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Agent Guides
Today, I decided to showcase some of my favorite agent/editor’s guides I’ve made, and explain a bit of my process.
Jul 15
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Kate Duarte
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May 2025
what i did differently this time
there’s not a textbook definition of what a publishing unicorn is (though there are some agreed upon guidelines, let’s say), but my last experience in…
May 27
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Kate Duarte
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the query letter that got me my agent
for full transparency, i must let you know this was not my final query letter.
May 19
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Kate Duarte
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how i got my agent
my former agent left the industry at the end of last february, and i immediately jumped back into the querying trenches.
May 12
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Kate Duarte
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April 2025
publishing envy 𓆙
i’d be lying if i said i’ve never been envious, and i think most of us can agree that it’s normal to want great things to come our way.
Apr 8
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Kate Duarte
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publishing envy 𓆙
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March 2025
she's back!
it's her! and she's extra annoying now.
Mar 21
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Kate Duarte
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she's back!
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February 2025
A Delicate Hunger
Feb 27
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Kate Duarte
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A cycle of failures
I spent the whole of January sick, which greatly impacted my (insane) reading goals for the month.
Feb 1
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Kate Duarte
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December 2024
I hate "clean romance"
I don’t hate romance without sex scenes.
Dec 16, 2024
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Kate Duarte
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January Challenge
The image says it all!
Dec 11, 2024
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Kate Duarte
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Switching wips
"I would read this!" vs "I would write this!"
Dec 11, 2024
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Kate Duarte
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Why comps are secretly useful
I’m taking Maggie Stiefvater’s novel writing course and though I’ve only just started, I felt compelled to write this post after her first lesson.
Dec 1, 2024
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Kate Duarte
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