453: The Ultimate How To: Write, Pitch, Maybe Publish with Kate McKean from Agents+Books

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This is the how-to book you need right now, the one with “am I ready to query” and “what does my platform need to look like” and “what if no one buys my book” and “what happens if someone buys my book”. We have a great episode, talking about creating this book, writing this book and living this book—because Kate McKean is not only a very experienced agent, she has also lived the answer to all those questions and that’s part of what makes it special.
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And buy this book! Write Through It: An Insider’s Guide to Publishing and the Creative Life

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Kate: Madeleine Roux, A Girl Walks into the Forest (Dark, feminist and rage-y)
KJ: Francesca Segal, Welcome to Glorious Tuga (not any of those above things)
Alison Espach, Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance (somewhere in between)
Writers and readers! KJ, here. If you love #AmWriting—and I know you do—and especially if you love the regular segment at the end of most episodes where we talk about what we've been reading, you will also love my weekly #AmReading— find it at kjdellantonia.com or kjda.substack.com or by clicking on my name on Substack, if you do that kind of thing. Your #tbr won’t be sorry