Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I'll happily pitch it as long as I don't have to read it 😂 110
Reposted by Anne Tibbets - Literary AgentVictoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 05/10/2026Scammers are impersonating Goodreads groups, w/ writers invited to "reading challenges" or group discussions--for a fee. This "12-month residency" is most elaborate I've seen. See tiny text I've underlined in red. Yes, this is yet another iteration of the AI-generated scams driving us all nuts 36430
Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social · 29/09/2026First Wives everywhere to Taylor Swift:static.klipy.comMichael Caine as Alfred in The Dark KnightALT: Michael Caine as Alfred in The Dark Knight 140
Reposted by Anne Tibbets - Literary AgentKindig Blog @kindigblog.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Currently Reading: #Ravenous by @daxdagger.bsky.social - will be published 8th October by @hqstories.bsky.social. Thank you to them & @netgalley.bsky.social for the ARC. #BookSky 📚💙 #books 🩸📚 0102
Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Just how bad is my "Can't deal with zombies" issue??? I got a query about zombies the other day, read a few pages, sent my typical "This is great but I cannot handle zombies," response and woke up screaming at 2:32 AM last night because zombies were going to eat my face. Y'all! I am cursed. 160
Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Everyone everywhere right nowstatic.klipy.comLol Heat: Man Reacts to Fiery SkyALT: Lol Heat: Man Reacts to Fiery Sky 001
Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Just for the record those who sell ARCs are assholes and not an author ally. 010
Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I have finished queries through May. Thank you for your patience. 020
Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I'm currently reading the queries from May so it's going to be a hot minute before I get to yours. But I will get there! 110
Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social · 01/09/2026*Not a good example but enough of an example I hope it makes my point 010
Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social · 01/09/2026In a few years readers will tire of this & It'll shift to something else but FOR NOW, think high concept. It can no longer be as simple as, "Wife befriends the mistress." Readers and editors have seen a million of those. But what abt: Wife befriends mistress & drops her on a desert island w/ a bear* 110
Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social · 01/09/2026*Not sure that's a great example. Ex of "high concept" Mys/Thr is a twist on setting, timeline, character, etc. Think, like, "A serial killer who kills serial killers being hunted by a serial killer." If your Mys/Thr manuscript has a high concept pitch, you've got a leg up. 110
Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social · 01/09/2026A Mys/Thr now needs all the twists, turns, reveals, voice, pace, and familiar tropes (ie. Closed door murder, who-done-it, man on the inside, etc) but 1 distinct factor/combo NOT seen before. Something conceptual that stands the book out from the others. Ex. Closed door mystery + during a pandemic* 100
Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I'm hearing from editors that book pitches in Mystery & Thriller need to be high concept or need a big conceptual hook and since these are terms usually used in SFF, I think some Mys/Thr writers are struggling with what this means. It means familiar tropes with a cool unique NEW factor. 260
Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Last of the Mohicans Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Pride & Prejudice (2005) Lord of the Rings Trilogy Raiders of the Lost Ark The Red Violin Atonement The Queen's Gambit Pirates of the Caribbean The Man from Snowy River Jane Eyre (2011) Dirty Dancing Pulp Fiction 000
Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Great information! Thank you. I think a lot of college age writers use Google Docs. I'm assuming Ellipsus has conversion capabilities? 100
Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Every manuscript I ever sold has been in Word.docx. I have only ever submitted to publishers in that format. Legit questions Editors: Can you accept a submission in Google docs? Would you? Would it be required to convert to Word if it were acquired? 210
Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Had my own Remarkably Bright Creatures dream where I was a professional aquarium designer who befriended an octopus named Hector and I am sad the dream is over. 🐙 030
Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social · 06/08/2026How long does it take to stop waking up multiple times a night and wonder where the cat is at, before remembering after 17 years, he's no longer there? Ugh. Asking for me. 140
Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social · 02/08/2026I'd comp the series as a whole. Ex. The Expansion series meets the Silo Series, or whatever 110
Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I believe I am caught up on queries received through April. 040
Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social · 07/07/2026AHHHH! Jennifer Pashley's THE HOUSE GUEST officially launches today! If you're into bisexual psychology modern Gothic- THIS IS FOR YOU 040
Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social · 07/07/2026BEWARE IMPOSTERS: I will NEVER solicit writers via email. To query me go here: QueryTracker.net/query/AnneTi...querytracker.netQuery Anne Tibbets at Donald Maass Literary Agency 020
Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Two factor authentication is a great idea until your phone fries like a french fry and you have to start completely over from the tidbits you saved on the cloud with a brand new phone. 010
