We are so pleased to welcome agent Erica Bauman from Aevitas Creative Management to the podcast!
We discuss:
*How to make your work more atmospheric
*Where to place emphasis when writing between genres
*Balancing keeping the reader in their heads vs. their senses
*When the genre of our world gets closer to dystopia, how does the dystopian genre change?
*Why do agents ask for exactly your metatags—and then say no?
Meet with Erica here: manuscriptacademy.com/faculty-members/erica-bauman
Erica Bauman is a literary agent at Aevitas Creative Management and represents a wide variety of authors across middle grade, young adult, and upmarket adult fiction, including acclaimed YA author Maria Ingrande Mora, New York Times Bestseller Kayla Cottingham, and Lambda Literary Fellow Naseem Jamnia.
Erica is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and has worked in the publishing industry since 2012. Prior to Aevitas, she worked at Spectrum Literary Agency.
Based in New York, Erica is most interested in commercial novels that feature an exciting premise and lyrical, atmospheric writing; imaginative, genre-blending tales; speculative worlds filled with haunting, quietly wondrous magic; fresh retellings of mythology, ballet, opera, and classic literature; sharply funny rom-coms; graphic novels for all ages; fearless storytellers that tackle big ideas and contemporary issues; and working with and supporting marginalized authors and stories that represent the wide range of humanity.
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