Amanda Carbonell

It has been a wonderful past year and I'm heartbroken to leave agenting, but I know in the end for me, it is for the best and everything will work out as it should.

Keep writing, keep creating, and keep going. 🩷🥲

Editing Tales Helping Your Stories Come to Life

Editing Tales is still open and I am still taking clients there for editing services only, nothing agent-related (editingtales.com). This site also has the free query crash course listed under helpful tips for anybody who finds it helpful! The info there is still good!

I will still be here under
@amandacarbonell25.bsky.social
writing spooky KidLit & adult books (dabbling a bit in the cozy space too) with my agent if you want to stay in touch in that capacity. I am also on the photo/clock app as amandacarbonell25 and former bird app as amandabadillo25.

For anybody who has ever queried me or thought of querying me, thank you. It is an honor to have either been on your agent wishlist or just an agent you thought to query. Your stories matter and your yes is out there, do not ever give up! Breaks are okay, but don't ever stop.

treasure to work with all of them on their stories. I cannot wait for the day that their deals are announced so I can celebrate and soon after buy their books for my own family. They are all absolute joys to work with and I have no doubt they are going to do INCREDIBLE things!

and (hopefully) future little ones are older and talking in full sentences but as of right now, as hard as it is for me to step away, I know it is for the best.

I know my clients are going to be successful. Every single one of them is beyond talented and it has been an absolute

a freelance editor, and an author.
I had a bit too much on my plate, I ate with my eyes for awhile until I couldn't loosen the belt buckle any further.
I know, in the end, this is the best thing for me to do, mentally. I hope one day I can return to agenting when my little one

in between. I have loved the process of being an agent -connecting, reading, devouring, offering, the hope for projects on sub, I loved it all. More importantly, I loved where I worked and the people who have mentored me.

Unfortunately, I have a lot going on between being a mom,

It is with an incredibly heavy heart that I make this post. I am, sadly, stepping away from agenting. I loved every single moment of being an agent. I loved my clients. I loved their books. I loved meeting and connecting with other industry professionals and all of the friends I've made

So many wonderful auctions still available to bid on! Today is the LAST DAY to bid! Please spread the word and get those bids in! ❤️

If this is of interest to any editors, I would LOVE to connect with you to add you to our list 🩷🍷

Madison is currently on the clock app where she posts funny and relatable writing/editing content, highly recommend giving her a follow!

Top left corner says NEW CLIENT in a spiked purple circle. In the top center: To the left of the text: there are two clinking wine glasses, one with red wine the other with white. To the right of the text: A knife Text Reads: Madison Cowsert To the left there is a photo of Madison with soft auburn hair and fair skin wearing a white blouse with a gold necklace sitting in front of her laptop at a wooden table with coffee and sunglasses next to her. The text to the right reads: Madison Cowsert is an adult thriller author currently working on edits to her debut novel featuring a fun but catty group of moms with even bigger secrets to hide! For fans of Desperate Housewives, Lucy Foley, & Big Little Lies. More about Madison: Madison is a military wife and proud mom of two girls living in Washington. Prior to living in Washington, Madison lived in sunny Orlando, Florida where she discovered her love for reading and creating stories during those rainy afternoons between theme parks. With a growing TBR list and a passion for thriller stories, Madison spends most of her free-time drafting twisty, character driven stories that will leave you on the edge of your seat. When she's not lost in a book or sketching out her next plot twist, you'll probably find her planning her next family trip to Disney! Bottom Left Reads: Represented By: Amanda Carbonell Junior Literary Agent Then there is the Belcastro Literary Agency logo - purple with the letter B meant to look like a bee. To the right the text reads: Follow Maddison: (TikTok logo) @maddiedanielle https://www.madisoncowsert.com/ The edges of the border are purple with sparkles.

I have a new client!!! Madison's thriller novel made me FERAL for the group of moms in her story living in an HOA community who love to sip some wine, gossip, chat about the PTA & soon find themselves with big secrets to hide when one of them goes missing. 🍷 1/2

✨Excited to share the #pb's I’ve written!

🐐BENNIE & CHANCE🐴

✅Friendship
✅Acceptance
✅Personal growth
✅Puns!

THE QUIET BOY'S MIGHTY ROAR 😶

✅Self-expression
✅Navigating feelings
✅Nonverbal communication

Editors, @amandalitagent.bsky.social has all the details if you’d like to see more!

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 🥹

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…

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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