Congratulations to debut novelist and kt literary client Ransom Riggs, whose novel Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children was officially released into the world yesterday! Entertainment Weekly gave it a B+ in its review, calling it “black and white and creepy all over,” and praising its “X-Men: First Class-meets-time-travel story […]
Shoes
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I have seen some BEAUTIFUL covers I’m dying to share for some forthcoming 2011 titles by kt literary clients, but I’m not allowed to show them to you yet. It’s like knowing what happens in the season finale of Lost and having to wait two more weeks until you can […]
These are a pretty close approximation of the shoes I’ll be wearing tomorrow for Halloween. What are YOU going to be wearing? A free book from the kt literary library to anyone who can make a connection between their costume and a kt lit client or title! And I’m talking […]
Happy Friday, readers! Ready to chime in with your thoughts and advice on another About My Query? Then let’s get going, with monk shoes for Matthew — did you know a “monk shoe” is a style of shoe with no lacing, closed by a buckle and strap? Men’s footwear is […]
Can you just LOOK at those shoes for a moment? Of course they’re being worn by Lady Gaga, in a picture courtesy of Jezebel, but… but… but… I don’t know, guys, I think I’m speechless. They’re TOE SHOES. With heels. And a platform in the front. Thereby negating the fact […]
Shoes befitting any woman in power, for Kathy, who writes: I’m a screenwriter, and I have a manager for that (also an agent). My manager feels that SHE should query you (the agent), while I think I should, because the agent/client relationship is different in publishing (in film, you barely […]
It’s very difficult to find narrow shoes (I know, I’ve gone shoe shopping with my mom), but these Stuart Weitzman beauties do come in narrow, for S.M., who asks: How narrow should the genre be in a query letter? Do I go for the most general genre (i.e., commercial fiction) […]
No, again, not MY Contest! Heather writes about the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest: I’ve recently quarterfinaled in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest. I haven’t queried since the quarterfinalists were announced, but I have several prior submissions still pending review. My question is whether participating in ABNA is something an […]
The charming Rexroth shared an interesting post this past weekend by Seth Godin about avatar pictures, and how to choose the best one. I’m not sure I’m one to really give advice on the subject, since my Facebook and Twitter avatars are shoes, but I do follow his guidelines on […]