3 New Agents Actively Seeking Mysteries, Fantasy, Romance, YA & MG, Nonfiction and More…

Erica Verrillo provides us with names of agents actively seeking manuscripts in different genres. Thank you so much Erica!

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by Erica Verrillo  on Publishing … and Other Forms of Insanity:

Here are three new agents seeking clients.

Jennie Kendrick is interested in YA and MG fiction, particularly Own Voices works.

Sandra Jordan represents mysteries exclusively.

Whitney Ross represents middle grade, young adult, and adult fiction across all genres, with an emphasis on historical, SF & fantasy, romance, and contemporary fiction. She is also open to non-fiction submissions in the areas of design, cooking, and fashion.

ALWAYS check the agency website before submitting. Agents may switch agencies or close their lists, and submission requirements may change.

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Can I identify what I write?

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When I became a writer and started with my stories, I had to classify them. Considering the existence of so many genres, I had a hard time to choose.

Where are the differences between the genres? I needed to get research done:

My research showed me that fantasy is a genre of fiction using magic and supernatural phenomena as a primary element.

It might be based on myth or legends or even Science that doesn’t exist (yet).

Fantasy encompasses numerous subgenres. And now we are getting to a list I love! The complexity of the fantasy genre is fascinating!

 

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• Bangsian fantasy, interactions with famous historical figures in the afterlife, named for John Kendrick Bangs
• Comic fantasy, humorous in tone
• Contemporary fantasy set in the real world but involving magic or other supernatural elements
• Dark fantasy, including elements of horror fiction
• Dieselpunk, similar to steampunk but with early 20th-century technology
• Epic fantasy compares High fantasy (below)
• Fables
• Fairy tales themselves, and fairytale fantasy, which draws on fairy tale themes
• Fantastic poetry, poetry with a fantastic theme
• Fantastique, French literary genre involving supernatural elements
• Fantasy of manners, or mannerpunk, focusing on matters of social standing in the way of a comedy of manners
• Gaslamp fantasy, stories in a Victorian or Edwardian setting, influenced by gothic fiction
• Gods and demons fiction (shenmo), involving the gods and monsters of Chinese mythology
• Hard fantasy, whose supernatural aspects are consistent and explainable, named in analogy to hard science fiction
• High fantasy or epic fantasy, characterized by a plot and themes of epic scale
• Heroic fantasy concerned with the tales of heroes in imaginary lands
• Historical fantasy, historical fiction with fantasy elements
• Juvenile fantasy, children’s literature with fantasy elements
• Legends, which combine a possible factual basis with fictional material
• Low fantasy, characterized by few or non-intrusive supernatural elements, in contrast to high fantasy
• Magic realism, a genre of literary fiction incorporating minor supernatural elements
• Mythic fiction, rooted in or inspired by myth, folklore, and fairy tales
• Mythopoeia, which creates a fictional mythology
• Paranormal romance, romantic fiction with fantasy elements
• Romantic fantasy, focusing on romantic relationships
• Science fantasy, including elements of science fiction, comprising the subgenres:
• Steampunk, featuring anachronistic steam-powered machinery and Victorian era-inspired societies
• Sword and sorcery, adventures of sword-wielding heroes more limited in scope than epic fantasy
• Urban fantasy set in a city
• Weird fiction, a label for macabre and unsettling stories from before the terms “fantasy” and “horror” were widely used; also the most modern forms of slipstream fiction and the New Weird
• Wuxia, Chinese martial arts fiction often incorporating fantasy elements

(Source: Wikipedia)

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What subgenre do I categorize my own stories in?

Here it’s getting difficult. The only thing that’s clear is that my writing is ‘fantasy’.

At the moment, I am working on several stories. I’d sort one of them within the subgenre ‘urban fantasy’, the other one might be identified as “heroic fantasy.’ The novel I work on is a mix between ‘Contemporary fantasy’ – and ‘paranormal romance’.

And here I am now, switching between the real world, fantasy worlds, romance, funny characters, creepy creatures, and magic.

I love what I do! And even though the fantasy genre with its numerous subgenres is a little confusing, I’m sure I am working myself into it.

What is it that I like so much about fantasy that I decided on this genre? I think it is quite easy to answer this question. I can let my imagination run amok. If I am going to turn the hair of my heroine blue and give her gills, who will stop me? If I decide to create a child with magical abilities, who will tell me that it “cannot be”?  I love myths, legends, and mystical creatures like unicorns… and once in a while I need a protagonist being a princess. This is why fantasy is just my genre. (or – paranormal romance, or contemporary fantasy… Maybe I should try to categorize my story after completing it.)

One of my favorite books is a fantasy book. I identified it a mix of Science fantasy and dark fantasy. It is: “Watchers”, written by Dean Koontz. I love this book even though it’s one of Dean Koontz older books. It impressed me and I never forgot it I wish I one day can touch my readers as much as Dean Koontz can do it.

Do you have a favorite genre or subgenre you read or write in? Don’t be shy, please tell me!