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Philadelphia Writing Workshop

November 1, 2020Literary, Webinar/WorkshopAdult, Advice, Agents, Annie Bomke Literary, Authors, Belcastro Agency, Bond Literary, books, CYCLE Literary, D4EO Literary, Donald Maass Literary, Dystel Goderich & Bourret, Editors, Ethan Ellenberg Literary, Feedback, Fiction, Frances Collin Literary, Howland Literary, Inspiration, Instruction, Jean V Naggar Literary Agency, Jennifer De Chiara Literary, Kimberley Cameron & Associates, L. Perkins Agency, LCS Literary Services, Learning, Literary Agents, Middle Grade, Non-Fiction, Opportunity, P.S. Literary, Paul Levine Literary, Philadelphia, Pitch, Pitching, Prospect Agency, Publishers, Publishing, Raven Quill Literary, Rees Literary, Register, Speilburg Literary, Stories, Stringer Literary, The Knight Agency, The Rights Factory, The Seymour Agency, Trident Media, Trident Media Group, Veritas Literary, Wordwise Media Services, Work Shop, Writers, Writing, Young Adultpdpabst

Per the Philadelphia Writing Workshop website, this online writing event (November 14-15, 2020) is a wonderful opportunity to get intense instruction, pitch a literary agent or editor (optional), get your questions answered, and more. Although online, please note that there are limited spots available (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 Sarah Yake (Frances Collin Literary)
Literary agent Jackie Williams (The Knight Agency)
Literary agent Patrick Munnelly (Bond Literary)
Literary agent Carly Kaserza (Bond Literary)
Literary agent Eric Smith (P.S. Literary)
Literary agent Paul Levine (Paul Levine Literary)
Literary agent Kelly Dyksterhouse (Raven Quill Literary)
Literary agent Kortney Price (Raven Quill Literary)
Literary agent Shari Maurer (Stringer Literary)
Literary agent Megan Barnard (Jennifer De Chiara Literary)
Literary assistant Rae Loverde (Donald Maass Literary)
Literary agent Emma Sector (Prospect Agency)
Literary agent Lynnette Novak (The Seymour Agency)
Literary agent Lori Perkins (L. Perkins Agency)
Literary agent Amy Giuffrida (Jennifer De Chiara Literary)
Literary agent Michael L. Joy (The Seymour Agency)
Literary agent Melissa Jeglinski (The Knight Agency)
Literary agent Carrie Howland (Howland Literary)
Literary agent Charlotte Wenger (Prospect Agency)
Literary agent Annie Bomke (Annie Bomke Literary)
Literary agent Ella Marie Shupe (Belcastro Agency)
Literary agent Eva Scalzo (Speilburg Literary)
Literary agent Latoya C. Smith (LCS Literary Services)
Literary agent Michael Carr (Veritas Literary)
Literary agent Emmy Nordstrom Higdon (The Rights Factory)
Literary agent Savannah Brooks (Jennifer De Chiara Literary)
Literary agent Jacqueline Lipton (Raven Quill Literary Agency)
Literary agent Bibi Lewis (Ethan Ellenberg Literary)
Literary agent Megan Manzano (D4EO Literary)
Literary agent Cortney Radocaj (Belcastro Agency)
Literary agent Alyssa Roat (CYLE Literary Elite)
Literary agent Mary C. Moore (Kimberley Cameron & Associates)
Literary agent Alicia Brooks (Jean V Naggar Literary)
Literary agent Leah Pierre (Ladderbird Literary)
Literary agent Amy Bishop (Dystel, Goderich & Bourret)
Literary agent Alyssa Eisner Henkin (Trident Media)
Literary agent Kelly Peterson (Rees Literary)
Literary agent Michelle Lazurek (Wordwise Media Services)
and more to come.

