Thank you so much for joining us for our Live Agent Feedback Panel with Eric Smith! Whether you were there live or you’re just catching up now, we’re so excited to share the replay and class notes with you.
Eric was phenomenal–generous, specific, and refreshingly honest about what’s actually working in queries and first pages right now. This one is worth watching (and rewatching).
Here’s what’s waiting for you in the replay:
- Eric’s full 2026 #MSWL–including what makes genre-blending, horror for kids, and accessible sci-fi the right fit for his list
- Query letter deep dives–real feedback on real queries, including what to do with comp titles and how to nail your bio
- First pages feedback–what separates a page that makes agents stop scrolling from one that doesn’t
- The “rules that aren’t really rules”–prologues, portals, rhyming picture books, and more
- Querying strategy Q&A–including how long to query before you reassess
Plus, we’ve put together a beautifully formatted, downloadable class notes PDF you can keep and reference anytime.
As always, if you have questions or have good news to share, we want to hear it!
Cheering for you,
Jessica & Julie The Manuscript Academy
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About the Instructor
Eric Smith
Agency: Neighborhood Literary
Genres: Young Adult (bright, diverse new voices in YA. Send your sci-fi, your fantasy, your contemporary, your pretty-much-any-genre in YA), Science Fiction & Fantasy, Cookbooks, Blog-to-Books, Literary & Commercial Fiction, and Nonfiction (books that focus on pop culture, geekery, and/or teach readers about the odd and the unique, plus essay collections, particularly humor.