New Agent Alert: Kathryn Willms of The Rights Factory
New literary agent alerts (with this spotlight featuring Kathryn Willms of The Rights Factory) are golden opportunities for new writers because each one is a literary agent who is likely building his or her client list.
Kathryn Willms has over 12 years of professional writing, editing, and management experience. Since 2017, she has run Kwill Communications, an editorial firm specializing in educational and academic work, as well as providing substantive, stylistic, and copy editing for nonfiction authors. Prior to this, she was vice-president and senior editor at Colborne Communications.
As publisher at Iguana Books, she oversaw acquisitions, production, sales, and marketing for over 25 books, a list that included fiction, nonfiction, and children’s. Before her foray into publishing, she worked in financial services and as a journalist. She holds an MA in English from the University of Calgary.
Over the course of her career, Kathryn has taken pride in building strong and supportive relationships with authors, and helping them produce powerful, exciting, and creative work. She is excited to be continuing this work with The Rights Factory.
Currently Seeking
Nonfiction that informs, inspires, delights, or surprises. As a generalist who simply likes “good books,” she’s open to a variety of genres, including history; culture and current affairs; sports; biography and memoir; women’s issues; health and wellness; food and drink; self-improvement.
Over and above genre, she’s looking for fresh takes; strong voices and points of view; uncovered/recovered stories; and the opportunity to learn something new.
How to Submit
Writers can submit their work through my QueryManager.
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Research, interview, and explore the subjects that interest you. Then write about what you've learned in Writing Nonfiction 101: Fundamentals. Writing nonfiction is a great way for beginner and experienced writers to break into the publishing industry.
Robert Lee Brewer is Senior Editor of Writer's Digest, which includes managing the content on WritersDigest.com and programming virtual conferences. He's the author of 40 Plot Twist Prompts for Writers: Writing Ideas for Bending Stories in New Directions, The Complete Guide of Poetic Forms: 100+ Poetic Form Definitions and Examples for Poets, Poem-a-Day: 365 Poetry Writing Prompts for a Year of Poeming, and more. Also, he's the editor of Writer's Market, Poet's Market, and Guide to Literary Agents. Follow him on Twitter @robertleebrewer.
