Kate McKean
Literary Agent
Howard Morhaim Literary Agency
CLOSED TO QUERIES. VP at Morhaim Literary. Daughter of the Fifth House, holder of the Sacred Chalice of Rixx, heir to the Holy Rings. Rep’d by @Michaelbourret
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I know PEOPLE capitalize NAMES in queries because it's LIKE screenplays but it looks RANDOM and WE DON'T need TO do that anyMORE. #pubtip
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Why yes I did just make up a form rejection that basically says "I don't want your book about Tr*mp." #pubtip
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Defining your book by the genre it ISN'T is not helpful because there's no NOT ROMANCE shelf at the bookstore. #pubtip
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wtf with the super long novels in my queries this week? 150k+ is toooooooo long for me, personally. #pubtip
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If I can unsubscribe from your query then it is not a query. #pubtip
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I'm less interested in the All The Things That Ever Happened To Me memoir than One Very Significant Thing & How I Dealt w/It kind. #pubtip
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If there's an unsubscribe option in your query, then you have not written a query. #pubtip (And I will most definitely unsubscribe.)
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No no no no. You don't query me and say "if you want to know more about this book, email me." That's not how it works. #pubtip
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Things that don't prove there is a market for your book:
-lots of other books like yours
-lots of google results for your topic
#pubtip
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Preemptive tweet: I do not want your fake news parody book. #pubtip
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Stop talking about Drumpf in your query letters. #pubtip
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Until B&N changes their shelves to say "To Get Back at my Parents" or "Exorcising Demons" I don't care why you wrote you novel. #pubtip
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You do not need to beg me to read your query. That's my actual job. #pubtip
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Just 👏 write 👏 a 👏 straightforward 👏 query 👏 letter. 👏 #nogimmicks #pubtip
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You know what is FOR CERTAIN a rejection for me? Any book that uses "cheerleader" or a stand in for villain or mean girl. #pubtip
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12,343 editors and agents do not care about the statistics you put in your queries for novels. #pubtip
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I love when YA queries are like "some of my best friends are teens." I know what they mean, but it makes me lol. #pubtip
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In queries, plot > themes. #pubtip
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The more genres you cite as encompassing your work, the less enthusiastic I am about it. You can't be all genres to all people. #pubtip