Comments on: Q&A with Literary Agent Katie Shea Boutillier of the Donald Maass Literary Agency https://booksbywomen.org/qa-with-literary-agent-katie-shea-boutillier-of-the-donald-maass-literary-agency/ Fri, 29 Jan 2016 19:29:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: MM Finck https://booksbywomen.org/qa-with-literary-agent-katie-shea-boutillier-of-the-donald-maass-literary-agency/#comment-47122 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 19:29:42 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=14862#comment-47122 In reply to Angelika Schwarz.

Hi Angelika,
Hi Tracy,
Unfortunately, it’s not feasible for agents to come back and answer additional questions. HOWEVER, this segment is an ongoing thing so your question will get answered! I’m adding it to my list now. It will come up in a future Q&A so check back. We post new interviews in our facebook group and on twitter when they are published, so make sure you are following.
Thanks for posting your question!
~MM

]]> By: MM Finck https://booksbywomen.org/qa-with-literary-agent-katie-shea-boutillier-of-the-donald-maass-literary-agency/#comment-47121 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 19:28:16 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=14862#comment-47121 In reply to Carol Fragale Brill.

I accidentally posted my reply as a separate comment. Sorry. See above! πŸ™‚

]]> By: Angelika Schwarz https://booksbywomen.org/qa-with-literary-agent-katie-shea-boutillier-of-the-donald-maass-literary-agency/#comment-47114 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 21:12:35 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=14862#comment-47114 Hi Katie, I have published my first novel in Amazon. I have received 95% 5 star reviews. But still, my book is stagnating. I’m having problems marketing it correctly. I don’t know if it’s even possible, but what are the chances for an agent to be interested in a book that has just been recently self-published?
Best regards,
Angelika Schwarz

]]> By: MM Finck https://booksbywomen.org/qa-with-literary-agent-katie-shea-boutillier-of-the-donald-maass-literary-agency/#comment-47105 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 16:37:16 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=14862#comment-47105 In reply to Sandra Hutchison.

Thanks, Sandra! I’m so happy that you got something from it! Check back. More great ones are coming… πŸ™‚
~MM

]]> By: MM Finck https://booksbywomen.org/qa-with-literary-agent-katie-shea-boutillier-of-the-donald-maass-literary-agency/#comment-47104 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 16:35:47 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=14862#comment-47104 In reply to Jan Rider Newman.

I’m so glad you found it helpful, Jan! Thanks for the note!
~MM

]]> By: MM Finck https://booksbywomen.org/qa-with-literary-agent-katie-shea-boutillier-of-the-donald-maass-literary-agency/#comment-47103 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 16:35:04 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=14862#comment-47103 In reply to Zan Marie.

Thanks, Zan Marie! I’m so glad you found it helpful!!
~MM

]]> By: MM Finck https://booksbywomen.org/qa-with-literary-agent-katie-shea-boutillier-of-the-donald-maass-literary-agency/#comment-47102 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 16:34:22 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=14862#comment-47102 In reply to Tracy Stopler.

Hi Tracy,
Unfortunately, it’s not feasible for agents to come back and answer additional questions. HOWEVER, this segment is an ongoing thing so your question will get answered! πŸ™‚ I’m adding it to my list now. It will come up in a future Q&A so check back. We post new interviews in our facebook group and on twitter when they are published, so make sure you are following, ok?

I do need to understand your question a little better. Did you think your ms was one genre and then realized it was another? Or is it cross genre, ie romantic suspense, contemporary commercial with elements of magical realism, etc. If it’s cross genre, you simply put that in your query letter. If you queried once to the same agent using one genre, you don’t need to query it again to the same agent when you want to pub it under a different genre. They take what genre we think our stories are as a suggestion. They know make their own determination when they read the pitch.

If that doesn’t answer your question, can you explain it to me a little more?

~MM

]]> By: Tracy Stopler https://booksbywomen.org/qa-with-literary-agent-katie-shea-boutillier-of-the-donald-maass-literary-agency/#comment-47098 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 03:15:44 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=14862#comment-47098 This was educational and entertaining πŸ™‚
I hope it’s possible to answer another question.
Is it frowned upon to submit the same manuscript under two different genres? Of course submitted at separate times. Thank you.

]]> By: Zan Marie https://booksbywomen.org/qa-with-literary-agent-katie-shea-boutillier-of-the-donald-maass-literary-agency/#comment-47097 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 19:47:59 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=14862#comment-47097 Wonderful interview! Thanks, MM and Katie.

]]> By: Jan Rider Newman https://booksbywomen.org/qa-with-literary-agent-katie-shea-boutillier-of-the-donald-maass-literary-agency/#comment-47094 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 17:49:40 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=14862#comment-47094 Interviews like this are helpful to know what an agent is interested in and what she wants to see in the query, what hooks her or turns her off. Thank you MM and Katie.

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