you've liked a pitch for this, expect mail soon 👀 And if you'd like to see it too, let me know! 🐈⬛🫀🐦⬛ #writingcommunity
Think you know a lot about languages like the polyglot love interest in my book? 🤔🤔 Take the quiz to find out! ivylin.co.uk/language-quiz
I'm very proud to announce that I've built and launched my own author #website: ivylin.co.uk I am a professional web dev, unfortunately laid off, and available for freelancing! More info on the Services page 🙂
Ivy Lin - About the Author
Ivy Lin is an aspiring author currently querying YA contemporary romance. She is published in Someone Like Me, an anthology of autistic experiences.
ivylin.co.uk
I just sent my manuscript for my 13th full request and honestly I'm so nervous and excited 🫣 I hope an agent loves my book as much as I do!
Still buzzing!! Thank you so much for this opportunity. What a wonderful competition and resource!
Undiscovered Voices@uvcompetition.bsky.social · 4mo agoDelighted to announce our #UV26 WINNERS!! 👏🥳🙌 @cmundywrites.bsky.social @rburrows.bsky.social @ivy-lin.bsky.social, Monica Gutierraz, Caroline Wigg, Zoe Dixon, Kirsty Hammond, Alicja Bagier, Claire Gordon, Dominic Yoboue, Claire Mowat and Alana Warbrick CONGRATULATIONS on your amazing stories ❤️
Delighted to announce our #UV26 WINNERS!! 👏🥳🙌 @cmundywrites.bsky.social @rburrows.bsky.social @ivy-lin.bsky.social, Monica Gutierraz, Caroline Wigg, Zoe Dixon, Kirsty Hammond, Alicja Bagier, Claire Gordon, Dominic Yoboue, Claire Mowat and Alana Warbrick CONGRATULATIONS on your amazing stories ❤️
So excited to announce that I am a shortlisted winner for Undiscovered Voices 2026! @scbwi.bsky.social
The #UV26 longlist is live at undiscoveredvoices.com/longlist 🙌 More than 250 of you entrusted us with your stories and the standard was very high - it was a thrill to read them. The longlist was chosen by our judges for their originality and quality of writing. Congratulations all 👏
I am so happy to announce that THE LOVE IN YOUR WORDS has been longlisted for the 2026 Undiscovered Voices competition! @scbwi.bsky.social @uvcompetition.bsky.social
This CNY I met author Maisie Chan who visited #Liverpool to promote her #book, Nate Yu's Blast From the Past. Highly recommend it—it's a positive take on the city and the British Chinese diaspora! She also bought a copy of Someone Like Me 😄
I just received my eleventh request, in the form of very effusive fanmail. 😵 The entire agency read it and said I write well and they are rooting for my characters?? I am shocked. This is SO surreal.
I finally beat my personal record!! Just received my tenth agent request 😄
OK WOAH FOURTH FULL REQUEST TODAY AND IT'S ONE OF MY DREAM AGENTS SHE REPS ONE OF MY LITERARY HEROES WHAT
Last week was a week full of rejections and I literally just got 3 full requests today bringing my total to 8 omg
Why are the ghouls at Reform complaining about autistic kids wearing ear defenders when we should be tackling social, economic, and health inequalities that autistic people face every day?
An #agentsguide to STARSENT, my MISTBORN x HOUSE OF THE BEAST friends-to-enemies YA secondary world Fantasy, or “Friendtasy”, complete at 106k words, already with Big 5 Editor interest! I’m now officially #amquerying so if you’d like to see this, lemme know! 💫
I just got a fifth agent request and at this point I think I need to say something. First of all: *EXCITED SCREAMS*. Now that that's out of the way... A few weeks ago, Elle McNicoll @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social posted a message on Instagram: "I just want people to buy autistic books." ...
A third full manuscript request! 😄 Needless to say I am positively overwhelmed!
Another full request 😅 I'm loving these fast responses!
I'm getting whiplash. That partial request just turned into a full. I submitted it last Friday. That was SO fast!
Three days in the trenches and I got a personalized rejection and a partial request! Can't wait to hear from more agents! 😁
I am officially querying THE LOVE IN YOUR WORDS, a YA Romance complete at 70,000 words! Here is my up-to-date Agent Guide. #ya #romance #neurodiverse #ownvoices #agentguide #agentsguide
