Carrie Golus is AGENTED

Two R&Rs later (both very necessary) I signed with @Jestrudel of The Rights Factory ... Is “agented” even a word??? 📚 ✍️ 🇨🇦

@TinyFairyHunter This was so interesting and surprisingly scholarly! Thank you so much.

I talked with @carriegolus of @UChicagoMag CORE about my approach to teaching poetry for the Humanities Core at @UChicago: mag.uchicago.edu/richie-hofmann

me after reducing friend's wordcount by half

What are your classmates up to at this stage of their lives? A new job, marriage, kids, publications, travel, hobbies, get-togethers with other alumni? As class correspondent for the @UChicagoMag , you can be the one who finds out all about it and lets everyone else know. We’re currently looking to fill the following College graduation years: 1957 1961 1964 1991 1993 2012 2017 2022 Dm or email uchicago-magazine@uchicago.edu for more information, or to volunteer as a class correspondent! You could be the next Hildy Johnson! 📷 Rosalind Russell in the 1940 comedy "His Girl Friday"

@Austin_Hodgens I survived by reminding myself that if you don't hear no a lot, you're not asking enough

Jump on this opportunity! Bianca paired me up with 4 other amazing YA writers and we've been working together now for months. They make me better. And they make writing infinitely less lonely. You won't regret it ❤️ @carriegolus @EliSusman_Books @AriannaSidd, Eddie where RU??

Excited to announce my new #book with @soaringkitebook #kidlit #pb #ampublished #WritingCommunity

It's a good day for an ice cream cone. #NationalIceCreamDay Photo by Frank Gruber (AB'74) @UChicagoSCRC

“What advice would you give to a brand-new Maroon?” Read more advice – from faculty, alumni, students, and classic texts – in the Core. @UChicagoMag @UChicagoCrown

Can we also have books please? 📚 Newspapers, magazines, but above all books

@jordanbseltzer 🫖 pls

Aww ... that lil foot ...

@EliSusman_Books @AriannaSidd 🐵🐒🙈🙉🙊

@AriannaSidd ☺️☺️ I definitely will need help. And motivation. And the monkeys are the best for that 😆

#WritingCommmunity I’m thinking it’s time to get querying again. But I’m not sure I’m quite there yet. Why is querying so scary even though I’ve done it a bunch of time 😤 #amquerying

I love Otter.ai for transcribing, but its summaries are so random. Yes, I did interview a monk (the monastery is in Bridgeport near Maria’s). No, I did not offer any advice on prioritizing God and faith. And Jon Anderson (of rock band Yes) was not there.

Querying writers, you know that spreadsheet we all have? The one we can't wait to not need any more? Well, I just went in & executed a "find & replace", replacing every agent query I'd labeled REJECTION, with the word PASS. Same info, better vibe. We have to be kind to ourselves.

“The challenge is … trying to reach an audience of alums ranging from those who graduated 60 years to six months ago.” This is exactly why I love my job at @UChicagoMag ⤴️ marketplace.org/2024/07/10/alu…

Can confirm. Got a two book deal...in an auction, six figures for each book...at a time nobody but my siblings and cousins were following me on any social media. Lol. Now three books (one NYT bestseller) later, I still have a small following.

Can’t believe how many of you read books

This morning I’m interviewing Richie Hofmann about the Poetry and the Human course he teaches at @UChicago. When I looked up one of his poems in @parisreview, the home page was like a UChicago special: English prof Srikanth Reddy, alumna @shreedaisy … Did I miss anyone?

Verbs are overrated, and adverbs are underrated. I love adverbs truly, madly, deeply, and I use them in my writing frequently. As does Donna Tartt, who is indisputably a genius.