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Claire McKenna's avatar

Congratulations Kesia!! I saw the news yesterday and am so pleased for you. That's wonderful that you'll be back in the UK too. Really interesting to hear how you're planning to make sure all your writers are properly looked after in this transitional phase. That speaks volumes of your integrity as a person.

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Kesia Lupo's avatar

Aww thank you Claire! Hope we can catch up in person one of these days!

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Nicki Thornton's avatar

Very best of luck Kesia. I'm sure the authors you work with will appreciate you no matter what role you're in. Thanks also for shaing your journey. You always sound so very caring about your authors and it's so good to see

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Kimberly's avatar

Your newsletters are always honest and insightful. Thank you for sharing and continuing to lift up the writing profession! Best of luck on your new journey.

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Kesia Lupo's avatar

Thank you so much! That's so lovely of you to say. :)

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Ned Hickson's avatar

Bittersweet to be sure, but so glad to see you being able to pursue what you love full-time. Congratulations, Kesia, and thanks for sharing — and continuing to share — your agenting/publishing insights!

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Kesia Lupo's avatar

Thanks for reading, Ned, and for your kind words!

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Jennie Doyle's avatar

Congratulations on this new chapter! Thank you for spending the time offering this insight.

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Hieronymus Hawkes's avatar

Good luck, Kesia! Thanks for sharing a peak behind the curtain. I think it help writers cope a little better.

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Yvonne Banham's avatar

Congratulations on the new role! Good luck with everything.

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Diana Davis's avatar

It was so great meeting you at Futurescapes in the fall! Your suggestions really inspired me to write a new opening chapter. I’d been looking forward to querying you once I finished the edits. Ah well. Wishing you all the best in this new endeavor!

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L. Jagi Lamplighter Wright's avatar

That sounds sensible. And so much nicer than when the small press I worked for shut down and I had to contact an author who had waited for two years and was one week away from publication and tell him it would not happen. :-(

When my editor at Tor went from agent to editor, he handed many of his authors off to other agents he knew and trusted. (In my case, he switched from agent to editor and bought the book he had been agenting himself--after a six-year wait. lol)

But earlier, he had been a publisher and when he had to close the press, he kept supporting his authors until he sold all the books he had printed. I always really admired him for that.

I hope you find just the right way to balance your new job and finding the right place for your own critics.

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Janie Gardner's avatar

Congratulations, Kesia! I'm glad I was able to meet you at a writer conference...best of luck!

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Julia Golding's avatar

Congratulations on the new job!

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