u/whatthefroth

Hi All,

I'm hosting a celebration of life for my brother in Austin, but I don't live there. Please share recs for mid-range restaurants that have banquet/party rooms and good food. He loved tacos, BBQ, a great steak etc. We're open to the type of food, but need a private space where we can play his music and put up pictures etc. TIA!

Edit: Thank you to everyone that has already commented. I've looked up every single recommendation and have emails out to a number of places. Such incredible suggestions. Thank you for making this a little easier. I appreciate it!

Hi All,

So, I'm currently agented and on sub for upper middle grade. I finished the book awhile ago and while I was waiting to go on sub with it, I wrote another book - except it's not middle grade. I needed to write something different, and ended up with a psychological thriller. I'm trying to figure out how to tell my agent that I have written a book in a completely different genre than what they represent, and float the idea of an agent split. I would take the thriller out with a pen name to separate it from any MG work (although, frankly, that market is tough and it's not looking good).

For those of you that have gone the agent split route, how did you present it? My agent is a bit prickly and likes to do things her way, so I'm nervous that presenting this idea will result in her dropping me mid-sub. I'm also not open to waiting out the other book before exploring this option, because I'm not getting any younger, and finding a thriller agent could take a long time. Please share any experiences you've had with this kind of situation.