Tasneem Motala

Tasneem Motala is an Assistant Agent under The Rights Factory. She is looking to work with authors writing character-driven Picture Books, YA, Graphic Novels, and Adult fiction, with or without a touch of magic.

As much as she’d love to represent the things that made her into the adult she is today, like Beyblade and Yu-Gi-Oh!, Tasneem will happily immerse herself in stories that give her that same sense of joy but for YA and Adult audiences. Contemporary books on the power of friendship, nostalgia, bittersweet endings, second chances, and regrets like those told in anime like Flavors of Youth and Barakamon, are always on her radar.

All of this being said, Tasneem also has proven time and time again to step outside of her comfort zone and help facilitate new trends and ideas. Intrigued by the convergence of speculative fiction and societal contemplation, Tasneem is currently captivated by sci-fi tales that delve into the multifaceted realms of futurism, cyberpunk, and the exploration of humanity from marginalized perspectives. She seeks narratives that challenge conventional notions, daringly exploring what it truly means to be human in a rapidly evolving world.

Lately she’s been very drawn to romance within genre fiction, not as a subplot but as the main driving force of the story.

Tasneem’s QueryManager is primarily a safe space for marginalized writers who want to share their stories, but she does take queries from those who don’t identify under that umbrella as well.

Submission Guidelines

Currently I’m putting more focus into finding some romance projects, so this will be my focus when I open for queries in October 2024.

Things I’m definitely not looking for and that will get auto-rejected:

NO memoirs or self-help books.
NO screenplays or scripts.
NO dystopian YA fiction.
NO contemporary books with a heavy focus on real world current events, politics, and social issues.

NO unsolicited email queries, I only take queries through QueryManager!

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