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145 The View from the Slush Pile: A Literary Agent's Fresh Take on What Works with Tommy Dean


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What if I told you that right now, while established agents are drowning in hundreds of submissions, there's a brand new literary agent who's actively building his client list and genuinely excited to discover your manuscript? 

In this episode, Tommy Dean shares what makes him your ideal partner in this industry. 

Tommy shares... 

  • the insider secrets that separate professional queries from amateur ones
  • why newer agents might actually be your best bet for building a career-long partnership,
  • some hard truths about what's instantly killing your chances in the query process. 

If you're serious about traditional publishing, this conversation could be the game-changer that gets your work noticed.


Bio: Tommy Dean is an associate literary agent with Rosecliff Literary, the author of two flash fiction chapbooks, Special Like the People on TV (Redbird Chapbooks, 2014) and Covenants (ELJ Editions, 2021), and a full flash collection, Hollows (Alternating Current Press, 2022). He lives in Indiana, where he is currently the editor of Fractured Lit and Uncharted Magazine. A recipient of the 2019 Lascaux Prize in Short Fiction, his writing can be found in Best Microfiction 2019, 2020, 2023, and Best Small Fiction 2019 and 2022. His work has been published in Monkeybicycle, Laurel Review, Moon City Review, Pithead Chapel, Harpur Palate, and many other litmags. He has taught writing workshops for the Gotham Writers Workshop, The Writers Center, and The Writers Workshop. Find him at tommydeanwriter.com and on Twitter @TommyDeanWriter.


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