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Q&A Thursday

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Kate McKean
Jan 16, 2025
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Hello friends!

It’s a Q&A Thursday! Here, I’ll answer questions from you, dear reader, to the best of my ability. No pitches accepted. There also might be a healthy does of ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ in in any given answer. Want to ask a Q? Reply to this email!

M asks: I get a lot of emails from writers asking me to introduce them to my agent or editor. I don't really want to do this for people I barely know, so I generally tell them, as nicely as I can, to follow the posted query guidelines (and subscribe to your newsletter - thank you!) But it makes me wonder: Do agents/editors really want email introductions from their current clients? Is this the magic shortcut that everybody seems to think it is?

K answers: Yes and no! Agents are happy to take referrals from their clients, in

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