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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈

@madelynknecht.bsky.social
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Writer (Rep: Danai Christopoulou @ The Tobias Literary Agency) Associate Literary Agent at @StormLiterary RevPit Board Member & lover of all things spooky and queer. She/they madheditorial.com

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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 20h
So cool to see my client featured in a New York Times article! 😍 Editors, I can't wait to share her urbanist book with you 👀 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/u...?
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Many Nashville Bus Stops Lack Places to Sit. These Locals Took a Stand.
Frustrated with the government’s slow effort to improve Nashville’s public transit infrastructure, a group of residents has taken bus stop seating into their own hands.
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 21h
I know it's time to redye my hair an unnatural color when men start thinking I'm approachable
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
It’s all random
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I’ve looked over all the queries briefly. They’re super strong this year!
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
These queries are so strong it's actually mind-blowing #10Queries
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
or for anyone to think that’s the way to get published. Long story short, I won't be changing the way I handle my editing business versus agenting. Of course, if you need a pair of eyes on your submission package or manuscript, I'm happy to take a look. www.madheditorial.com
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MadHope Editorial
Hire an experienced book editor specializing in fantasy and science fiction for all age groups. Querying help, developmental editing, book coaching and more!
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
But obviously, those two ways can get messy when mixed together, especially when money is involved. So my practice will remain the same. I will not consider paid manuscripts for representation. I don’t want it to get into “pay to play” territory...
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
As an agent who started as an editor, I have a lot of thoughts about the AALA change. A lot of people on threads don’t even know I offer editorial services. This is on purpose I like to keep both worlds separate. I love helping writers—and I’ve found two ways I can do that.
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Demi Michelle 🦋 @demimschwartz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Hi friends, what happened when two #RevPit editors talked about comp titles? Chapter 92 of Literary Blend! The fabulous @madelynknecht.bsky.social joined me for such a great chat. If you’re #amquerying or getting ready for #10Queries, you should listen. demimschwartz.com/literary-blend 🤍
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Literary Blend: A Publishing Podcast - Demi Michelle Schwartz
Welcome to Literary Blend: A Publishing Podcast, hosted by Demi Michelle Schwartz. Tune into new chapters every other Sunday to hear insightful conversations with authors, agents, editors, and other p...
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I hate to be a buzzkill but I’m sick of “whimsy” already
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Search your manuscript for “felt” real quick I want to see something 👀
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Insightful Panda @insightfulpanda.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
You will look back. You WILL cringe. BUT THE CRINGE IS GOOD!!! It shows that you’re learning! 💜
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Part of ADHD is really just figuring out how to limit your own options so you can actually function
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🫵 No amount of writing advice is as useful as experience, so I hope you’re writing 🫵
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Things I’m tired of the internet “quirkifying”: -OCD -ADHD -intrusive thoughts
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Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
A post from a couple of month ago with an interesting discussion. We enjoyed reading it then and, today, the topic is still relevant to querying authors. #amwriting #amquerying #writersky
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I love my giant son
Big large white and black cat
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Do not trust AI with your health. Do not trust AI with your health. Do not trust AI with your health.
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
There’s something validating about a doctor actually ordering tests when you bring up your symptoms
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
It’s Wednesday. Have you written? #writersky
Chihuahua side eye
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
So excited to welcome Juniper to the team! Her cozy fantasy gave me ALL the feels. Editors, if you're a fan of Delicious in Dungeon, keep an eye out for this one 👀
New client Juniper Wrenley Storm Literary Agency
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Got this amazing art back for my WIP 😍 this YA queer speculative horror with the messiest girls full of rage is so dear to my heart 💖 Character: Rory Age: 16 Description: Full of rage she can't control. Artist: _Liina__ on Twitter
Image of brunette teen with mullet, earrings, bi pin, and clawed fingers glaring straight ahead
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Write the book that would make your middle school teacher call your parents in for a meeting.
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
If you approach social media like you’re trying to get fans or followers, you’ll burn out quickly. Focus on building community and finding likeminded writers. Friends. It’ll be much more fulfilling. #writersky #writingcommunity
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
So incredibly excited to welcome Aminah to my team here at Storm! Her art is so fun and colorful and full of energy. I can't wait to share it! #illustrator #pbillustrator
New client Aminah PangilinanArt of three schoolgirls jumping/running
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Sometimes all we need is some time away 💖
Tree
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
What if I just wrote an entire article about how iCarly ruined children's empathy
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Goodnight, sweet girl. We miss you so much already. ❤️🌈
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Trying to convince me, a neurodivergent writer, that you can’t write without AI because you’re neurodivergent is a losing game, btw.