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

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

Boston Online Writing Workshop

August 21, 2020Literary, Webinar/WorkshopAdmin, Adult, Advice, Aevitas Creative Management, Andrea Brown Literary, Annie Bomke Litereary, Authors, Belcastro Agency, Betsy Amster Literary, Bond Literary, BookEnds Literary, books, Boston, DONALD MAASS LITERARY AGENCY, Dystel Goderich & Bourret, Ethan Ellenberg Literary, Faculty, Feedback, Fiction, Fuse Literary, Golden Wheat Literary, Inspiration, Instruction, Jean V. Nagger Literary, Ladderbird Literary, Laura Gross Literary, Learning, Manuscripts, Massie & Mcquilkin Literary, Metamorphosis Literary Agency, Music, Non-Fiction, Opportunity, P.S. Literary, Pitch, Pitching, Prospect Agency, Prospect Literary, Pual Levine Literary, Raven Quill Literary, Register, Savvy Literary, Stories, Talcott Notch, The Purcell Agency, The Rights Factory, The Seymour Agency, The Unter Agency, Trident Media Group, Veritas Literary, Waxman Literary, Writers, Writers House, Writing, Writing Workshop, Young Adultpdpabst

Chicago Writing Workshop

Per the Boston Writing Workshop website, this writing event (October 3, 2020) 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 (200) at the event, even with it online.

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

literary agent Alec Shane (Writers House)
literary agent Jemiscoe Chambers-Black (Andrea Brown Literary)
literary agent Patrick Munnelly (Bond Literary)
literary agent Alice Fugate (Trident Media Group)
literary agent Emma Sector (Prospect Agency)
literary agent Em Lysaght (Ladderbird Literary)
literary agent Catherine Hedrick-Armstrong (The Purcell Agency)
literary agent Nicole Payne (Golden Wheat Literary)
literary agent Jennifer Unter (The Unter Agency)
literary agent Jade Wong-Baxter (Massie & McQuilkin Literary)
literary agent Paul Levine (Paul Levine Literary)
literary agent Lynnette Novak (The Seymour Agency)
literary agent Leticia Gomez (Savvy Literary)
literary agent Eric Smith (P.S. Literary)
literary agent Tia Mele (Talcott Notch)
literary agent Caitlin McDonald (Donald Maass Literary)
literary agent Bibi Lewis (Ethan Ellenberg Literary)
literary agent Michael Carr (Veritas Literary)
literary agent Stacy Testa (Writers House)
literary agent Annie Bomke (Annie Bomke Literary)
literary agent Leah Pierre (Ladderbird Literary)
literary agent Carlie Webber (Fuse Literary)
literary agent Kaitlyn Johnson (Belcastro Agency)
literary agent Alicia Brooks (Jean V Naggar Literary)
literary agent Mary Cummings (Betsy Amster Literary Enterprises)
literary agent Lori Steel (Raven Quill Literary)
literary agent Emmy Nordstrom Higdon (The Rights Factory)
literary agent Charlotte Wenger (Prospect Agency)
literary agent Becky LeJeune (Bond Literary)
literary agent Amy Bishop (Dystel, Goderich & Bourret)
literary agent Lizzie Poteet (The Seymour Agency)
literary agent Jessica Reino (Metamorphosis Literary Agency)
literary agent Tracy Marchini (BookEnds Literary)
literary agent Susan Canavan (Waxman Literary)
literary agent Lauren Scovel (Laura Gross Lite rary)
literary agent Beth Marshea (Ladderbird Literary)
literary agent Lori Galvin (Aevitas Creative Management)
more agent and editor faculty coming soon.

Since the seats are limited, don’t delay in registering. Have fun and learn lots!

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

San Francisco Writing Workshop

August 4, 2020Literary, Writing Conferences & GetawaysAdult, agent, Andrea Brown Literary, Andrea Brown Literary Agency, Authors, BookEnds, books, Books & Such, California, Feedback, Fiction, Fuse Literary, How To Get Published, Industry, Instrution, Kimberley Cameron & Associates, Kimberley Cameron Literary, Ladderbird Literary, Manuscripts, MG, Middle Grade, Miller Bowers Griffin Literary Management, Non-Fiction, Pitch, Pitching, Prospect Agency, Publishing, San Francisco, San Francisco Writing Workshop, Stories, Veritas Literary, Writers, Writing, YApdpabst

Per the website, the San Francisco Writing Workshop is a wonderful opportunity to get intense instruction over the course of one day, pitch a literary agent (optional), get your questions answered, and more. Note that there are limited seats at the event (200 total). This workshop is a full-day “How to Get Published” writing event in San Francisco, CA on October 3, 2020.

