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The Query Letter Formula That Earns a Read
What an agent reads first, what they skim, and the structure that consistently lands a request.
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Notes from the desk.
Essays on representation, craft, and the realities of traditional publishing — written for the authors I work with, and the ones I haven't met yet.
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Building a Career, Not Just a Book Deal
Why your second book matters more than your first, and how to plan a working life in books.
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Inside an Acquisition: From Pitch to Offer
A walkthrough of what happens between a submission and a deal — meetings, P&Ls, and the long pause.
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Understanding Your Book Contract
Royalties, advances, options, and reversion — the clauses that quietly shape your career.
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What Author Platform Actually Means
When platform matters, when it doesn't, and how to build one without losing the work.
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What an Agent Really Does
A plain-language tour of the work that happens after the offer of representation.
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Literary Representation
How agents read, decide, and advocate behind the scenes.
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What's moving in fiction and nonfiction acquisitions right now.
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Structure, hook, and the small choices that earn a full read.
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Revision strategy, structural notes, and getting submission-ready.
Explore →Traditional Publishing
Inside acquisitions, contracts, and the long arc of a book.
Explore →Author Career Growth
Planning past the debut — platform, second books, and longevity.
Explore →Aurora Bowhunter
Senior Literary Agent · Fiction & Nonfiction
Editorial guidance, considered representation, and long-view career stewardship for ambitious authors.
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