The Best-Laid Plans
You’ve done everything right. You wrote an incredible story or series, signed on with just the right agent, and found an editor who loves your work. You’ve revised (and revised … and revised), and you might even have been paired with a wonderful illustrator. You have a brilliant marketing and...
Showcase: The Submission Process
We asked the writing community for their top questions on the submission process. See what our viewers asked in the comments. This event originally aired Sunday, February 9, 2020.
Workshop: Work-for-Hire – Getting Your Foot in the Publishing Door
This post will go live 30 minutes before the session begins. To participate in the Q&A, post your questions below! This session will begin at 10am EST on Saturday, February 22. At that time, you may need to refresh the page and click the play button.
Keynote: How to Succeed at Failure
One of the first thoughts that I, a woman in my forties with a family of her own, had upon selling my debut novel was this: Finally Dad will have something interesting to say about me in the Christmas letter! There are many small indignities that go hand-in-hand with not...
LIVE: Pitch Session with Kaitlyn Johnson
This post will go live 30 minutes before the session begins. This session will begin at 6:00 p.m. EST on February 20, 2020. At that time, you may need to refresh the page and click the play button. Please note: Kaitlyn was previously doing an event on "Different Publications Options...
The Benefits of Working with a New Agent
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LIVE: The Author-Editor Relationship
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Queries and Pitches That Worked
NOTE: Originally this event was going to be literary agent Erin Clyburn (Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency) responding live to pitch submissions. Unfortunately, Erin has come down with strep throat and is unable to speak. Instead, she will be leaving written feedback on the Forum Thread where the pitches were...
The Anatomy of a Cover
In many ways, having a book published is an exercise in surrender. You pour your heart into your story, honing and polishing until it gleams, and then comes the time to let others in to edit, design, produce, market, and sell it. Perhaps few aspects of the author’s journey epitomize...
