WriteHive Mentorship Program

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Mentor Bio
Mentorship Expectations
Manuscript Wishlist

A.Z. Louise is an author, poet, and artistic nuisance living in a cheese lover’s paradise. In their spare time, they are a collector of fountain pens, impractical hobbies, and useless facts, all of which they are guilty of inserting into their written works. A.Z. is the author of the Ignyte-nominated novella Off-Time Jive, Bitterbound, and the Shardfall series, the last written under the pen name T.O. Tate. They also have a mild-mannered middle grade alter ego with a book forthcoming in 2025, but they like to keep that very separate from their adult work.

I’m looking to help give someone the final push they’re looking for! I work best with those who know their strengths and weaknesses and how they prefer to receive their critique, whether that’s gentle, harsh, or somewhere in between. Anyone who likes a checklist or even a spreadsheet is probably a good fit.

I would love to hear from marginalized writers from all walks of life but especially neurodivergent Black writers! I’m also very interested in books by older authors.

I’m open to adult and middle grade of almost every genre.

My exceptions are paranormal romance, Christian romance, and litRPG, as I know nothing about those genres and won’t be able to help with them. I’m also a poor fit for stories (especially romance) where the hero is a police officer or billionaire. I do need content warnings for emetophobia.

Things I love and want to see in adult are:

Queer stories
Fast-paced fantasy and sci fi
Romance across the board (only one bed and slow burn always get me).

For middle grade, I also love:

queer stories
Stories about neurodivergent kids
Big, bold fantasy
Cozy horror

If the book has been accused of too weird, horny, violent, or genre-bending, I’m on board.

A.Z. Louise

They/them

Self-publishing
Small/Independent Press
Traditional Publishing