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New Agency – KT Literary
January 8th, 2008 | 
Author: KT Literary
9249 S. Broadway, #200-543, Highlands Ranch CO 80129. Phone: (720)344-4728. Fax: (720)344-4728. E-mail: queries@ktliterary.com . Web> site: www.ktliterary.com/about.html. Contact: Kate Schafer. Prior to her current position, Ms. Schafer was an agent with Janklow & Nesbit. Established: 2008. Writer’s Guidelines: www.ktliterary.com/submissions.html. Specializes in middle grade and YA fiction. How to Contact: Query with SASE. Submit: 2-3 sample chapters. Absolutely no attachments. Paste text in e-mail body. E-mail queries only. Responds in 2 weeks to queries.
Actively seeking: Actively seeking brilliant, funny, original middle grade and young adult fiction, both literary and commercial; witty women’s fiction; and pop-culture narrative nonfiction. Quirky is good. Does not want picture books. Tips: “If we like your query, we’ll ask for (more).”
Source: Guide to Literary Agents
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Being Multi-talented
Check out this blog post about being multi-talented and an ongoing debate about agents who are also authors.
Article – Query/Submission during Holidays
Here’s an interesting article on querying and subbing during the holidays and whether it’s a good idea or not.
New Agent – Seeking Clients
Via Guide to Literary Agents –
Michelle Wolfson has recently left Artists and Artisans to form her own literary agency. Her new agency Web page is under construction, but she already sent her info over, mentioning that she is “actively seeking clients.”
P.O. Box 266, New York NY 10276. E-mail: query@wolfsonliterary.com. Web site: www.wolfsonliterary.com/. Contact: Michelle Wolfson. New agency actively seeking clients. Prior to forming her own agency, Michelle spent two years with Artists & Artisans, Inc. and two years with Ralph Vicinanza, Ltd. Established: 2007. Adheres to AAR canon of ethics. Currently Handles: 40% Nonfiction Books, 60% Novels.
Nonfiction areas of interest: Business, Child Guidance, Health, How-to, Humor/Satire, Popular Culture, Self-Help/Personal Improvement, Women’s Issues/Studies. Fiction areas of interest: Action/Adventure, Detective/Police, Erotica, Family Saga, Mainstream/Contemporary, Mystery/Suspense, Romance, Thriller, Young Adult, Women’s.How to Contact: E-queries only! Accepts simultaneous submissions.
Responds in 2 weeks to queries; 3 months to manuscripts. Does not return submissions. Obtains new clients through: Recommendations from others and submissions. Actively seeking: commercial fiction, mainstream, mysteries, thrillers, suspense, women’s fiction, roamnce, YA, practical nonfiction (particularly of interest to women), advice, medical, pop culture, humor, business. Terms: Agent receives 15% commission on domestic sales; 25% commission on foreign sales. Offers written contract. Writer’s Conferences: SDSU Writers’ Conference; New Jersey Romance Writers of America Writers’ Conference. Tips: “Be persistent.”
Another Great Blog Link
Here’s another great, informative blog.
Great Blogs Link
Here is one blog that I’ve discovered recently and have been lurking on ever since.
They are honest, brutally so and you may need a thick skin if you submit. But submitting will do wonders. I must say that they are educational and entertaining too.
Njoy.