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
hai.stanford.edu/news/ai-dete... medium.com/@jusbouey/gu...
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AI-Detectors Biased Against Non-Native English Writers | Stanford HAI
Don’t put faith in detectors that are “unreliable and easily gamed,” says scholar.
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I’m struggling to understand how we’re “proving” things are AI when we know AI detectors are currently garbage? And why pull a $2.5mil deal just on that suspicion, esp if English isn’t the author’s first language? I don’t like the implications it has for ESL authors…
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Continued #MSWL:
Adult fantasy, accessible SciFi, horror (serious and campy) BIPOC and queer stories, humor, similar to the last hour between worlds, vicious, a marvellous light, project Hail MaryNonfiction queer history and gender studies, feminism from a fresh perspective, why people do things psychologically and socially, similar to Invisible women, bad gays, a short history of trans misogyny, ain’t I a woman
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Reminder that I’ll be open for the first week of August starting this Saturday! Here’s a bit about what I’m looking for… #MSWL #amquerying
Madelyn Knecht’s Agent manuscript wishlist what I’m looking forAuthor/illustrators -graphic novels, queer stories (both speculative and not) similar to The Magic Fish, Bloom, SquadYoung adult fantasy and horror, BIPOC stories, queer stories, genuine-sounding teen voices similar to voyage of the damned, their vicious games, legend of the white snake, and kill creaturesMiddle grade fantasy, mystery and adventure, BIPOC stories, queer stories, books for boys that encourage empathy, similar to Artemis fowl, Lockwood and co, the last dragon on mars, Amari and the night brothers
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The older I get, the more I love frogs. They’re just cool little guys
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Ex: "She smiled, then frowned and crossed her arms and shrugged." -Disjointed, confusing We could use maybe two of these. "The smile slid off her face." or "Her smile fell and she crossed her arms." -Not perfect, but better!
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Adding too many of these can be confusing and/or redundant. It's tempting, but we don't need to know every micro expression of each character. We only need to know their primary emotion or action. Trust your reader to fill in the rest. #writingcommunity
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Writers: limit your stage directions. If one motion from your character indicates an emotion, we don't need a second in the same sentence. Examples of stage directions: -sigh -frown -look/stare/glare -crossing arms -furrow brows -purse lips -smile/smirk #writersky #writingadvice
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
It constantly blows my mind how some writers think it's totally fine to bash their peers by saying all modern books "suck" as a reason why they, themselves, haven't been published. 😐 #writersky
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
A lot of the work you do on your book won't end up on the page. #amwriting #writingcommunity
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Someone said they add “by zombies” 😂
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
So do a quick search and see how often you're using these words/phrases, and if something else could work instead. #writingcommunity
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
He stared ✅ He was stared at❌ She sat ✅ She was sitting ❌ Heat prickled my skin. ✅ My skin was hot. ❌ Every so often, these phrases are perfectly fine. But paragraphs and paragraphs of them become slow and cumbersome. #writersofbsky #writingadvice
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
and makes things feel like everything is happening *to* your character instead of your character making things happen--even in action-packed scenes! Try to cut out: -was -ing phrases (was sitting, was standing) -were (were heavy, were thinking, etc) -had been
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Across all my submissions, I'm seeing a TON of passive voice and past progressive (which often gets mistaken for passive voice) People don't realize this, but it slows your pace down *significantly* #amwriting #writersky
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Correct link: bsky.app/profile/writ...
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Thank you!
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Inbox update: -Queries from June and older are in my maybe pile -Working slowly through fulls (out of order, sorry) -Still reading through queries from July #amquerying #amwriting #writingcommunity
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Either could work, as long as you have those two modern comps
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Only if they’re so successful that you’re sure most readers or agents have at least heard of them
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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
WHERE DO I FIND COMP TITLES? Goodreads, Publisher's Marketplace, Book lists ("best x books of 2025"), your local bookstore or library There's also this amazing resource by my fellow RevPit editor Allison Alexander, where you can look up comp titles by genre: 4/4🧵 www.aealexander.com/comp-finder-...
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