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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.

Giveaway: Save The Cat! by Blake Snyder

December 7, 2020Contests, LiteraryAdapt, Adult, advise, Authors, プレゼント, แจก, Blake Snyder, Cadeau, Career, Поддавки, 공짜, 贈品, Film, Formula, Giveaway, Hierdie 1994 het Die, Improve, Industry, Jessica Brody, Magbigay ng kaaway, Manuscript, Middle Grade, Novel, Prozradí, Publishing, Save The Cat!, Save The Cat! Writes A Novel, Screenplay, Sorteo, Tabhair, Teach, Werbegeschenk, Writers, Young Adult, الهبهpdpabst

As writer’s, we are always looking for ways to improve our writing. We will accept advise from authors, editors, or anyone in the publishing industry. One book that has gotten great acclaim for teaching writers is Save The Cat! by Blake Snyder. While this is geared toward screenplay writers, it has helped the careers of many novel writers. Which led to it being adapted into Save The Cat! Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody.

So, for holiday cheer, I’m giving away both! One for a writer interested in the screeplay version and one to an author interested in the novel version. Constest ends December 21, 2021 at 12:00am.

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As always, good luck!

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

Children’s Books Turned Into Movies

September 15, 2020LiteraryAmazon, Big Screen, Black Beauty, Book Blurbs, books, Charlotte's Web, Childrens Books, Coraline, Dirary of a Wimpy Kid, Divergent, Film, Good Story, Harry Potter, movies, Optioned, Published, Screenplay, Stories, The Lorax, Theaters, Tom Sawyer, Voice, Wikipedia, Writer's Dream, Writing Skillspdpabst

Every writer has a dream of seeing their manuscript published. To hold the bound pages and sniff the fresh ink would bring a euphoric state of mind. Those who’ve never slaved over writing a manuscript may not be able to relate.

Then there is the ultimate dream the dream of having your book optioned for a movie! I’m talking the double payday. During a break in my “binge blog pre-scheduling”, I surfed the net to see how many books for children have actually made it to the big screen. Here is a list of just a few:

Harry Potter
The Giver
The Fault in Our Stars
Coraline
My Dog Skip
Jurassic Park
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
If I Stay
Hugo
A Monster Calls
Black Beauty
Charlotte’s Web
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Divergent
Holes
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Matilda
Paper Towns
The Book Thief
The Lorax
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
The Chronicles of Narnia
Twilight
Love Simon
The Hunger Games
Goosebumps
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
And so many more.

I perused to see what was interesting about the books, meaning I read a LOT of opening pages on Amazon and book blurbs (for the books I haven’t read yet). The honest truth is what we’ve all heard so often. You just need a damn good story! (And, of course, good writing skills and voice.)

It’s an interesting list, and it’s not absolute. If you want to check other stories that have made it to the “big screen”, go to this Wikipedia link. Some books I’ve listed are not on the Wikipedia site yet though. But have fun reading, or watching (if that’s what you choose), about the ones that are there.

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

Book Pipeline Unpublished Contest

August 24, 2020Contests, LiteraryAdaptation, Adult, Agency, Agents, Authors, Book Pipeline, books, Competition, Editors, Fee, Fiction, Film, Genre, Managers, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Monetary Prize, Movie, Non-Fiction, Producers, Published, Publishers, Publishing Indusgry, Screenplay, Scripts, Stories, Television, TV, Unpublished, Worldwide, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

BookPipelineWithFox

The Book Pipeline Competition seeks unpublished book manuscripts across six categories of fiction and nonfiction:

Young Adult
Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Mystery / Thriller
Literary
Outsider / Experimental
Nonfiction

Select publishers and agents get first look at the top selections for each category, including LGR Literary Agency, Katherine Tegen Books, and Verve Publishing.

