Amanda Carbonell

Yes, I was doing some research today for something and I saw that a lot of the wording on the site has changed but faking clients that aren't yours and the rest of your thread listed still definitely makes you a schmagent. I'm beyond dumfounded and disgusted. Thank you for this thread!

🐐BENNIE AND CHANCE🐴

Can a grumpy goat who hates sharing learn that friendship is worth making room for?🍎

If any #editors are looking for a hilarious and heartwarming #pb that comps GRUMPY MONKEY X TURTLE AND TORTOISE ARE NOT FRIENDS, my agent @amandalitagent.bsky.social has the details!☎️

Please beware. NO AGENT WILL CHARGE YOU MONEY FOR REPRESENTATION OR MARKETING OR CALLS OR ANYTHING ELSE! We only get paid when we sell your book, period. PLEASE do as much research as you can on anybody who offers you rep. Research the clients they claim they have and ask around.

LAST DAY TO DONATE IS 7/31! Spread the word and donate if you can! Critiques, AMA calls, commissions, mentorships, school visits, books, non-publishing items the list goes on! 💗

Publisher's Marketplace picture book deal announcement for Napping Baba, written by Roger Lam and illustrated by Alina Chau, to Kelly Delaney at Crown Books for publication in Spring 2027 by Tasneem Motala (that's me!!) for the author.

I'm so happy 🥹

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REMINDER: I close to queries at 11:59 PM EST tonight! I am on the hunt for romance, horror, lyrical prose, and a strong voice among other things! Marginalized authors I especially want to hear from you! 🩷
MSWL in next post.
Query me here: querytracker.net/query/3570

Top of half of image has a blue background with soft blue and white clouds. There is a horse to the left, a goat to the right, and farmhouse in the center, a chicken to the left, and a pesky mole. Bottom half of the page has fun stars, squiggles, and other doodles. The text reads (in red) BENNIE & CHANCE Text below reads: Bennie the goat had the pasture all to himself—and he liked it that way. No one to share his apples, his shady spot, or his favorite patch of grass. Just peace and quiet. That is until Chance, a clumsy, nervous horse, trots in and turns Bennie’s perfect pasture upside down! Can a grumpy goat who hates sharing learn that friendship is worth making room for?

If any editors are looking for a picture book featuring a grumpy goat and a nervous horse learning how to coexist in the same pasture, I would love to send it your way! 🩷

(Mockup made on Canva, using all Canva graphics/designs, this is not the art 🩷)

chill very early announcement but i will be reopening general queries on September 1st and closing at midnight on September 14th!

my bipoc query form is open year-round so if you're under that umbrella do not feel rushed! but for everyone else that is the window 💜

There is no food in Gaza. Please share this and bear witness is nothing else. People are eating leaves to survive but everyone is suffering immensely. The children. The elderly. The new mothers. The husbands and sons and brothers getting shot at just to try to get “aid”.

We have failed as humans.

I'm happy to answer any questions in the meantime regarding queries/querying me, my MSWL/anti-MSWL and so on. If you would rather DM me, please feel free.

Happy Querying!!

to provide because I just may not be the right fit at the end of the day. Please know that my passes are never meant to be a NEVER, they are just a "not right now." You are always welcome to query me again. You can also query any other open agents at the agency 🩷

The writing can be great but ultimately, I'm not the right champion at this moment.

So, this is basically a run-down of my brain so it gives you more of an insight to the reasons for my rejections. I try to give feedback where I can but sometimes there really isn't any feedback

Lastly, typically fulls and partials will get a more detailed pass from me. I try and offer as much feedback as I can but sometimes it can just simply be the response that I hate to give and receive of it's just not quite the right fit for me.

not be sure about, but please don't send the query if it is literally exactly what is on my anti-wishlist please 🩷 (saying this with ALL the kindness)

to send it anyways, just in case. I promise, where I appreciate and understand whole-heartedly the uncertainty and I'm sure well-intentioned query, please don't do that. I am MORE than happy to answer a DM or email before you send the query for clarity on something that you may

makes sense, but please let me know if I can clarify further.

Another reason for passes is because of stories not following my anti-MSWL. Please, please read it and do your best to follow it. Mistakes happen but please don't acknowledge my anti-MSWL and then say but you wanted

another time period. That's just not for me at this time. I am looking for books for KidLit & Adult for kids/adults of today's time period if that makes sense! I have 90s comps for the campy/funny feel of the comps I use, not to have a story based in that time period if that

suggestions but I don't like to overdue it since I would have only read one chapter from your book.

Another reason I have been passing lately is because I have been looking for more modern books, meaning based in today's world of 2025 and have been getting stories based in

their personality. There's typically a lot of telling as opposed to showing in the story which takes me out of your world. Like Ariel, I want to be a part of that world. Really put me in their with your characters. Usually for these sorts of passes I try to offer some friendly

I will also tend to pass if I'm not connecting to the voice. Now, what I typically mean by not connecting to the voice is really not connecting with a character due to the literal lack of connection -- missing their thoughts, feelings, what they're seeing, and a real sense of

just be when a project is not for me. That never usually has anything to do with the story or the writing, it's simply that it is not the right fit for me at this very moment but please know you can always requery me if changes are made OR if you have another manuscript to query!

something being *too* high will usually include a link to a resource for suggested word counts. I will also pass on something if the word count is too low for a MG/YA/NA with the same resource.

Another reason for my passes which I typically do tend to send certain forms for will

age category. Submissions are incredibly difficult with the state of the world and SO many other things within the industry for editors (if you've been paying attention) so you want to make sure your story fits within the a certain range of what you are writing for. My passes for

colleagues, anything over 100K is pretty hard to sell for a debut author - ALL DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCE, this is not to say that it is NOT possible but that it is incredibly difficult. With that said, it is even MORE difficult to sell something over 100K within the KidLit

a little leery -- this is all depending on age category/genre and then, your query, all factors I take into consideration before I decide to read onto the first chapter/synopsis. However, anything over 105K is typically a no for me. In my conversations with editors and other

Hello! I wanted to provide a bit of clarity on some of my rejections currently, a bit of insight into my brain. A thread:

For starters, at this current moment there a few reasons for some of my rejections, the main one is word count. Typically, for myself, if anything is over 100K, I'm 1/?

Hi, just reminding everybody due to the increase of emails I’ve been getting. I do NOT accept queries sent to my email. Any queries sent there (unless previously discussed) will be deleted unseen. I only accept queries through my query manager form. Thank you!

Agent MSWL I’m really looking to be immersed in an author’s story. I want to be deeply connected to your character’s thoughts, feelings, reactions, and movements. I’m looking for strong worldbuilding an…

As a refresher, here is my #MSWL, please also read my anti-MSWL

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Forgot to post here too! I have a small handful of subs left in my inbox to read through and I just know this is going to be SO difficult. But, in other news, I’ve decided to open to queries! 🎉 send me all your horror, romance, MG, & more 🩷 QueryTracker.net/query/3570