Reposted by Anne Tibbets - Literary AgentHeidi MacDonald @ NYCC @comixace.bsky.social · 09/06/2026To anyone reading this - we are ACTIVELY SEEKING someone to cover indie comics as a regular beat...but everyone is making 15 minute videos now and it's hard to get them to put down the camera. I get that we need both platforms. Anyway who wants to write about comics, DM me. 15469425
Reposted by Anne Tibbets - Literary AgentLocus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Subterranean Press to Close locusmag.com/2026/06... 2111974
Reposted by Anne Tibbets - Literary AgentThe PLOT DOC, MD🩺📝✍️ @theplotdoc.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Quick Shot: BULLET WOUNDS Your character does NOT need a bullet removed to magically cure them. Removing it can cause MORE damage…especially in a dingy basement. Instead, they’ll die from sepsis from their untreated intestinal wound #writing #scriptsky #scriptskyuk 1165
Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Too many large possibilities hanging in the unknown... Must. Not. Pace.static.klipy.comKathryn Dean: Worried & NervousALT: Kathryn Dean: Worried & Nervous 130
Reposted by Anne Tibbets - Literary AgentSusan Balla @suebee135.bsky.social · 27/05/2026My #LibraryReadingWed @libraryreads.bsky.social #BookSky is I AM THE MONSTER UNDER THE BED by @emilyzinnikas.bsky.social, due in Sept. from @macmillanlib.bsky.social @stmartinspress.bsky.social. Great title & cover. Debut. Unsolved teen massacre. Did she or didn't she? Can't wait to get back to it! 062
Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social · 26/05/2026There's a certain repetitive cadence to the phrases with AI, the slightly off and overuse of metaphors and simile, and lack of emotional poignancy. I'm not schooled enough to give a class on spotting it, but to put it plainly, the vibes are off and I can just tell. 010
Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social · 21/05/2026I freaking *LOVE* this song and rage sing it in my car almost daily 120
Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Used this phrase in a conversation with a GenZ and confused them thoroughly. Am I the only one who knows what this is?static.klipy.comPrivate Conversation DeviceALT: Private Conversation Device 420
Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Just like everyone else in the world, my time is valuable. And I gotta pay the bills too. 020
Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social · 19/05/2026There are other agents who give the time to editorially work w/ prospective clients to get manuscripts ready for submission, and I do that - for clients I have already signed. But I, sadly, do not have the bandwidth to give that much direction and time to someone I might not sign in the end. 120
Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social · 19/05/2026They have to have at least 1 of those things for me to request, but ultimately it's got to be all three. It's the writing which matters most. I don't bother requesting partials. If I encounter 1 issue w/ the manuscript while reading, that's fixable. 2, and I'm getting concerned. 3, I'm out. 120
Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Few were bad query letters. The letters don't really matter to me. For me it's a perfect storm of concept/writing/writer that I'm looking for at this stage in my agenting career. A concept I think can sell, writing which is polished and skilled, a writer I think I can work well with. 220
Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social · 19/05/2026I have finished reading the queries for March of this year. If anyone is morbidly curious, out of 195 queries received that month (this does not include several referrals I received through clients and colleagues) I requested to read 10. 290
Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Also word to the wise: don't email while feverish lol 110
Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social · 18/05/2026(Somewhat) back to the land of the living after having the flu.static.klipy.comSleepy Cartoon Bear WigglesALT: Sleepy Cartoon Bear Wiggles 120
Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo and Katabasis by R.F. Kuang. 120
Reposted by Anne Tibbets - Literary AgentVictoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 08/05/2026Big news if you follow publishing scams: Michael Cris Traya Sordilla, CEO of PageTurner/Innocentrix--one of the biggest ever Philippine scam operations that was busted by the FBI last year--pleads guilty; ordered to pay over $48 million in restitution for victims www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr...justice.gov 33619
Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Just another day at the office...media.tenor.coma woman in a striped shirt and black skirt is dancing in front of a bookshelfALT: a woman in a striped shirt and black skirt is dancing in front of a bookshelf 130
Reposted by Anne Tibbets - Literary AgentVictoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 28/04/2026Anthropic copyright settlement update: Authors are reporting receiving notices like the one below, with a new claims deadline. This is presumably an effort to find rightsholders who have NOT filed a claim yet; if you've already filed a claim, you don't need to file a new one. 24439
Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Daily IV's full of Sith alchemy will do that 000
Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Here's the link to my on camera interview with the great Jon Ciccolini at @beadleandgrimms.com as we discuss the upcoming Deep Space 9 murder mystery game HOLOSUITE HOMICIDE!! youtube.com/watch?v=2Nea...youtube.comInterview with Anne Tibbets, writer for the new Star Trek Murder Mystery game "Holosuite Homicide"YouTube video by Beadle and Grimm's 050