Literary agent Laurie McLean of Fuse Literary
literary agent Rachel Kent (Books & Such)
Literary agent Emma Sector of Prospect Agency
Literary agent Michael Carr of Veritas Literary
Literary agent Jennifer March Soloway of Andrea Brown Literary
Literary agent Lisa Abellera of Kimberley Cameron & Associates
literary agent Michele Crim (Miller Bowers Griffin Literary Management)
literary agent Em Lysaght (Ladderbird Literary)
more agent & editor faculty forthcoming

For those attending, this sounds like a great day of learning and marketing yourself. (Of course, if the pandemic worsens, they may go online like some of the past workshops. Keep an eye on their website,) Good luck!

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

SAN FRANCISCO WRITERS CONFERENCE

December 27, 2019Literary, Writing Conferences & GetawaysAdult, Agents, Amazon Publishing, Andrea Brown Literary Agency, Andy Ross Agency, Authors, books, Books & Such Literary, Bookstop Literary, Bram Stokers Award, Chronicle Books, Cooke Literary, Critique, Editors, Feedback, Food, Full Circle Literary, Fuse Literary, HarperCollins, Jean V Naggar Literary Agency, Jonathan Maberry, Kimberley Cameron Literary, Ladderbird Literary, Learning, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Miller Bowers Griffin Litterary, Mingling, Mystery, New York TImes Bestseller, novels, P.S. Literary, Paul S. Levine Literary, Platform, Prospect Agency, publisher, Red Fox Literary, San Francisco, San Francisco Writers Conference, Sandra Dijkstra & Associates, Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency, Seal/Hachette, SFWC, Social media, St. Martin's Press, Tachyon Publications, Talcott Notch Literary Agency, Thrillers, Travel, Walter Mosley, Wednesday Books/MacMillan, Writers, Writers House, Writing, Writing Coach, Young Adultpdpabst

The 2020 San Francisco Writers Conference will be held on February 13-16 at the historical Hyatt Regency Embarcadero. Meet keynoters:

Jonathan Maberry New York Times best-seller and Bram Stokers Award winner
Walter Mosley Multiple award winning author, including an O. Henry Award
Brooke Warner Author and sought after writing coach

But the SFWC presenters list also includes many more bestselling authors, literary agents, editors, and publishers from major publishing houses. There are experts on self-publishing, book promotion, platform building, social media, and author websites.