Winners receive $15,000 ($2,500 for each category winner):
Immediate circulation to publishers, agents, editors, and other execs
Consideration from producers seeking projects for film and TV adaptation
Additional long-term reviews of other books for potential circulation
Invitations to annual writer and industry events hosted by Pipeline Media Group

Deadline is September 5, 2018 with a $55 entry fee. For guidelines on how to submit, go here.

As always, good luck!

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

Remote Internship: Foundry Literary + Media

July 30, 2020Internship, LiteraryAgency, agent, Application, Authors, インターンシップ, ฝึกงาน, Bachelor's Degree, Backend Duties, Behind-The-Scenes, books, Candidates, College, Contracts, Creative Industry, Distribution, Drafting, Стаж, Стажировки, Стажування, Editorial, Estágio, Evaluate, Film, Film Adaptation, Foreign Editions, Foreign Rights, Foundry Literary + Media, Galuega faataitai, Gyakorlat, Industry, Intéirneacht, Intern, Interniaeth, Internskap, 인턴쉽, Οικοτροφείο, Knowledge, Literary, Magang, Manuscripts, Media, New York, Opportunity, Organized, pasantía, Post-Graduate Degree, Praktik, Praktikum, Publishing, Reader, Reading, Recommendations, Records, Reports, research, Screenplay, Social media, Stage, Stagiu, Staj, Stáž, Stories, Student, Submissions, Tập, کارآموزی, Writers, Yona Leven, 实习, 實習。pdpabst

The remote internship is offered by Foundry Literary + Media for the fall of 2020. This is an exciting opportunity, but candidates must be working towards a bachelor’s degree or post-graduate degree. Recent college graduates may also apply for the position. However, no experience in publishing is required. A two day commitment is desired with work and academic schedules accommodated.

This is for people with a love of reading who are interested in entering the publishing world. The internship will provide experience in many different sides of the publishing industry, including editorial, foreign rights, and filmed media. Projects may include reading and reporting on manuscripts, assisting with editorial submissions, writing coverage of screenplays and manuscripts being considered for film adaptation, drafting posts for Foundry’s social media platforms, and researching new book ideas and potential authors, among others.

Deadline to apply is August 15, 2020. Send a cover letter and resume to Yona Levin at psasst@foundrymedia.com. Make sure the subject line reads: Literary Agency Internship, Fall 2020. ind, If you have interest or experience in foreign rights and/or filmed media, be sure to reference that in your cover letter. There is no payment, but if your school or career center requires it, they can provide academic credit for your time with them.

As always, good luck!

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

PitDark Pitch Contest Hosted by Jason Huebinger

May 18, 2020Contests, Literary#PitDark, Adult, agent, Author, books, Creepy, Cyber Punk, Dark Comedy, Darker Elements, editor, Fantasy, Fiction, Film, Guidelines, Horror, Jason Huebinger, Magical Realism, Manuscript, Middle Grade, Monster, movies, Murder Mystery, New Adult, Non-Fiction, Opportunity, Paranormal, Pitch, Producer, Production, publisher, Publishing, Rules, Science Fiction, Space Opera, Stories, Thriller, Twitter, Villains, Writer, Young Adultpdpabst

This cool twitter pitch party will be May 21, 2020 and is hosted by author Jason Huebinger, the creator of #PitDark. This is one of my favorite contests because it’s strictly for manuscripts with darker elements, which is soooo down my alley. The event is between 8am and 8pm EST. Authors may pitch once an hour per manuscript. Please do not clog the feed by over pitching so agents don’t get frustrated and quit reading.

