Kathleen Glasgow

this is me this is me and that can be the thing that helps you hold on and so with girl in pieces when i finally i that's how the book that you're reading today like when i started that draft a year after my mother died and i took everything away from charlie and i made her utterly alone that's the book that you're reading today

So I had a really fun and supportive boss, Julie Schumacher, who's also a novelist. And you should read her books because she's the funniest person I know. They're just hysterical. And she said, what are you doing? You've been like, you're working on this thing. And what is happening? Nothing is happening. What's going on? Can I read it? And I was like, OK, here's like 20 pages.

So I had a really fun and supportive boss, Julie Schumacher, who's also a novelist. And you should read her books because she's the funniest person I know. They're just hysterical. And she said, what are you doing? You've been like, you're working on this thing. And what is happening? Nothing is happening. What's going on? Can I read it? And I was like, OK, here's like 20 pages.

So I had a really fun and supportive boss, Julie Schumacher, who's also a novelist. And you should read her books because she's the funniest person I know. They're just hysterical. And she said, what are you doing? You've been like, you're working on this thing. And what is happening? Nothing is happening. What's going on? Can I read it? And I was like, OK, here's like 20 pages.

And she's like, you know, OK. you should go to a writing conference and you should like take a workshop and you should get some feedback. And I was like, well, okay, well. All right. So I went to a writing workshop, the Taos Writers Workshop in New Mexico. And I had this great workshop with these people and the teacher there, Antonia Nelson, was really, they were supportive.

And she's like, you know, OK. you should go to a writing conference and you should like take a workshop and you should get some feedback. And I was like, well, okay, well. All right. So I went to a writing workshop, the Taos Writers Workshop in New Mexico. And I had this great workshop with these people and the teacher there, Antonia Nelson, was really, they were supportive.

And she's like, you know, OK. you should go to a writing conference and you should like take a workshop and you should get some feedback. And I was like, well, okay, well. All right. So I went to a writing workshop, the Taos Writers Workshop in New Mexico. And I had this great workshop with these people and the teacher there, Antonia Nelson, was really, they were supportive.

But while I was there, I paid the $50 or whatever so you could have a 20-minute conference with a literary agent. And the agent would have read like your 20 pages and then said, oh, I think this is really great or this is what you need to work on and whatnot. But I ended up getting signed by that agent.

But while I was there, I paid the $50 or whatever so you could have a 20-minute conference with a literary agent. And the agent would have read like your 20 pages and then said, oh, I think this is really great or this is what you need to work on and whatnot. But I ended up getting signed by that agent.

But while I was there, I paid the $50 or whatever so you could have a 20-minute conference with a literary agent. And the agent would have read like your 20 pages and then said, oh, I think this is really great or this is what you need to work on and whatnot. But I ended up getting signed by that agent.

And I didn't know anything about like what it means to sign with a literary agent for a novel because I was a poet and no one cares about us.

And I didn't know anything about like what it means to sign with a literary agent for a novel because I was a poet and no one cares about us.

And I didn't know anything about like what it means to sign with a literary agent for a novel because I was a poet and no one cares about us.

It got carried into the next step. Okay. And it was emails. And I was with that agent for three years, and I was continuing to revise the book. And this sometimes happens. Like, the agent was really supportive and nice, but also wanted, I think, to move the book in a different direction that I wasn't comfortable with, like more of,

It got carried into the next step. Okay. And it was emails. And I was with that agent for three years, and I was continuing to revise the book. And this sometimes happens. Like, the agent was really supportive and nice, but also wanted, I think, to move the book in a different direction that I wasn't comfortable with, like more of,

It got carried into the next step. Okay. And it was emails. And I was with that agent for three years, and I was continuing to revise the book. And this sometimes happens. Like, the agent was really supportive and nice, but also wanted, I think, to move the book in a different direction that I wasn't comfortable with, like more of,

an adult book and maybe sort of a thriller type of book and to amp up some aspects of the book that I was not comfortable with, like the sexual aspects. And we eventually, you know, my boss again, Julie said, wait, you've been with this agent for three years. What is going on? Is your book being sent out? What is happening? And I was like, no. And she's like, I think it's okay.

an adult book and maybe sort of a thriller type of book and to amp up some aspects of the book that I was not comfortable with, like the sexual aspects. And we eventually, you know, my boss again, Julie said, wait, you've been with this agent for three years. What is going on? Is your book being sent out? What is happening? And I was like, no. And she's like, I think it's okay.

an adult book and maybe sort of a thriller type of book and to amp up some aspects of the book that I was not comfortable with, like the sexual aspects. And we eventually, you know, my boss again, Julie said, wait, you've been with this agent for three years. What is going on? Is your book being sent out? What is happening? And I was like, no. And she's like, I think it's okay.

And I didn't know this at the time. And I would tell writers this now. So you don't have to stay with an agent for your entire career. Like some people, they move to different agents because maybe you want to write fantasy, but your current agent is like, I don't, I don't do fantasy. Right. Right. It just happens like you evolve and your relationship with your agent evolves.