Kiana Nguyen's guest appearances

Kiana Nguyen

The Manuscript Academy

Middle Grade Ninja

Melissa de la Cruz

Kristy Hunter

Molly Cusick

Lane Heymont

John Cusick

Mat Heagerty

Saba Sulaiman

Barbara Poelle

Mike Chen

John Gallagher

Gordon Warnock

Debbie Dadey

Hugh Howey

Katherine Paterson

Kelly Thomas

OwlTail

Kiana Nguyen and I have a blast discussing our mutual love for THE LAST OF US PART II. Eventually, we get around to her role as a literary agent for Donald Maass Literary Agency as well as a park ranger. We talk about “standard” coming out stories and “girl-saves-the-world” stories and why both are better avoided. We also chat about evaluating queries and manuscripts, agent/client communication styles, quarantine for Covid 19, the future of publishing, the emotional inner lives of characters, a for-real ghost story, and so much more.Kiana Nguyen joined Donald Maass Literary Agency in 2016, where she assisted several agents, and is now building her own client list. She is seeking YA fiction across genres, particularly those with POC and queer voices. She is also interested in Adult romance and domestic suspense thrillers.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/middle-grade-ninja/support

Kiana Nguyen and I have a blast discussing our mutual love for THE LAST OF US PART II. Eventually, we get around to her role as a literary agent for Donald Maass Literary Agency as well as a park ranger. We talk about “standard” coming out stories and “girl-saves-the-world” stories and why both are better avoided. We also chat about evaluating queries and manuscripts, agent/client communication styles, quarantine for Covid 19, the future of publishing, the emotional inner lives of characters, a for-real ghost story, and so much more. Kiana Nguyen joined Donald Maass Literary Agency in 2016, where she assisted several agents, and is now building her own client list. She is seeking YA fiction across genres, particularly those with POC and queer voices. She is also interested in Adult romance and domestic suspense thrillers. --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/middle-grade-ninja/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/middle-grade-ninja/support</a>

85 Literary Agent Kiana Nguyen

We speak with literary agent Kiana Nguyen of Donald Maass Agency about being a writer AND agent, her days as a park ranger in California and New York, and what she'd do with a Ph.D. in Anthropology.PLUS, we talk about her unusual journey into publishing--which involved Twitter networking, a contest, and getting killed in a work of fiction, The Intern's Handbook by Shane Kuhn: http://www.shanekuhn.com/the-intern-s-handbook.htmlWe also discuss why a form letter is just a form letter--but that still doesn't make US feel better, and very important topics including trains that get across the country in under an hour (see https://www.wired.com/2013/07/elon-musk-hyperloop/). You can book a meeting with Kiana here: http://manuscriptacademy.com/ten/

We speak with literary agent Kiana Nguyen of Donald Maass Agency about being a writer AND agent, her days as a park ranger in California and New York, and what she'd do with a Ph.D. in Anthropology. PLUS, we talk about her unusual journey into publishing--which involved Twitter networking, a contest, and getting killed in a work of fiction, The Intern's Handbook by Shane Kuhn: <a href="http://www.shanekuhn.com/the-intern-s-handbook.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.shanekuhn.com/the-intern-s-handbook.html</a> We also discuss why a form letter is just a form letter--but that still doesn't make US feel better, and very important topics including trains that get across the country in under an hour (see <a href="https://www.wired.com/2013/07/elon-musk-hyperloop/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/2013/07/elon-musk-hyperloop/</a>). You can book a meeting with Kiana here: <a href="http://manuscriptacademy.com/ten/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://manuscriptacademy.com/ten/</a>

Episode 28: An Interview with Kiana Nguyen