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52: Sheyla Knigge: From Slush Pile to Agent, Becoming an Agent, and Fan Fiction and Indie Publishing to Trad
In this episode of On the Write Track, Sarah and Emily sit down with literary agent Sheyla Knigge of High Line Literary Collective to pull back the curtain on the other side of the query inbox. Sheyla walks us through how she broke into agenting under mentor Victoria Marini, what it actually looked like to start out reading the slush pile, and what she'd tell anyone hoping to become an agent themselves about breaking into a notoriously opaque side of the industry.
We get into what actually makes a query stand out to her: the immersive quality she's looking for across fantasy, BIPOC…
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