Item #10: First Chapter Critique & 30 Minute Phone Call
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READERSHIP: Middle Grade/Young Adult
GENRES: Contemporary (Romance especially welcome), Grounded sci-fi (our world but with advanced tech), Mystery (those with puzzles/codes/etc. okay)
RESTRICTIONS: Nothing emotionally heavy or very serious in tone
TURNAROUND TIME: 1-2 months
Foyinsi will look at the first chapter of your manuscript and add comments/notes on it, then you'll have a 30 min call with Foyinsi to discuss and ask any questions you may have about the comments and/or publishing in general.
Foyinsi Adegbonmire
Foyinsi Adegbonmire is an Associate Editor at Feiwel & Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group. She acquires Middle Grade and Young Adult fiction, from contemporary to mystery to grounded science-fiction, and mostly enjoys lighthearted stories with conversational narrative voices. She was named a 2021 PW Star Watch Honoree and her acquisitions include New York Times-bestseller Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé. When not reading or thinking about her very large TBR pile, she can be found watching Black sitcoms from the 90s/early 2000s and fictional crime shows, or obsessing over journals and bullet journaling.
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