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23: Schmagents get a Schmackdown with guest agent Kelly Sonnack

9/13/2018

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Guest agent Kelly Sonnack joins me to talk about best practices, agent-wise... and WTH are some bad agents even DOING? Also we answer listener questions, talk about query management, vent on the topic of submission do's and don'ts, and we go in deep about our favorite yearly event, the Big Sur Children's Writers Workshop. Oh and obviously we also talk about the Black Death and how it affects caterpillars, among other scintillating topics. Join us, won't you? 
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SHOW NOTES

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* Here's me on the twitter! Here's Kelly Sonnack!

* ABLA query guidelines

* Registration for the Big Sur Children's Writers Workshop is now open!

* TheJanuary Elfman Scholarship for Big Sur CWW. Application deadline is 9/30

​* The Shaya Cookbook

* Ever want to know everything about what can go wrong with caterpillars? I gotchu.

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Ana
10/3/2018 12:29:58 pm

Hi there! My wife loves your podcast and while I was listening to it with her your guest pronounced a few names incorrectly: Gabriel García Márquez was mispronounced as "Gabriella," as well as the title character's name for Julián is a Mermaid. The main character is of a Latino background and Jessica Love has always pronounced his name in that regard. It was disheartening to hear someone creditable in the children's publishing world not take the time to say these names correctly when we all should know and be aware of how important that is. Thank you for your time!

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Maria Marshall link
10/11/2018 12:03:12 pm

Thank you Jennifer and Kelly for this wonderful podcast. I appreciate your candor and willingness to discuss the role of an agent (sometimes deemed to be the magician behind the curtain). It was entertaining and helpful. Wish you the best with your cooking. :-)

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