Monthly Archives: April 2022

Agency Directory

April 9, 2022LiteraryA, Adult, Adversity, Agencies, Agency, Agents, Art, Authors, books, Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Illustrators, LGBTQ, Manuscripts, MG, Middle Grade, Non-Fiction, PB, Picture Books, Publishing, Writers, YA, Young Adultpdpabst

In case you missed the new page I created to list literary agencies, I thought I would send out a post. My “go to” used to be Preditors and Editors, but it has been in “dust” mode for a long time. And with Pitch Wars ceasing, I’m not sure how long their site will be running. While there is Manuscript Wishlist, AALA, AAA(UK), and Query Tracker, and possibly others I’m unaware of, they aren’t a complete list, or they miss agencies on some that are on others. So, I decided to make a list from all of them. It is still a work in progress and will be everchanging as agencies open and close.

When I started this, I found it very time consuming. But, at some point, I will go back and improve the listings by adding the age categories and genres each one represents. To search red flags for agencies, I recommend Absolute Write. But for now, enjoy the agency directory I created.

P.D. Pabst

2022 CHICAGO ONLINE WRITING WORKSHOP

April 7, 2022Webinar/Workshop5 Otter Literary, Adult, agent, Allium Press, Authors, Belcastro Agency, Blue Heron Literary, Blue Ridge Literary, Blue Ridge Literary Agency, books, Books & Such Literary Management, Chicago, Chicago Writing Workshop, Dana Newman Literary, DONALD MAASS LITERARY AGENCY, editor, Falculty, Feedback, Fiction, Fuse Literary, Go Literary, Golden Wheat Literary, Instructions, June, Ken Sherman & Associates, Knight Agency, Learning, Manuscripts, Massie & McQilkin, Maximus Literary, Metamorphosis Literary, Middle Grade, Non-Fiction, Opportunity, P.S. Literary, Page Turner Literary, Paul S. Levine Literary, Pitch, Publishing, Q&A, Raven Quill Literary, Rees Literary, Savvy Literary, Sheldon Fogelman Agency, Sourcebooks, Speilburg Literary, The Bent Agency, The Deborah Harris Agency, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

Per the Chicago Writing Workshop website, this writing event (June 10-11, 2022) is a wonderful opportunity to get intense instruction over the course of one day, pitch a literary agent or editor (optional), get your questions answered, and more. Note this is an online event, so anyone can attend from anywhere!

Here are a few of this years faculty that will be in attendance:

Literary agent Eva Scalzo (Speilburg Literary)
Editor Emily Clark Victorson (Allium Press)
Editor Anna Michels (Sourcebooks and Poisoned Pen Press)
Literary scout Mark William Norby (Metamorphosis Literary)
Literary agent Julia Byers (Sheldon Fogelman Agency)
Literary agent Amy Levenson (Blue Heron Literary)
Literary agent Daniel Cramer (Page Turner Literary)
Literary agent Rena Rossner (The Deborah Harris Agency)
Literary agent Maria Vicente (P.S. Literary)
Literary agent Ian Shea (Maximus Literary)
Literary agent Susan Nystoriak (Golden Wheat Literary)
Literary agent Ali McDonald (5 Otter Literary)
Literary agent Kelly Peterson (Rees Literary)
Literary agent Carlie Webber (Fuse Literary)
Literary agent Debbie Alsdorf (Books & Such Literary Management)
Literary agent Leticia Gomez (Savvy Literary)
Literary agent Nephele Tempest (Knight Agency)
Literary agent James Mustelier (The Bent Agency)
Literary agent Julie Stevenson (Massie & McQuilkin)
Literary agent Ken Sherman (Ken Sherman & Associates)
Literary agent Kaitlyn Johnson (Belcastro Agency)
Literary agent Paul Levine (Paul Levine Literary)
Literary agent Eric Smith (P.S. Literary)
Literary agent Dana Newman (Dana Newman Literary)
Literary agent Leslie Truex (Blue Ridge Literary Agency)
Literary agent Kortney Price (Raven Quill Literary)
Literary agent Amy Stern (Sheldon Fogelman Agency)
Literary assistant Rae Loverde (Donald Maass Literary Agency)
Literary agent Cortney Radocaj (Belcastro Agency)
Literary agent Amaryah Orenstein (Go Literary)
Literary agent Mary DeMuth (Books & Such Literary Management)
Literary agent Laura Stone (Blue Ridge Literary)
and more to come

Don’t delay in registering. Have fun and learn lots!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

2022 IRELAND WRITER TOURS

April 5, 2022Critiques, Writing Conferences & Getawayspdpabst

Oh my gosh in chocolate heaven! There is an Ireland Writer Tours not just once this year but several times! How can someone choose which one to attend?

June 19-26, 2022

The instructors will be Editor-in-Chief of Wild Rose Press Rhonda Penders and social media and marketing expert Samantha Keating.

