Under the Influence with Jo Piazza How to Get Published: A Literary Agent Tells All
Jun 10, 2025
51:30
You’ve got a book idea—but how do you go from blank page to published author? Literary agent and author Kate McKean of the Agents & Books substack joins us to demystify the publishing process from query letters to advances, platforms, rejection, and all the weird feelings in between. This is the real talk every aspiring writer needs.
- What does a literary agent really do—and how do you find one?
- How do you write a query letter that actually gets noticed?
- Do you really need a social media platform to get a book deal?
- What happens after an agent agrees to represent your book—how does it actually get sold?
- How do you survive the emotional chaos of publishing, from rejection to imposter syndrome?
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