Kaitlyn Johnson
Literary Agent
Belcastro Agency
Agent @belcastr. insta: kjbelcastro. Freelance Editor. Serial comma for life. She/her. Query at QueryManager.com/1147
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Check out the @belcastr YouTube for our newest video: Agent Expectations - What Can an Agent Do or Not Do?
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Big thanks to @annmrose and @evascalzo for joining in and answering questions!
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Hey all! So, since I'm having surgery next week and will be pretty mia in the query box due to it, I'm closing to queries for a bit starting Monday so I can be sure to catch up.
Send in those queries now!
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Kaitlyn Johnson @RedPenKaitlyn
Please remember that literary agencies also work less like a conference room mentality and more like the walled cubicle mentality.Some agents at same agency may not have a clue what a coworker is doing. May have never even talked to them before
I've been on the other end of drama for an agency suddenly being blasted on social media and I had no clue what was going on.
Try not to discount/villify and entire agency over something that may only involve a single agent
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Officially open to queries again!
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Hey all! I got a TON of queries when I reopened, so I am closing until Jan 1. I don't send rejections in Dec, so I'll be going through and taking notes so I can get everything done first thing of 2022. ❤️
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Note to #NaNoWriMo21 writers: please don't query it yet. EDIT AND GET BETA READERS AND EDIT AGAIN!
I'd really love to not have first drafts in my inbox tomorrow ❤️
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Writers, if you contact me saying you've got an offer and then give me ten days to review your manuscript, I am passing.
Even WITHOUT a holiday smack dab in the midst of those ten days, it's not enough time to completely redo my schedule to fit you in
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Sunyi (24.4k words) @Blind_Nycteris
writers telling other #amquerying writers that forking out for manuscript assessments and dev edits is an industry NECESSITY for querying/submission, is gate-keeping behaviour.particularly when the writers they're talking to are impoverished and can't afford it.
1/3
Please don't think professional editing is mandatory! If you can afford it, great. If not, we DO NOT expect you to go broke for it! Being able to hire a freelance editor is a privilege not a necessity
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I'm not here to bash those wanting to be agents. But I am here to say this is why we MUST have internships, apprenticeships, true mentorships, etc. We should also have BEEN an agent elsewhere before opening our own solo practice
(4/4)
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W/o this level of mentorship, the initial clients will no doubt suffer through bad contract negotiations and more due to the agent needing to "learn as they go" rather than having that background BEFORE accepting their own clients
(3/?)
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Kaitlyn Johnson @RedPenKaitlyn
Look, I'm not dumping on this person. Not gonna add to the hate.HOWEVER, writers should note that mentorship is about far more than getting advice from someone once in a while. It means working directly with and under them. (1/?) #amquerying #querytip #writingcommunity twitter.com/ram_reads/stat…
This means working with their clients, reading manuscripts for more than reviews (I.e. how to edit them, how to sell them, marketability, etc.), going through contracts with said mentor, learning about subrights and royalty statements
(2/?)
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To those who queried me yesterday and today...
Yes I am going through the box tonight because I'm now at 180 and anxiety is real. This is just me wanting to maintain the box and get answers out sooner rather than later so you aren't waiting for months
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Ok, final stat:
opened to queries at 10:10AM
It is now 10:10PM
I received 113 queries today.
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Want some tips and tricks on how to write a synopsis? Check out the @belcastr blog's newest article!
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belcastroagency.com/synopsis-dos-a…
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Curious what to ask when on THE CALL? Check out @belcastr's newest video! #amquerying #querytip #WritingCommunity
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Samantha Wekstein @SWekstein
I opened to queries on Sunday around 1:30pm, and it's now only Wednesday and I have received 172 queries in that time. I'm stoked to have so many possibilities in my inbox, but also ya'll are trying to kill me lol. pic.twitter.com/dtg5NWp2CgA realistic peek into an agent's onslaught of emails #amquerying #querytip #WritingCommunity
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I am SO CLOSE to opening up the query box again! I have 24 Maybe, 10 Fulls, and 18 partials to go! Chugging away...
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Query box update!
I have finally gone through ALL QUERIES.
Currently, I have 60 in my Maybe box; I also have 39 submissions needing to be read/reviewed.
PLEASE be patient with me 😓
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Hey, all! I am closing my inbox to queries aside from those I request (conferences, contests, referrals, etc.) so I can catch up on submissions.
If I requested from you for a recent contest, the links to submit are in my feed!
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Curious what I means when agents put their clients "on submission"? Check out our video! @amylizbishop @samanthashnh @LillyMSantiago
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