Intern Jenny and I are working through a slight backlog of queries that accumulated while I was in Italy, and her computer was replaced. In the meantime, I’ve made a (for real, no kidding) adjustment to my submission guidelines. Moving forward, as of today, April 5, 2010, any queries sent with an attachment will be [...]
I’ve given this a lot of thought — some of my followers may recall a comment I made on Twitter a few weeks ago — and I think it’s time for an overhaul of my submission guidelines. From now on, when submitting a manuscript for my consideration for representation, please: Email both the queries@ktliterary.com address [...]
I thought we’d try something a little different today. I’m always happy to feature your queries, and, in the past, I’ve also shown you some successful queries that worked, and helped convince me to offer representation. But an agent’s job isn’t just about reading, it’s also about writing — just like you. And I love [...]
There’s been a new flurry of comments on last week’s Queryfail post, with kt literary client Maureen Johnson sharing her thoughts. A snippet: The guidelines aren’t that hard, and they’re there for a reason–to get everything organized and read correctly. It takes, what, a minute to read them? If you can’t correctly comprehend three lines [...]
…A no-snail-mail queries policy here at kt literary. As it stands right now, I do get the bulk of my queries from email, but every once in a while, I notice the pile of unread hard copy queries to go through, that unfortunately sit and sit and sit. My promise of a response within two weeks applies only to email queries, and with those coming fast and furious, it’s only when I’m caught up on them that I can spare the time to look at a snail-mail query.
