Kathleen Ortiz

There's a ton of fascinating Dominican and Honduran folklore...would love something that spins from that. Really anything fresh and different (sorry for the repetition haha) #lxpchat

Absolutely, and I would LOVE LOVE LOVE, fiction or non, a story of a Puerto Rican and the current crisis to open people's eyes to what's happening there. I feel the whole situation has been swept under the rug #lxpchat

I'd also love to see more non-fiction with a unique platform (I fall into Instagram rabbit holes all the time) #lxpchat

I'd love to see more contemporary YA with an unfamiliar feel to it. Something fresh and different w/ beautiful voice #lxpchat

it would depend on how the subject is handled and if it offers a new angle/perspective. There are some PBs like that. Please feel free to query! #lxpchat

It's really going to boil down to the hook and story. Is it fresh and different? Is it too familiar? PA/D is tough, but with a strong hook and voice, you could sell it. #lxpchat

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pitches that feel very familiar. Again, I want something that will grab me and make me sacrifice sleep to read it. #lxpchat

In YA I'm looking for something fresh and different. I'm being very selective with YA right now, and I feel I'm getting a lot of #lxpchat

On the NF side, I'm looking for prescriptive (especially geared toward parents, millenials and generation z), memoir, pop culture #lxpchat

I focus on picture books, YA and heavily illustrated non-fiction. In all three, if it makes me LOL then I love it. #lxpchat

Definitely the voice and leaving me choose finishing the manuscript over sleeping (I have 2 kids under 3, sleep is precious but a good manuscript trumps sleep) #lxpchat

I'm personally very editorial. I want the project to be in the best shape possible before it goes out to editors. #lxpchat

agents network with editors, learn their tastes, and stay in touch on what's selling. we stay on top of the market #lxpchat

I HIGHLY recommend @queryshark if you want to learn literally everything about queries. Brilliant resource. #lxpchat

so the query is your chance to hook the agent and make us NEED (not want, NEED) to read your manuscript. #lxpchat

agents often get between 10,000-20,000 queries a yr (maybe more)We can't read ALL the pages (see my day-2-day tweets) #lxpchat

a query letter is the agent's first introduction to your book. A brief pitch to hook the agent into reading the pages #lxpchat

a strong hook, and a strong voice. That's really the root. Bonus points for a strong vision but agents are there to #lxpchat

the ONLY thing that is consistent day-to-day:working hard for my clients and doing everything I can for their careers #lxpchat