Ashley Lopez
Literary agent. It’s a lifestyle. It’s a delusion.
https://www.ashley-lopez.com
- Reposted by Ashley LopezA poet.
- Not to assign homework the first week of school, but here’s some supplemental reading for my MSWL
- The bag is lying deflated on the ground as the cat runs downtown to on a fresh adventure. See you in my new inbox, friends!
- Reposted by Ashley LopezI turned my book in @scribnerbooks.bsky.social today, and I swear to whoever is running the account, you can add Taco Bell Quarterly next to Stephen King, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway. Corporate at Simon and Schuster already said it was already okay to add me in the bio, totally legit
- My first draft of this story was in my notes app, bedraggled after a long day in the office, waiting for my train at Grand Central. Which I think is simply to say you don’t need an aesthetic setup to write. So start writing.
- “Every time someone says her name, Smiley feels a chill as the girl she was supposed to be skids a long remember-me finger down her spine.” From the Archives: "Overlook," a short story by @ashleylopez.bsky.social. ➡️ buff.ly/ZXCEHxn
- New to me artist I think about daily 🐔
- I’m sweating because of corn?
- I started a little substack that both is and isn’t about publishing and the art of crafting a literary novel. Come hang out with me! open.substack.com/pub/literall...
- Alexa, play “Another Day” by Wings
- You loved the White Lotus season 3 ending. You hated the White Lotus season 3 ending. All *I* care about is that there can be peace in my house again now that we no longer need to debate whether the theme song was better with the wee woos
- Reposted by Ashley LopezAs we gear up to plan for this year’s bookstore crawl, if you’re an author in the region who wants to be in the mix, reach out! I send 50+ local bookstores a spreadsheet of writers and their books in the region. And if YOU want to sponsor or partner up, give a shout! www.phillybookstorecrawl.com
- I was a little ghost flitting around #AWP this year. The only photo of me is this one and it’s not even at the conference. I do my best work in the background. That’s where the magic happens.
- Me telling myself I can definitely fit any books I buy this weekend at #AWP in my carry-on
- Me pitching my work innie how fun #AWP will be but they recognize an ORTBO when they see one
- Me checking in for my #AWP flight while reading about plane crashes
- Another March Madness, another opportunity to base my picks solely on the cuteness of the mascots much to the chagrin of my family
- I just watched The Substance and not to be an a**hole and spoil it for anyone, but I’m just never going to stop thinking about that boob on an umbilical cord hitting the stage at the end. Like a sandbag bringing down a curtain. Horrific and hilarious.
- Have a little Mitski as a treat
- Rainy workdays are for the Rose Room at NYPL
- Clocking in for #MSWL Day duty 🫡 I’ve updated my profile on the website (will be linking below) but the tldr of it is that I’m looking for #horror #speculative #contemporary #upmarket and #literary #fiction for #adult and #ya. For #nonfiction I want to see #jounrnalism and #culturalcriticism
- To be hyper specific, I’m looking for… Horror! Any kind truly. I want my electric bill to be astronomical because of all the scary manuscripts I’m reading. Literary fiction of any kind with a commercial hook (meaning descriptors like “lyrical” are not doing the heavy lifting in the pitch)
- Realistic female friendship stories of all ages (and particularly queer friendship stories) Family stories (particularly multiple POV family stories and mother/daughter narratives) Reportage. Get me in the inside scoop!
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View full threadThis is me now! www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/as...
- “If I hadn’t already been radicalized, giving birth definitely would have radicalized me.” I hope you’ll read this interview and preorder @shayneterry.bsky.social’s LEAVE (coming to shelves 2/25/25)
- This conversation with @rachellayown.bsky.social went so many places: account vs. memoir, the birth/death portal, the failings of the American health insurance system, paid family leave, making art from life… thank you to The Brooklyn Rail for having us! 🪡 brooklynrail.org/2025/02/book...
- If you’re looking for an editor who will hold your book’s feet (lovingly but firmly) to the fire, that’s kind of my jam. New profile up on Reedsy after much cajoling, so come work with me 🤓 reedsy.com/ashley-lopez-2
- Reposted by Ashley LopezI was the EIC of Bitch Media for nearly five years. Few things bother me more than people saying “I wish Bitch still existed” because keeping it alive was so damn hard. I wrote about that conundrum for @theflytrapmedia.bsky.social. If you want an indie pub to survive, then please pay for it.
- Spent a few hours today at MoMA to feel something
- If you are a writer who felt a small shudder of relief last night when the weird little pop-up apologized about the scrolly sanctuary being down because now you were forcibly freed from the algorithm and could finally work on your book… 📣📣 KEEP THAT ENERGY📣📣
- My one regret today is that I didn’t leave my little glass office near Grand Central to go see Adam Scott in his little glass office in Grand Central.
- Reposted by Ashley LopezAs a longtime Brooklynite, and lifelong library lover, could I be more thrilled to see THE SLOW ROAD NORTH on The Brooklyn Public Library's list of Favorite Books from 2024? Fuhgeddaboudit!
- I know it’s bad form to reference a video on TikTok on a social media app that is not TikTok, but I believe this is the interpretation of the Macbeth witches Shakespeare would have wanted us to have www.tiktok.com/t/ZTYTxDrsa/
- @readandbreathe.bsky.social’s first book went viral and has gone to multiple printings for a reason! WHAT MY FATHER AND I DON’T TALK ABOUT is going to be an absolute banger. The bookends to all our trauma: Mom AND Dad!
- Look what arrived in the mail this weekend! 😍 Preorder the book: www.simonandschuster.com/books/What-M...
- Be the unhinged out of office message you wish to see in the world.
- Okay, but what does it say about you if you see yourself in the Existentially Anguished Planter?
- Completed at last. My heinous gift guide for sworn enemies. Enjoy this curated list of cursed objects. Bequeath one to your detested foe! open.substack.com/pub/holapapi...
- Behold my son
- This may be too niche, but I just keep thinking about that woman on TikTok who couldn’t believe a housekeeper would have a T Anthony bag. And also what is a T Anthony bag. (No one tell me. I have Google but there’s so little mystery left in life.)
