Cathie Hedrick-Armstrong, Lit Agent

I’m going live on TikTok Tonight at 8:30 Central. Find me at c_h_armstrong. #booksky

YouTube video by Cathie Hedrick-Armstrong, Literary Agent TikTok Live: Ask a Literary Agent

If you missed my “Ask an Agent” on TikTok Live Tuesday night, you can watch it here.

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I'm going LIVE with an #AskAnAgent in 10 minutes (8:30 PM CENTRAL) on TikTok, if anyone wants to join me. I'll be with my client, @shameezwrites.bsky.social to help her launch her new book, NEXT LEVEL LOVE.

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Hahahaha! Damn…I can’t believe I’m admitting this, but I miss you.

😂😂😂 Not if I see you first! 😂😂😂

4/ this past year as it's been an interesting one. I feel like I've spent the whole year chasing my tail, and I hate that feeling. Here's hoping 2026 sees fewer medical issues and personal emergencies, and me less frantic to meet deadlines with more time to read queries and submissions!

3/ send a quick pass because I'm overwhelmed and trying to meet a deadline. Those remaining in my queue are at the top of my interest list, and I will read them in order of receipt. So the earlier you submitted, the faster your response will be.

I want to thank everyone for your patience...

2/ I have exactly 15 submissions left in my queue, and I promise to get through those submissions before reopening to queries. If you are one of these 15, please know this isn't a stalling tactic. These last 15 are in my "final round" queue which means I have serious interest and don't want to...

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1/ If you've been in my query inbox, here's an update on where I am.

EVERYONE should've heard something from me by today UNLESS you're a Dec or later submission that I let in through the back door.

Sadly, I didn't get through everyone by Jan 1, BUT...

Awwww! Love this!!! 💙💙💙

I have zero idea how I’ve been helpful, but I want you to know what a complete joy it’s been getting to know you this year. I wish you all the success in the world! 💙💙

#writingcommunity!

Thank you! It was so fun!!

#writingcommunity Join us tonight!!!

Back by popular demand!

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I have 59 outstanding submissions to complete by 12/31. Genre Breakdown:

21 Romance
6 Dark Romance
8 Horror
5 Book Club/WF
2 Romance Mashups
2 Mystery
3 Paranormal Romance
5 Romantasy
6 Suspense
1 NF

Everyone with 50-pg or full subs should have heard from me by now. Let me know if you haven't.

4/...from me in the next several days, please-please-please know that in almost every case, the pass has nothing to do with your writing and everything to do with it either not fitting what I need for my list, or me not being "obsessed." And you shouldn't fault yourself for my lack of obsession.

3/...so full that I'm having to be hyper-selective in what I take on...which means the the writing has to be spectacular, the project a good fit for my list, and--most important--I have to be literally OBSESSED with it. And sadly, that last pre-rec is the hardest to meet.

So if you get a pass...

2/...making decisions. And every one of the passes I've sent in the last several days has been REALLY hard! Y'all are so talented, truly, and I need you to know that my passes are NOT a reflection of the writing or projects most of you are submitting. It truly is fact that my list has become...

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1/ For those in my query/submissions inbox, I'm working through the last of them now with an eye toward finishing up by 12/31.

This is the first time in recent memory I've had so many outstanding submissions at one time, and I have to say I'm having a VERY hard time...

Join us on TikTok Live tonight at 8:30pm Central! (@C_H_Armstrong)

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Sooo proud of my son who just passed the written test for his commercial airline license. 980-odd study questions, roughly 100 actual test questions—most written with the INTENT of goofing up the person testing—and he scored…

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96%!!!!!!

Cathie Hedrick-Armstrong, Lit Agent on Instagram: "Join me on TikTok live with @kellylbeck! #booktok #literaryagent #tiktoklive" Kelly Beck, a writer, and her literary agent Cathy Hedrick Armstrong are set to have it out on TikTok Live, discussing their past encounter and work relationship. The controversy began when Kelly shar...

Okay, #writingcommunity! You won’t want to miss this!

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Man, it’s hard being a college student home for a holiday when NOTHING is open. Son is trying to use Black Friday as an excuse to run around a dead town at 1AM, but everything’s closed. I don’t micromanage his coming & going when he’s home, but 1AM when literally nothing is open is not smart. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

I love this. My dad and brother were both career army, my mother was enlisted in an era when women rarely did, and my husband’s grandfather was a POW. Military service means a lot to me.

Wow! Poignant thought! Thank you for serving! 💙💙