Episode 260 #Writing Without Knowing Where You're Going with Kristin Van Ogtrop

Working on an essay collection? Dreaming of becoming a literary agent? We were all over the map with Kristin Van Ogtrop, agent at InkWell Management, author of the essay collection <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780316497497">Did I Say That Out Loud: Midlife Indignities and How to Survive Them</a> and former editor of Real Simple Magazine (which KJ mistakenly attributed to Conde Nast but is really part of the Time Inc. empire). Midlifers, essayists, job-hoppers&#8212;this is for you!<br/><br/>Mentioned on the pod<br/><br/><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780142196786">The Empty Glass</a> by J.I. Baker<br/><br/>Nalini Singh, #AmWriting episode <a href="https://amwriting.substack.com/p/episode-255-the-power-of-writing">The Power of Writing as Play</a><br/><br/><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781609455057">The Neapolitan Quartet</a> by Elena Ferrante<br/><br/>#AmReading<br/><br/>Kristin: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780735224681">American Baby: A Mother, a Child, and the Shadow History of Adoption</a> by Gabrielle Glaser<br/><br/>Jess: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781950155224">Bombshells</a> by Sarina Bowen <br/><br/><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781538715642">The Happy Ever After Playlist</a> and<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781538715666"> Life&#8217;s Too Short</a> by Abby Jimenez<br/><br/>KJ: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780385546751">Brood</a> by Jackie Polzin<br/><br/>Find Kristin on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kvanogtrop">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/kvanogtrop">Twitter</a> as @kvanogtrop <br/><br/>or at her website <a href="https://www.kristinvanogtrop.com/">www.kristinvanogtrop.com</a><br/><br/>Your dream job is calling&#8212;can you hear it? <a href="https://www.bookcoaches.com/success">Check out these success stories</a> from Author Accelerator&#8217;s book coach certification program and start imagining what your life could look like this time next year. <br/><br/>And have you checked out the Writing Class Radio podcast