Kate Nash

Our submission volumes haven't gone down, no. #AskAgent

It will either resonate with your intended agent or it won't. But good pop culture isn't good just because it is recent. I was only the other day telling an author to make their novel more like Roman Holiday. #AskAgent

We are not hearing this from editors here in the UK. Submit away if you think you would like an agent to forward your career. #AskAgent

Doing market analysis right at the moment for the update to our trends survey. Results at the end of the month but I think psychological thrillers continue to do well. #AskAgent

I am not sure. @revpeterlaws was explaining something to me about safe-feeling danger or danger you can control which makes some sense to me as to why psychological thrillers have been hugely popular and I think this will continue. #AskAgent

But from our prelim market analysis it is certainly escapist and will include genres like fantasy, crime and thrillers of all types, romance of all types and romcom (2/2). #AskAgent

We are repeating our trends survey which I was going to be presenting end of this month at #SelfPubConf but we will now share online...
and there's still time to fill the survey in: surveymonkey.co.uk/r/HYBYNVX #AskAgent (1/2)

I think submissions have gone up a bit in volume but I think we are keeping up. What may happen in about 3 months time is a huge tsumani of submissions of the all novels everyone is at home writing right now! #AskAgent

If there is a reason why an agent hasn't been able to read as quickly as they would like, they will let you know and ask for more time. #AskAgent

Having spent part of this morning cutting out Corona masks for selected plushies (idea of my 7 year old... catch them on youtube later...), I would be delighted but please include your human guardian's name and address. #AskAgent

Not for me. We try and help our authors use social media better if they are not already doing so and publishers also support authors with this. #AskAgent

We would want to represent your rights worldwide, not just UK. If you think your book has an international readership certainly query. #AskAgent

We get about 10-15 submissions a day which is crazy. I have quite a full list so sign perhaps 6 writers a year but colleagues who are still building their lists have more capacity. #AskAgent

I do try and get back on full requests within 3-4 weeks so if you haven't heard after 6 weeks certainly chase. #AskAgent

Do you mean us agents submitting to publishers? Publishers are still acquiring and we are submitting as usual. #AskAgent

All submissions coming to our agency are read by an agent and we share a communal inbox so if it might be right for any of our agents it will be passed on to that agent for review by whoever reads first. #AskAgent

Yes, we just ask for the opening chapter and synopsis in the first instance. #AskAgent

I am looking for characterisation, conflict, suspense and accessible storytelling because I specialise in commercial fiction. Characterisation is the most important to establish from page one. #askagent

The manuscript has to be completely brilliant but of course I am also interested to know what you're writing next or might have written before #askagent

Are you writing a feel good novel or non-fiction? That will entertain, let readers mentally escape the #CoronaCrisisuk & feel positive about the world?

➡️➡️➡️Send it in now, with "feel good" in the email subject line #AskAgent #AmWriting
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