#amwriting With Jess & Kj

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 Did I Say That Out Loud: Midlife Indignities and How to Survive Them 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—this is for you! Mentioned on the pod The Empty Glass by J.I. Baker Nalini Singh, #AmWriting episode The Power of Writing as Play The Neapolitan Quartet by Elena Ferrante #AmReading Kristin: American Baby: A Mother, a Child, and the Shadow History of Adoption by Gabrielle Glaser Jess: Bombshells by Sarina Bowen  The Happy Ever After Playlist and Life’s Too Short by Abby Jimenez KJ: Brood by Jackie Polzin Find Kristin on Instagram and Twitter as @kvanogtrop  or at her website www.kristinvanogtrop.com Your dream job is calling—can you hear it? Check out these