Deal or No Deal: Why Being a Literary Agent Doesn’t Make It Easier to Write a Book
To all the wonderful would-be authors out there: Do as I say, not as I do.
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Kate McKean is certainly the real thing—she understands the need for narrative, for subtlety, for image. And I could tell there was a good heart behind her work. I really hope she continues to write, to read, to push her own parameters.
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