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Literary Agent at Gelfman Schneider.

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Come December, you will be judged. But how can a children's monster handle horrors caused by adults who don't believe anymore? Welcome to the world of TWELVE DARK DECEMBERS, a dark historical fantasy by Alyssa Wees, publishing in Fall 2027.

@dianapho.bsky.social

04.03.2026 15:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So excited to share this news!!! I truly think it's such a special book.

04.03.2026 22:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Erewhon Books Announces Twelve Dark Decembers by Alyssa Wees - Reactor A dark historical fantasy arriving Fall 2027

We're delighted to announce Twelve Dark Decembers, a new dark historical fantasy from Alyssa Wees and @erewhonbooks.bsky.social!

Welcome to Krampus's icy lair fall 2027... โ„๏ธ๐Ÿฉธ

04.03.2026 15:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

So excited to be working with Marieke!!

14.02.2026 17:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I started cackling hysterically when I realized I'd missed it in the other pictures

03.02.2026 16:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This whole week my friend has been sending me random pictures from her life. It took until the most recent one that was literally a close up of it to realize that she was trying to show me the SONOGRAM!!

03.02.2026 16:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Query Penelope Burns at Gelfman Schneider Literary Agents

Excited to pop into QuestPit today! If I like your pitch and you think we'd bit a fit, please feel free to send your query and first three chapters to me via this link: querytracker.net/query/penelo...

31.01.2026 19:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 30 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Penelope has donated an hour long AMA to Publishing for Minnesota's fundraiser auction, which opens on January 29th

Penelope has donated an hour long AMA to Publishing for Minnesota's fundraiser auction, which opens on January 29th

I've donated a One Hour AMA to Publishing for Minnesota's Auction! It runs from 1/29 - 1/30. I'm so looking forward to chatting!
www.32auctions.com/organization...

27.01.2026 21:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One of Amber's whiskers ended up in my bag and I'm like "omg she came to work with me!!!"

20.01.2026 16:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Christmas in your thirties: genuine happiness at receiving toilet paper and paper towels from your parents

25.12.2025 18:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My favorite December thing is telling everyone "See you next year" when in reality it's two weeks

17.12.2025 17:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We saw Knives Out 3 last night and there's a little niche publishing joke in it that I was the only one laughing hysterically at

04.12.2025 16:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Them: What are you bringing to Thanksgiving?
Us: The wine

27.11.2025 16:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

okay sometimes AI reading my messages is good, like when it reminds me to actually attach something like i said i would

26.11.2025 21:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I click "don't remind me again" every time and it just KEEPS REMINDING ME

25.11.2025 23:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was going thru the NYT Notable Books list and could not for the life of me figure out how it was organized, I was like "it's not alphabetical, it's not by genre..."

And then I realized it's alphabetical by TITLE, not author.

It has been a long year.

25.11.2025 17:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

all of this and when it happened I WAS ASLEEP

21.11.2025 19:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

our neighbors moved which means their cats moved and my husband and i are sad we won't be able to see them anymore

13.11.2025 16:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My sister is due this week and every text in the family group chat makes me excited until I realize it's just my Mom sending us some random video she saw on Facebook

12.11.2025 17:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I still just can't believe we stood in line for the completely wrong concert just to get to the front and have the guy look at us like we were idiots

10.11.2025 16:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Cue a frantic uber to the actual venue in which I kept justifying it by saying the band had played a concert there the last time we saw them and my husband just kept laughing

10.11.2025 16:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I spent my entire week thinking I had a concert on Sunday until I double checked the tickets Sat morning and realized it was for that night. At least I checked unlike the time I went to a concert and the guy scanned our tickets and was like "...this is the wrong venue."

10.11.2025 16:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My phone automatically corrects fan to dan bc it thinks Iโ€™m talking about my husband ๐Ÿ˜‚

04.11.2025 20:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Blue text - why are they trading everyone 
Gray text - they SUCK
blue text - when you put it that way

Blue text - why are they trading everyone Gray text - they SUCK blue text - when you put it that way

The life of a Jets fan

04.11.2025 20:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

irrationally annoyed by the microsoft word logo change

28.10.2025 16:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 51 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

i do feel like it is important to note that this is not my work email

20.10.2025 16:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Unread messages in the inbox are 6,666

Unread messages in the inbox are 6,666

quick someone send me an email

20.10.2025 16:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Update - my query form says to upload the full manuscript and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get it to say just three chapters, my apologies! If you could just submit the first three that would be great.

08.10.2025 16:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 34 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I can't quite seem to figure out how not to get it to say full manuscript, so if you could just submit the first three chapters that would be lovely. Thank you!

08.10.2025 16:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh, good question - I am honestly not very well-versed in Query Manager lol! Let me see if I can get that figured out, one sec!

08.10.2025 16:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0