Please join the agents and staff of KT Literary on Monday, September 26th at 12 noon MDT (11am Pacific, 2pm Eastern) for an #AskKTLit Twitter chat! We’ll be happy to answer any questions you have about what an agent does, the querying process, how to navigate the challenging worlds of […]
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Today’s AMQ post comes with thanks to Sara. Without further ado… Hoping you’ll critique my query… I liked your online bio and wishlist online and I think you might want to know how to become a Messiah. PROFANE FIRE AT THE ALTAR OF THE LORD is about three men, each […]
Once a regular feature on the blog, I’m delighted to bring back our About My Query posts. Every week, one of the agents or our valuable reader here at KT Literary will read and critique a query letter sent specifically for analysis. We don’t pull queries to critique from our […]
I got a great question from a young author, and wanted to share it, and my answer, with all of you, in the hopes that it would be helpful. Tyler writes: I’m 13 and was wondering what it would take to get my book checked out. It is YA and […]
I was delighted to be interviewed the other day by the lovely Kim Turrisi of the SCBWI, and thrilled to share that interview from the April issue of the SCBWI Insight. A short tease is below! SCBWI Insight: There’s so much talk about the best way to query an agent. […]
If you’re in the LA area this weekend, and are of a nerdy bent, you can find us at WonderCon! I’ll be wandering around, shopping, taking pictures of awesome cosplay, and maybe even doing some myself. More specifically, I’m speaking on an Ask-An-Agent panel on Sunday at 2:30 in Room […]
I found this on Tumblr and I had to share. Word credit to Gail Simone, kickass brilliant feminist writer of comics and wisdom. Photo by me.
If you’re one of thousands of writers currently working on a book for National Novel Writing Month, perhaps you might find this NaNoWriMo pep talk from KT Literary client Stephanie Perkins helpful? Heck, even if you’re not doing NaNoWriMo, it’s useful advice. Keep writing until you reach the end. If […]
We haven’t done one of these in a while, but I got this question in my mailbox, and thought it was a great opportunity to remind my readers that I love to answer your questions, and help make the process of querying and seeking an agent and publisher a little […]