This month's agent, who certainly went the extra mile, was Renee Nyen of kt literary! She's an up-and-coming agent who's actively building her list, so if you'd like more information, you can find her in several places around the web:
My interview with Ms. Nyen
Ms. Nyen's Twitter feed
And here's a little more about her: "Several years in the editorial department at Random House’s Colorado division provided Renee with the opportunity to work with bestselling and debut authors alike. After leaving Random House, she came to kt literary in early 2013. She loves digging into manuscripts and helping the author shape the best story possible. Though this is great for her profession, it tends to frustrate people watching movies with her.
With a penchant for depressing hipster music and an abiding love for a good adventure story, Renee is always looking for book recommendations. Even if that means creeping on people reading in public. Which she does frequently.
She makes her home in Colorado with her husband, their young daughter, and their hygienically-challenged basset hound."
I'll announce her winners shortly...
Thank you Ms Nyen for the fantastic feedback! I teach college English so I have a fair idea of the time dedicated to this.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ms. Nyen for your indepth comments and dedication to this comment. I really appreciate all you did for every entrant!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Krista, for hosting! And thank you Ms. Nyen for taking so much time and offering such thoughtful feedback on all the posts. It's truly appreciated! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Krista for putting this all together. And thank you to Ms. Nyen for donating her time and critiquing everyone's work. All of it was extremely helpful. Thanks again!
ReplyDeleteI appreciate the feedback! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting, Krista, and thank you Ms. Nyen-- your feedback was wonderful, very encouraging.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Mrs. Nyen! Your comments were very helpful ;)
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Joseph
Thank you so much, Krista, for hosting this. It was enormously helpful and insightful. And thank you so much to Secret Agent, Ms. Nyen, for putting so much time into doing such thorough and constructive critiques for everyone. It's been a very interesting week!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for the feedback, Ms. Nyen. Spot on and super helpful! And thank you Krista for all the hard work organizing this. It was an overwhelmingly positive experience. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for your feedback, Ms. Nyen. I appreciate it. And thank you, Krista for hosting this contest, it has been immensely helpful to both receive agent & writer feedback and get to read everyone's excerpts!
ReplyDeleteThank you both for this awesome opportunity. It's been fun reading the other entries, and so helpful receiving feedback from these awesome writers.
ReplyDeleteThanks again, Renee and Krista, you guys are fantastic!
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ReplyDeleteAnother thank you to Krista and Ms. Nyen! This was such a gift.
ReplyDeleteIt was the kick in the Q I desperately needed.
Love this contest! You all rock writers and Krista and Renee are awesome! Thanks for everything.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your time and comments. Your advice was very helpful! I am taking your advice and have already improved!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much to everyone who participated and especially to Krista and Ms. Nyen. I've shown my query to many people, but got some great new feedback here.
ReplyDeleteYou guys are so welcome!
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