Does Kensington prefer agented authors?
Megan: Just as long as I know who to call with the offer, I don’t have a preference. I don’t work any differently with an agented author than I do with an unagented one. Kelsey: Do you see a marked difference in quality between agented and unagented work? If so, what are some of those differences? Megan: Yes. Some noticeable differences are: 1) I get a lot of unagented submissions/queries for genres I do not work on. Agented submissions are always targeted specifically for what I do. 2) The quality of writing in agented submissions tends to be higher. I’ve gotten unagented submissions that make me wonder if English is the author’s first language (this is obviously an extreme). 3) Agented submissions have already gone through a round of editing, so major plot holes or character issues are usually cleared up by the time the manuscript gets to me. Kelsey: Does an agented manuscript have an advantage when being considered by an editor? Megan: All manuscripts start off on the same page (no