July 10-17, 2022

The instructors will be award-winning multi-published author & editor Heather Webb, and Eliza Knight, an award winning multi-published author and editor.

The tours are mini-writers’ conferences that help get your manuscript ready for publication. With dinner in a haunted castle and visits to a mysterious lake, ancient forest and a cave with eerie true stories, the tour is filled with enchantment and enough creepy to spark your writing juices. Combine this with professional critiques and editing advise and you’ve got one helluva trip! And don’t forget you can write this off at tax time since it’s a learning event.

Get your passports ready! And happy day writing.

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

MoodPitch Twitter Event

April 4, 2022Literarypdpabst

MoodPitch is a new Twitter pitch contest created by Kathleen Foxx, Jaimie Hunter, and Lula Lockwood. The contest is for authors with completed and polished manuscripts that are ready to query. This contest is unique because you can include mood boards with your pitch. Agents and editors will be participating. As always, do your own research before submitting your manuscripts.

Claire M. Harris, agent at P.S. Literary Agency (CAN)
Stephanie Winter, agent at P.S. Literary Agency (CAN)
Lina Langlee, agent at The North Literary Agency (UK)
Dawn Dowdle, agent at Blue Ridge Literary Agency (US)
Carol Woien, agent at Blue Ridge Literary Agency (US)
Amy Jameson, agent at A Plus B Works (US)
Sword and Silk Books, Publisher (US)
Rising Action Publishing Co., Publisher (CAN)
Lauren Bittrich, agent at Lucinda Literary Agency (US)
Haley Casey, associate agent at Creative Media Agency (US)
Shannon Snow, agent at Creative Media Agency (US)
Entrada Publishing, Publisher (US)
Dancing Lemur Press (US)
Champagne Book Group (US)
Stefanie Molina, agent at Ladderbird Literary Agency (US)
Jessica Hare, agent at The Agency (UK)
Laura Stone, agent at Blue Ridge Literary Agency (US)
Hilary Harwell, agent at KT Literary (US)
Ben Miller-Callihan, agent at Handspun Literary Agency (US)
Cheyenne Faircloth, agent at Handspun Literary Agency, (US)
Annie Bomke, agent at Annie Bomke Literary Agency (US)
Anne Perry, agent at Ki Agency (UK)
Meg Davis, agent at Ki Agency (UK)
Editors at BSC Publishing Group (US)
Marlo Berliner, agent, Jennifer de Chiara Literary Agency (US)
Madison Scalera, literary associate at Olswanger Literary (US)
Reeves Hamilton, agent at Vertical Ink Agency (US)
Ali Lake, agent at Janklow & Nesbit Associates (US)
Ally Fell, agent at Salky Literary Management (US)
Rachel Altemose, agent at Salky Literary Management (US)
Various Agents, ArtHouse Literary Agency (US)
Kortney Price, agent at Raven Quill Literary Agency
Chip Rice, agent at WordLink Incorporated (US)
Jared Johnson, agent at Olswanger Literary
And more!

The contest is Thursday, April 7, 2022 between 8am-8pm EST. For complete guidelines and hashtags that will be used during contest, go here. As always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst

2022 YALLWEST BOOK FESTIVAL

April 1, 2022Book FestivalAdam Silvera, Authors, Book Signings, books, California, Comic, Creators, Dhonielle Clayton, Festival, Film, Food Trucks, Giveaway, Julie Buxbaum, Kacen Callender, Max Brailler, Melissa Albert, Middle Grade, New York TImes Best Sellers, Opportunity, Panels, Photos, Ransom Riggs, Rock N Roll, Santa Monica, Soman Chainani, Stephanie Garber, Stonewall Winner, Tahereh Mafi, TV, V E Schwab, Victoria Aveyard, Video Game, Writers, Yallwest, Young Adultpdpabst

If you are in the Santa Monica, California area on April 30, 2022 and you love books, you might want to attend the Yallwest Book Festival where more than 60 authors are participating in book signings, panels, and giveaways. There will be food trucks, rock ‘n’ roll, and photo ops too. Plus notable TV, film, video game, and comic creators will be in attendance.

Some of the fantastic author lineup includes:

Melissa Albert New York Times and indie bestselling author
Victoria Aveyard New York Times bestselling author
Max Brailler New York Times bestselling author
Julie Buxbaum New York Times bestselling author
Soman Chainani New York Times bestselling author
Dhonielle Clayton New York Times bestselling author
Stephanie Garber New York Times bestselling author
Kacen Callender National Book Award winning author
Tahereh Mafi New York Times bestselling author
Ransom Riggs New York Times bestselling author
Adam Silvera New York Times bestselling author
V E Schwab New York Times bestselling author
And sooooo many more!

To check out more authors attending, go here. Have fun!

P.D Pabst
Blogger and author of MG/YA fiction.

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