Archive - Mary, the Devourer

cribbing from TikTok

I'm not on TikTok.

May 29 •

April 2025

On Amy Hempel's "In the Cemetery where Al Jolson Is Buried"

rude of art to make me have an actual emotion

Apr 29 •

March 2025

e.g. If You Love It Let It Kill You; McGlue; Nightb*tch; and my own dang book

Mar 28 •

February 2025

Announcing: UNTIL DEATH

Forthcoming from Little, Brown!

Feb 18 •

January 2025

The Query Letter That Worked

"Worked" implies a reductive framing, but it did net a 66% request rate.

Jan 30 •

December 2024

Five Offbeat Books of 2024

*bangs on table* More! Weird! Books!

Dec 30, 2024 •

November 2024

"Boy Fantasy" vs. "Girl Fantasy"

Less sexy than it sounds.

Nov 26, 2024 •

October 2024

I'm Losing My Mind

That's it! That's the whole post!

Oct 30, 2024 •

September 2024

How I Got My Agent

Sep 27, 2024 •

August 2024

Aug 29, 2024 •

July 2024

On Gail Carriger's The Heroine's Journey

Jul 30, 2024 •

June 2024

On Romance Novel Beat Sheets

From Gwen Hayes and Jami Gold.

Jun 30, 2024 •

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