If readers aren’t grabbed by your query letter, they won't request to read your full manuscript. Submit your fiction or non-fiction query letter and have a 30-minute notes call with the mentor of your choice. This call will help you create a strong query to grab the attention of literary agents and publishers.
Questions? Email terra@roadmapwriters.com
Children's Manuscripts: Middle Grade and Young Adult (all genres)
Adult Fiction Manuscripts: Romcom, Romantasy, Horror, lightly speculative fiction (contemporary fantasy, near-future sci-fi, magical realism, fabulism), genre-adjacent upmarket fiction
Adult Nonfiction & Memoir, Picture Books/Chapter Books/Early Readers, Literary Fiction, hard genre Adult fiction (eg. Thriller/Police Procedural/High Fantasy/Space Opera), Splatterpunk, How To & Prescriptive Nonfiction, Short Story & Poetry Collections, Novellas
Erica Bauman is a literary agent at Aevitas Creative Management, and represents a wide variety of authors across middle grade, young adult, and commercial adult fiction, including acclaimed YA author Maria Ingrande Mora, New York Times Bestseller Kayla Cottingham, and Lambda Literary Fellow Naseem Jamnia.
Erica is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and has worked in the publishing industry since 2012. Prior to Aevitas, she worked at Spectrum Literary Agency.
Based in New York, Erica is most interested in commercial novels that feature an exciting premise and lyrical, atmospheric writing; imaginative, genre-blending tales; speculative worlds filled with haunting, quietly wondrous magic; fresh retellings of mythology, ballet, opera, and classic literature; sharply funny rom-coms; graphic novels for all ages; fearless storytellers that tackle big ideas and contemporary issues; and working with and supporting marginalized authors and stories that represent the wide range of humanity.
After registering, you will receive instructions on how to submit your material in your order confirmation email. After submitting your material, please allow about 3-4 weeks to receive proposed times for scheduling your call with the mentor. If you haven't heard from your exec by the 3-4 week mark about scheduling, please email terra@roadmapwriters.com so we know to check in with them on your behalf about their proposed dates/ETA for you.
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Questions? Email terra@roadmapwriters.com
Cancellation Policy: You may cancel your registration for a refund or Roadmap gift card if you have not yet submitted your material for review. However, once your material has been received by Roadmap, your registration cannot be canceled. Having revised material or a desire to retroactively apply a discount or gift card code are not grounds for cancellation, refunds, or gift card credit. Once your material has been submitted, the only acceptable grounds for cancellation and a refund or gift card credit is an unforeseen, ongoing emergency on the part of either the writer or the exec resulting in more than 6 weeks without any scheduling update from the exec via direct contact or Roadmap, or a sudden change in the exec's ongoing availability. In the instance of an irreconcilable scheduling issue, the writer may still receive a written feedback report from the exec. In this case, the writer is not entitled to a refund or gift card credit as the exec has read the submitted material and provided written feedback in lieu of the call.