What We Talk About When We Talk About Book Titles
When a writing project has a good title, everyone can feel it. But getting there can be a struggle—for both the author and the publishing team, if your project happens to be a book.
What is Genre, Anyway?
In this conversation, author Isaac Fellman and literary agent Kate McKean discuss how writers and the publishing industry define genre . . . and realize the more you talk about it, the less clear the concept becomes.
Book Contracts: Let’s Talk Surprises
In the final installment of her column, Kate McKean tells us about the things authors don’t expect to be in a book contract.
Book Contracts: Let’s Talk Rights
In the second installment of her column, Kate McKean tells us all about the rights and subrights that could appear in your contract when you sell your book to a publisher.
Book Contracts: Let’s Talk Money
As part of our Money Week series, literary agent Kate McKean shares the first installment of her column on book contracts, this one addressing advances, payouts, and royalties.
Spring Migration
Lori was in real, actual danger, but it was easy to convince herself she was not.
What Bird Watching Gave Me After My Miscarriage
It was satisfying to see those robins, sparrows, and starlings, because they were still with us. They had stayed.
Deal or No Deal: Why Being a Literary Agent Doesn’t Make It Easier to Write a Book
To all the wonderful would-be authors out there: Do as I say, not as I do.