2020 SFWC PRESENTERS:
Nina Amir, author and writing coach
Kathleen Antrim, author, copresident of International Thriller Writers
Jim Azevedo, marketing director at Smashwords
Armand Baltazar, author/illustrator ***KID’S EVENT PRESENTER***
Jordan Bernal, author and past president of CWC Tri-Valley Branch
Cara Black, bestselling mystery novelist
Carole Bumpus, travel/food writer
Stephen E. Browne, online editor and marketing pro
Stephanie Chandler, author and CEO of the Nonfiction Authors Association
Paula Chinick, author and past president of California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch
Amanda Clay, novelist
Mark Coker, author and founder of major ebook distributor Smashwords
Christine Conradt, screenwriter, author, director and producer
E.J. DeBrun, animator and storyteller
Aya de Leon, author, activist, teacher
Laurie Ann Doyle, author, essayist, writing teacher
Taryn Edwards, Strategic Partnerships Manager and Historian, Mechanics’ Institute of San Francisco
Kate Farrell, author, librarian, storyteller
Grant Faulkner, author, Executive Director of NaNoWriMo, Co-founder of 100 Word Story
Joey Garcia, author, journalist, love expert
Joan Gelfand, poet, author, book coach
Cali Gilbert, author, screenwriter, filmmaker
Sarah Granger, author, playwright and screenwriter
Seth Greenwald, author, speaker, creativity coach
Connie Hale, author, journalist
Barbara Hall, TV producer, screenwriter and author
Dorothy Hearst, author
Rebecca Hunter, author
Meredith Jaeger, author
Dr. Andy Jones, poet & Pub Quiz Host
Elizabeth Kauffman, indie editor and social media guru
Carla King, author and self-publishing expert, founder of Self-Publishing Boot Camp
Mary E. Knippel, independent editor, writing mentor, and author
C. S. Lakin, author, copy-editor, and writing coach
Rocky Lang, author, producer, director, screenwriter
Heather Lazare, editorial & publishing consultant
Linda Lee, website designer and WordPress expert, SFWC Volunteer Director
Christopher Locke, IBPA and author
Richard Loranger, poet, performance artist,
Jill Lublin, marketing guru
Louise Marley, novelist
Claire McKinney, PR professional
Brian D. Meeks, nonfiction author, fantasy novelist
Kira Ming, author, indie editor
Louise Nayer, memoirist, poet, and writing instructor
Anne Perry, NYT bestselling novelist
Adam Plantinga, police sergeant, author
Lissa Provost, poet, author and SFWC Operations Manager
Jordan Rosenfeld, author, editor, and coach
Bob Saenz, screenwriter
Barbara Santos, author of Practice Aloha and two cookbooks, and Marketing Director for SFWC
Kate Schatz, feminist writer, activist, educator
Maw Shein Win, poet
Kevin Smokler, author, performer, and public speaker
Miriam Klein Stahl, artist, activist, educator
Suzette Standring, author, TV host, syndicated columnist, national speaker
Ransom Stephens, novelist, scientist, international speaker
Alex Tillson, novelist, attorney
Kevin Tumlinson, Director of Marketing for Draft2Digital and host of Wordslinger Podcast
Eleanor Vincent, author
Lyzette Wanzer, novelist, essayist, writing instructor
Monica Wesolowska, author, independent editor, teacher
Victoria Zackheim, author
Paul Zeidman, screenwriter and actor

The lists for attending agents and editors looks topnotch! Some of the agents will even be accepting pitches during the Speed Dating For Agents. You can see a list of those participating here. But for an idea of the many agents and editors that will be in attendance, here is a list:

AGENTS:
Alicia Brooks, Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency
Karly Caserza, Fuse Literary
Michele Crim, Miller, Bowers, Griffin Literary
Karyn Fischer, Bookstop Literary
Rachelle Gardner, Books & Such Literary
Nicole Geiger, Full Circle Literary
Jennie Kendrick, Red Fox Literary
Liz Kracht, Kimberley Cameron & Assoc.
Rachel Letofsky, Cooke Literary
Paul S. Levine, Paul S. Levine Literary Agency (also entertainment lawyer)
Em Lysaght, Ladderbird Literary
Dorian Maffei, Kimberley Cameron & Assoc.
Jill Marr, Sandra Dijkstra Literary
Laurie McLean, Fuse Literary and Director of SFWC
Mary C. Moore, Kimberley Cameron & Assoc.
Andy Ross, Andy Ross Agency
Katharine Sands, Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency
Emma Sector, Prospect Agency
Alec Shane, Writers House
Eric Smith, P.S. Literary
Jennifer March Soloway, Andrea Brown Literary Agency
Saba Sulaiman, Talcott Notch Literary Agency
Gordon Warnock, Fuse Literary

EDITORS/INDEPENDENT EDITORS:
Sylvan Creekmore, Wednesday Books/Macmillan
Rachel Diebel, St. Martins/Macmillan
Diane Frank, poet and publisher of Blue Light Press
Georgia Hughes, New World Library
Joyce Jenkins, poet and publisher of Poetry Flash
Jennifer Joseph, Manic D Press
Brenda Knight, Mango Press
Danielle Marshall, Amazon Publishing (Lake Union)
Laura Mazer, Seal Press/Hachette
Michelle Millet, Indie editor
Taylor Norman, Chronicle Books
Amber Oliver, Perennial/HarperCollins
Jill Roberts, Tachyon Publications
Jodi Warshaw, Amazon Publishing (Lake Union)
Jacob Weisman, Tachyon Publications

For those attending, this sounds like a great four days of learning and marketing yourself. Good luck!