Hashtags for AGE CATEGORIES

#MG – Middle Grade
#YA – Young adult
#NA – New adult
#A – Adult

Hashtags for GENRES & SUBGENRES

#H – horror
#PH – psychological horror
#GH – gothic horror
#CSH – cosmic horror
#BH – body horror
#CH – comedy horror
#DC – dark comedy
#DR – dark romance
#SFH – science fiction horror
#PNH – paranormal horror
#ZH – zombie horror
#MH – monster horror
#GRH – graphic horror
#MM – murder mystery
#FA – fantasy
#DF – dark fantasy
#T – thriller
#EF – epic or high fantasy
#HF – historical fantasy
#LF – literary fantasy
#AH – alternate history
#PN – paranormal
#PR – paranormal romance
#UF – urban fantasy
#MR – magical realism
#SF – science fiction
#AF – apocalypse fiction
#ML – military science fiction
#PA – post-apocalyptic SF
#CP – cyberpunk
#SFT – sci-fi thriller
#SH – superhero / superhuman
#SO – space opera
#DS – dystopian
#SP – steampunk
#TT – time travel
#WW – weird west
#SPEC – speculative fiction
#NF – non-fiction

For complete rules, go here. (Note: If your curious about previous agent, editor, and film company participation, there is a link on this page.) As always, good luck!

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

YALLWEST BOOK FESTIVAL

March 9, 2020Book Festival, Holiday, LiteraryAdam Silvera, Angie Thomas, Authors, Becky Abertalli, Book Signings, books, California, Comic, Creators, Festival, Film, Food Trucks, Giveaway, Hafsah Faizal, Kacen Callender, Lamda Winner, Marie Lu, Middle Grade, New York TImes Best Sellers, Opportunity, Panels, Photos, Ransom Riggs, Rock 'n' Roll, Santa Monica, Stephanie Garber, Stonewall Winner, Tahereh Mafi, TV, Victoria Aveyard, Video Game, Writers, Yallwest, Young Adultpdpabst

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If you are in the Santa Monica, California area on April 24-25, 2020 and you love books, you might want to attend the Yallwest Book Festivalwhere more than 100 authors are participating in book signings, panels, 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:

Stephanie Garber (New York Times Bestselling Author of CARAVAL, also optioned for film)
Becky Abertalli (New York Times Bestselling author of SIMON VS THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA, also a motion picture)
Victoria Aveyard (New York Times Bestselling author of RED QUEEN)
Ransom Riggs (New York Times Bestselling author of MISS PERIGRINE’S PECULIAR CHILDREN, also a motion picture)
Kacen Callender (Stonewall and Lamda award winner author of HURRICAN CHILD)
Hafsah Faizal (New York Times Bestselling author of WE HUNT THE FLAME)
Marie Lu (New York Times Bestselling author of LEGEND)
Tahereh Mafi (New York Times Bestselling author of SHATTER ME)
Adam Silvera (New York Times Bestselling author of MORE HAPPY THAN NOT)
Angie Thomas (New York Times Bestselling author of THE HATE U GIVE, also a motion picture)
And sooooo many more!

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

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

PitDark Pitch Contest Hosted by Jason Huebinger

May 20, 2019Contests, Literary#PitDark, Adult, agent, Author, books, Creepy, Cyber Punk, Dark Comedy, Darker Elements, editor, Fantasy, Fiction, Film, Guidelines, Horror, Jason Huebinger, Magical Realism, Manuscript, Middle Grade, Monster, movies, Murder Mystery, New Adult, Non-Fiction, Opportunity, Paranormal, Pitch, Producer, Production, publisher, Publishing, Rules, Science Fiction, Space Opera, Stories, Thriller, Twitter, Villains, Writer, Young Adultpdpabst

This cool twitter pitch party will be May 23, 2019 and is hosted by author Jason Huebinger, the creator of #PitDark. This is one of my favorite contests because it’s strictly for manuscripts with darker elements, which is soooo down my alley. The event is between 8am and 8pm EST. Authors may pitch once an hour per manuscript. Please do not clog the feed by over pitching so agents don’t get frustrated and quit reading.

