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

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

My free and infrequent email newsletter features:

  • Mordant microblogging

  • Bite-sized media recommendations

  • Updates on my publishing misadventures

  • Information about forthcoming media and publicity events

  • Special one-off posts (e.g., author interviews, video podcasts)

  • And jokes—lots and lots of very dark jokes

If you’d like to join the party, click HERE and punch in your email address.

SOCIAL MEDIA

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

Nonetheless, while I try to limit the amount of time I waste on the interwebs, I maintain a semi-active account on Instagram and have dormant profiles on LinkedIn and Bluesky. Looking forward to connecting in those online hellscapes.