LITERARY AGENT

Christopher Schelling, founder of Selectric Artists, is one of the sharpest literary agents in the game. If you're down to do some business, give him a shout.

Email: christopher@selectricartists.com
Voicemail: 347-668-5426

FILM/TELEVISION RIGHTS

Would you like to do the smart thing and adapt Leverage for the screen? Get in touch with Matthew Kennedy at Startling, Inc. As an FYI, they produced a crazy little show called Game of Thrones.

BOOK CLUB

If your book club has read Leverage (unlikely) and would like to speak to the maniac behind the madness (even less likely), please send a request to contact [at] amrangowani [dot] com.

I kindly ask that your club include at least five members and everyone reads—or listens to—the novel in advance. With those stipulations in mind, I'll happily address your group via video or teleconference. Looking forward to talking Leverage!

BLURB REQUESTS

Ah, blurbs. Those pithy little paragraphs induce much agita in the requester, require a significant amount of unpaid labor from the requested, and are of questionable commercial value to the people who matter most: readers.

Alas, they're also great networking tools and can do wonders for the artistic ego. If you're a novelist and you'd like for me to read your work and possibly provide a blurb, I'd be happy to oblige as long as the following criteria are met:

  • Your novel features satirical or humorous elements and/or your work interrogates contemporary culture, capitalism, or politics (e.g., if your novel's funny and/or timely I'll take a look)

  • Your novel has fewer than 100,000 words

  • Your target readership is aged 16 and older

  • You have less than four blurbs already—trust me, four is plenty!

  • You're not already famous

Sardonic constraints aside, I sincerely enjoy meeting and supporting other authors and I strongly believe in the "pay it forward" principle. If you think I can help your cause, feel free to send your blurb request to contact [at] amrangowani [dot] com.

RANDOM INQUIRIES

If you have general questions about writing and/or publishing, would like to shower me with praise or bludgeon me with criticism, or wish to pitch me an online marketing scam (or worse), feel free to shoot me an email at contact [at] amrangowani [dot] com.

EMAIL NEWSLETTER

I recently launched a brand-new email newsletter called Kleptocracy Korner. This fun passion project will always be free and features:

  • Quick and comedic analyses of the economic, financial, and political news

  • No holds barred commentary on the kleptocrats, oligarchs, and corporate sociopaths who are destroying the planet to line their pockets

  • Periodic standalone pieces with a didactic and satirical bent (e.g., Jargon Junction: Short Selling, How to Value an Asset)

  • Nihilism, misanthropy, and jokes—lots and lots of extremely dark jokes

If you’d like to join the party, click HERE and punch in your email address. Note: I also have an “author” newsletter which you can check out HERE.

SOCIAL MEDIA

I've experimented with multiple social media platforms and I'm pleased to report I despise them all.

While I severely limit the amount of time I waste on the interwebs, I have active accounts on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Bluesky. I’m not looking forward to connecting with you in those online hellscapes.