At the beginning of 2015, I implemented new submissions guidelines. Instead of reading queries and then requesting sample pages, I now request that authors include the first ten pages of their manuscript along with their query letters. What a difference! Instead of reading only 45 full manuscripts (like I did in 2014),… MORE
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It’s that magic time of year when I tally up the numbers and share Kristin’s Yearly Stats! Apologies for being so slow to get this posted. 37 : total number of New York Times bestsellers (up from 33 total in 2014) 51 : books released in 2015 (22 print releases, 9 reprints, and 21… MORE
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I think this can be the most debilitating mistake an aspiring writer can make. There be dragons if you start down this mental path. I recently gave a talk to Regis University’s MFA in Creative Writing students. In the fifteen-minute Q&A, one participant asked why it was so hard to get… MORE
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Last week, I just had to share on Facebook and Twitter an article I saw in Publishers Weekly called “Trying To Find A Literary Agent Is the Worst Thing Ever.” I had a sneaking suspicion that it would ring true for a lot of aspiring writers. With over 7,000 people viewing the post… MORE
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Well I’m happy to tell you! I’ve gathered all the pictures I posted on Twitter and FB and organized them in one handy post with all the locations specified. Thank you for playing along! Pic 1 – Agent Kristin is in Singapore! Pic 2 – Agent Kristin is on the… MORE
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