Hashtags for AGE CATEGORIES

#MG – Middle Grade
#YA – Young adult
#NA – New adult
#A – Adult

Hashtags for GENRES & SUBGENRES

#H – horror
#PH – psychological horror
#GH – gothic horror
#CSH – cosmic horror
#BH – body horror
#CH – comedy horror
#DC – dark comedy
#DR – dark romance
#SFH – science fiction horror
#PNH – paranormal horror
#ZH – zombie horror
#MH – monster horror
#GRH – graphic horror
#MM – murder mystery
#FA – fantasy
#DF – dark fantasy
#T – thriller
#EF – epic or high fantasy
#HF – historical fantasy
#LF – literary fantasy
#AH – alternate history
#PN – paranormal
#PR – paranormal romance
#UF – urban fantasy
#MR – magical realism
#SF – science fiction
#AF – apocalypse fiction
#ML – military science fiction
#PA – post-apocalyptic SF
#CP – cyberpunk
#SFT – sci-fi thriller
#SH – superhero / superhuman
#SO – space opera
#DS – dystopian
#SP – steampunk
#TT – time travel
#WW – weird west
#SPEC – speculative fiction
#NF – non-fiction

For complete rules, go here. (Note: If your curious about previous agent, editor, and film company participation, there is a link on this page.) As always, good luck!

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

Seattle Writing Workshop

April 23, 2019Literary, Webinar/WorkshopAdult, AEI Films & Books, Agency, Agents, Amazon Publishing, Blue Heron Literary, Cooke McDermid Literary Management, Corvisiero Literary Agency, D4EO Literary, Editors, Emerald City Literary, Fiction, Film, Instruction, Manuscripts, Martin Literary Management, Middle Grade, Non-Fiction, Opportunity, Pitch, Pitching, Production, Sasquatch Books, Seattle Writing Workshop, Speilburg Literary, Stories, The Bent Agency, Wendy Sherman Associates, Young Adultpdpabst

Chicago Writing Workshop

It might not be too late to attend the Seattle Writing Workshop. (My apologies for posting this so late!) According to the website this writing event (April 27, 2019) 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 that there are limited seats at the event (200 total). They will inform everyone directly on the website when seats are closed.

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

Literary agent Tara Gilbert (Corvisiero Literary Agency)
Literary agent Garrett Alwert (Emerald City Literary)
Literary agent Anne Tibbets (D4EO Literary)
Literary agent Natalie Grazian (Martin Literary Management)
Literary agent Rachel Letofsky (Cooke McDermid Literary Management)
Literary agent Amy Levenson (Blue Heron Literary)
Literary agent Cortney Radocaj (Corvisiero Literary)
Editor Jennifer Worick (Sasquatch Books)
Literary agent Adria Goetz (Martin Literary Management)
Literary agent Kelli Martin (Wendy Sherman Associates)
Editor / Agent / Scout Michael Neff (AEI Films & Books)
Literary agent Laurel Symonds (The Bent Agency)
Literary agent Britt Seiss (Martin Literary Management)
Editor Erin Calligan Mooney (Amazon Publishing)
Literary agent Gordon Warnock (Fuse Literary)
Literary agent Clelia Gore (Martin Literary Management)
Literary agent assistant Rachael Bradley (Speilburg Literary)

Since the seats are limited, don’t delay in registering.

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

Oscars: Academy Nicholl Fellowships

March 6, 2019Contests, Fellowship, LiteraryAcademy Nicholl Fellowship, Adaptations, Adult, Authors, books, Competition, Deadline, Fiction, Film, Guidelines, Middle Grade, Monetary Prize, Non-Fiction, Opportunity, Oscars, PG, PG-13, R, Rules, Screenplay, Screenwriter, Stories, Submission, Television, Writing, Young Adultpdpabst

The Academy Nicholl Fellowships in screenwriting is an international screenwriting competition established to identify and encourage talented new screenwriters. And yes, this is a branch of the Oscars!

If you write screenplays and haven’t earned more than $25,000 for writing fictional work for film or television, then this contest is for you. Up to five fellowships for $35,000 are awarded each year. Please read the entire guidelines and obligations before submitting. There is a small entry fee, with an option to also purchase reader comments. And who doesn’t love feedback? Although there are three separate deadlines, the final entry deadline is May 1, 2019.

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

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