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

San Francisco Writing Workshop

July 8, 2019Literary, Webinar/Workshop#A, Adult, agent, Andrea Brown Literary, Andy Ross Literary, Authors, BookEnds, books, California, Feedback, Fiction, Fuse Literary, How To Get Published, Industry, Instrution, Kimberley Cameron & Associates, Manuscripts, MG, Middle Grade, Non-Fiction, Pitch, Pitching, Prospect Agency, Publishing, Red Fox Literary, San Francisco, San Francisco Writing Workshop, Stories, The Seymour Agency, Veritas Literary, Writers, Writing, YA, Young Adultpdpabst

Literary agent Jennie Kendrick of Red Fox Literary
Literary agent Lesley Sabga of The Seymour Agency
Literary agent Moe Ferrara of BookEnds
Literary agent Laurie McLean of Fuse Literary
Literary agent Emma Sector of Prospect Agency
Literary agent Michael Carr of Veritas Literary
Literary agent Elizabeth Kracht of Kimberley Cameron & Associates
Literary agent Andy Ross of Andy Ross Literary
Literary agent Amy Cloughley of Kimberley Cameron & Associates
Literary agent Karly Caserza of Fuse Literary
Literary agent Jennifer March Soloway of Andrea Brown Literary
Literary agent Lisa Abellera of Kimberley Cameron & Associates
and more possibly to come.

For those attending, this sounds like a great day of learning and marketing yourself. Good luck!

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

Picture Book Party To Get An Agent

March 15, 2019Contests, Literary, Publishing OpportunityAgents, Art, Authors, Betsy Amster Literary, Blue Whale Press, BookEnds Literary, Children's Stories, Clear Fork Publishing, Dunham Literary, Editing, Editors, Fiction, Guidelines, Hashtag, Illustrators, Kidlit, Kids, Manuscripts, Martin Literary Management, Michelle Hauck, Mindy Alyse Weiss, Page Street Publishing, Picture Boos, Prospect Agency, Sharon Chriscoe, Stories, Submissions, The Innovative Press, Trident Media Group, Twitter, Upstart Literary, Writers, Writers House Literarypdpabst

Holy-moly! It’s another picture book contest. Things are looking up for the PB writers and illustrators, indeed. On March 19 2019 Michelle Hauck, along with Sharon Chriscoe and Mindy Alyse Weiss, will host a Picture Book Party. Submissions will open at 4pm EST and will remain open for one hour. You need to have a completed and polished PB manuscript and illustrations are encouraged to be submitted (if you’re an illustrator).

Past Participating Agents and Editors

Alexandra Levick of Writers House Literary
Leslie Zampetti of Dunham Literary
Susan Hawk of Upstart Crow Literary
Clelia Gore of Martin Literary Management
Tracy Marchini of Bookends Literary
Emma Sector of Prospect Agency
Adria Goetz of Martin Literary Management
James McGowen of Bookends Literary
Alyssa Eisner Henkin of Trident Media Group
Mary Cummings of Betsy Amster Literary
Asia Citro of The Innovative Press
Alayne Kay Christian of Blue Whale Press
Charlotte Wenger of Page Street Publishing
Callie Metler-Smith of Clear Fork Publishing

The agent round will be between March 27-29, 2019. Be sure to checkout the complete guidelines on the website. You can also follow helpful hints for all writers on the twitter hashtag #PBParty.

As always, good luck.

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

@WriteOnCon Campaign Has Begun for Critiques and Chats. You Can Also Register for the Conference in February 2018!

November 1, 2017Critiques, Literary, Writing Conferences & Getawaysadvise, Affordable, Authors, Beth Revis, Book ARC, Bradford Literary Agency, Calendar, Campaigne, Carrie Pestritto, Chats, Childrens Books, Clarissa Wong, Conference, Corvisiero Literary Agency, CP Partners, Critiques, Cynthia Leitich Smith, D4EO Literary, Editors, Entangled Publishing, Eric Smith, February, Feedback, Fiction, Fulls, Giveaways, HarperCollins Children's, Heather Howland, Illustrators, Kaitlyn Johnson, Kelly Van Sant, Kidlit, Learn, