Kate McKean
@katemckean.bsky.social
Literary Agent at Morhaim Literary 📚 Newsletter: Agents & Books at agentsandbooks.com. 📚 WRITE THROUGH IT out June ‘25 📚📚 picture book called PAY ATTENTION TO ME out in ‘26!
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Kate McKean
@katemckean.bsky.social
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I wrote a book to help you navigate the strange and wonderful world of writing and publishing books. It covers everything from how to write a query letter to how to write your next book. Get it wherever books are sold! bookshop.org/p/books/writ...
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a Palestinian American DSA member who represents metro Detroit, is the second sitting Democratic congressperson to demand the resignation of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a Palestinian American DSA member who represents metro Detroit, is the second sitting Democratic congressperson to demand the resignation of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
There's some discourse happening on Threads about authors gatekeeping their publishing journey information. (yeah I know.) Sharing information is helpful, but not required, & not available to everyone. So I've made a questionnaire about the query & publishing journey. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Query Letter and Publishing Journey Questionnaire
Hello! I have been too involved in the "publishing journey gatekeeping" conversation on Threads (iykyk) and I understand writers' desire to see how other people did it so they can try to guess/predict...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
There's some discourse happening on Threads about authors gatekeeping their publishing journey information. (yeah I know.) Sharing information is helpful, but not required, & not available to everyone. So I've made a questionnaire about the query & publishing journey. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
My sister is a genius
Sometimes you have an idea so dumb that you HAVE to do it (I didn’t get this up in time for Halloween though)
November 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
My sister is a genius
This is what we were put on earth to do. To live and tell the future how we did it.
just learning now that there is a topps baseball card of the swarm of bees that delayed a dodgers/diamondbacks game last season. the ebay listing i grabbed this photo from is selling it for $150
November 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This is what we were put on earth to do. To live and tell the future how we did it.
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End of an era: With the move pending, I am looking for a good home for my JD Robb collection. If anyone would like 41 future-set romance/crime novels, plus five trilogies, and will pay for shipping, they're yours.
November 9, 2025 at 12:52 AM
End of an era: With the move pending, I am looking for a good home for my JD Robb collection. If anyone would like 41 future-set romance/crime novels, plus five trilogies, and will pay for shipping, they're yours.
Tag yourself I’m red sweater Alanis from the “Ironic” video
November 9, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Tag yourself I’m red sweater Alanis from the “Ironic” video
Speaker Johnson you owe me $200 for this hotel I had to get bc my flight back to NYC was delayed 12 hours.
November 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Speaker Johnson you owe me $200 for this hotel I had to get bc my flight back to NYC was delayed 12 hours.
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Q&A Friday on Agents & Books! What's a good title? What's a good comp? What's a good comp title?
www.agentsandbooks.com/q-a-friday-c...
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Q&A Friday: Comps, Titles, and Comp Titles
Hi friends,
I'm traveling this week, hence the Thursday issue on Friday. But let's get to our questions!
🙋Are you a paid subscriber and want to ask a question for a future Q&A Thursday? Fill out thi...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Q&A Friday on Agents & Books! What's a good title? What's a good comp? What's a good comp title?
www.agentsandbooks.com/q-a-friday-c...
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I hear we’re starting to look at eligibility posts and what we loved this year. Here are two books that I fell absolutely in love with in 2025. @isaac-fellman.bsky.social and @yumewrites.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I hear we’re starting to look at eligibility posts and what we loved this year. Here are two books that I fell absolutely in love with in 2025. @isaac-fellman.bsky.social and @yumewrites.bsky.social
Q&A Friday on Agents & Books! What's a good title? What's a good comp? What's a good comp title?
www.agentsandbooks.com/q-a-friday-c...
www.agentsandbooks.com/q-a-friday-c...
Q&A Friday: Comps, Titles, and Comp Titles
Hi friends,
I'm traveling this week, hence the Thursday issue on Friday. But let's get to our questions!
🙋Are you a paid subscriber and want to ask a question for a future Q&A Thursday? Fill out thi...
www.agentsandbooks.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Q&A Friday on Agents & Books! What's a good title? What's a good comp? What's a good comp title?
www.agentsandbooks.com/q-a-friday-c...
www.agentsandbooks.com/q-a-friday-c...
I had a Publix sub today and it was good.
November 7, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I had a Publix sub today and it was good.
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As usual, @katemckean.bsky.social is right about everything. (Subscribe to her newsletter here: www.agentsandbooks.com)
November 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
As usual, @katemckean.bsky.social is right about everything. (Subscribe to her newsletter here: www.agentsandbooks.com)
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November 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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don’t miss your chance to work with Jess, one of the all-time greats!
Periodic reminder that I’m doing freelance editing right now! I have experience in both fiction and nonfiction and offer a range of services from coaching to line editing to query letters—reach out if you have a project but are feeling at sea! www.jesszimmerman.com/editing.html
November 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
don’t miss your chance to work with Jess, one of the all-time greats!
TSA guy at JFK says to another: ”I hear it’s going to be over next week. It better be bc I’m not coming in.”
November 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
TSA guy at JFK says to another: ”I hear it’s going to be over next week. It better be bc I’m not coming in.”
Respect
Orcas are known for their predatory prowess and creative hunting strategies, but newly released drone videos are the first to show shark-stalking orcas disemboweling young great whites, flipping them over and plucking out their nutritious livers. https://wapo.st/3JKiHYo
November 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Respect
LOOK OMG LOOK!!!!!!!
November 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
LOOK OMG LOOK!!!!!!!
NYC: there’s a municipal archive book sale this weekend and omg I wish I could go!!!! www.nyc.gov/site/records...
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November 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
NYC: there’s a municipal archive book sale this weekend and omg I wish I could go!!!! www.nyc.gov/site/records...
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heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
$5 says we never see Eric Adams in NYC again.
November 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
$5 says we never see Eric Adams in NYC again.
Good morning to everyone on this joyous morning in America but also to @alixeharrow.bsky.social who's latest book THE EVERLASTING is #14 on the USA Today Bestsellers list.
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Best-selling Booklist – USA TODAY
Explore best-selling books, reviews, and recommendations at USA Today's Best-selling Booklist. Discover captivating fiction, inspiring non-fiction & expert critiques.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Good morning to everyone on this joyous morning in America but also to @alixeharrow.bsky.social who's latest book THE EVERLASTING is #14 on the USA Today Bestsellers list.
www.usatoday.com/booklist
www.usatoday.com/booklist
I hope Mamdani’s teams shows all the posts they made just in case he lost. I bet they’re just as good.
November 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I hope Mamdani’s teams shows all the posts they made just in case he lost. I bet they’re just as good.
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Cuomo drives off in a Tesla Uber to Giuliani’s new place in New Hampshire
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Cuomo drives off in a Tesla Uber to Giuliani’s new place in New Hampshire
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