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Those questions you wish you could ask your dream agent but never could?
We gathered the ones we hear most often and asked them for you. Join us to hear the answers!
We’re thrilled to welcome one of the clearest, most trusted voices in publishing for a live conversation and in-depth peek into the world of an agent.
Join literary agent Kate McKean for an expansive, candid webinar designed to demystify the publishing process and help you make smarter, more confident career decisions.
Kate is the creator of the widely read newsletter Agents & Books, a go-to industry resource where she breaks down publishing trends, submission realities, market shifts, and the emotional terrain of the writing life with refreshing honesty and practical insight. Her guidance is regularly shared across the writing community because it’s clear, grounded, and rooted in real-time industry experience.
Join literary agent Kate McKean for an expansive, candid webinar designed to demystify the publishing process and help you make smarter, more confident career decisions.
Kate is the creator of the widely read newsletter Agents & Books, a go-to industry resource where she breaks down publishing trends, submission realities, market shifts, and the emotional terrain of the writing life with refreshing honesty and practical insight. Her guidance is regularly shared across the writing community because it’s clear, grounded, and rooted in real-time industry experience.
Why Register
In this live session, writers across genres and categories will learn about:
Gain perspective from an agent who understands both the business and the human side of publishing.
Moderating the conversation is award-winning author and writing instructor, Rob Sanders.
Whether you are preparing to query, currently on submission, or building your next project, this webinar offers a rare chance to hear directly from an agent known for transparency, clarity, and advocacy for writers.
Come curious. Leave informed.
In this live session, writers across genres and categories will learn about:
- Querying in today’s market
- What agents are truly looking for (beyond buzzwords)
- Submission timelines and expectations
- Platform and publicity realities
- Career strategy and long-term thinking
- Common misconceptions that hold writers back
Gain perspective from an agent who understands both the business and the human side of publishing.
Moderating the conversation is award-winning author and writing instructor, Rob Sanders.
Whether you are preparing to query, currently on submission, or building your next project, this webinar offers a rare chance to hear directly from an agent known for transparency, clarity, and advocacy for writers.
Come curious. Leave informed.
Bonus! Submission Opportunity
All registrants will have an exclusive opportunity to submit their work to agent Kate McKean for a limited time after the event!
All registrants will have an exclusive opportunity to submit their work to agent Kate McKean for a limited time after the event!
About Writing Barn Craft Webinars:
Industry professionals: authors, agents, editors, etc. facilitate these events. Price points are low and attendance is high, anywhere from 50-200+ attendees. Writing craft and industry engagement are explored. *REPLAYS are made available for all registrants 2 business days after the event and are available for a limited time.*
Kate McKean is a literary agent at the Howard Morhaim Literary Agency in Brooklyn, New York. She earned her MA in fiction writing at the University of Southern Mississippi. Her work has appeared in Poets & Writers, Electric Literature, Catapult, and her first book, Write Through It: An Insider’s Guide to Publishing and the Creative Life is available from Simon Element. In 2026, Sourcebooks will publish her picture book Pay Attention to Me. She writes the Agents & Books newsletter at agentsandbooks.com. You can find her at all the places online as well as katemckean.com.
About Agent Kate McKean
Rob Sanders is a teacher who writes and a writer who teaches. He is known for his funny and fierce fiction and nonfiction picture books and is recognized as one of the pioneers in the arena of LGBTQ+ literary nonfiction picture books. His work include the first picture books about the Pride Flag, the Stonewall Uprising, a transgender Civil War soldier, a gay presidential candidate, and the first gay marriage in America. Other titles include Blood Brothers, a MG novel, Book Come Home: A Banned Books Journey and ANDRÉ: André Leon Talley—A Fabulously Fashionable Fairy Tale, co-authored with Carole Boston Weatherford.
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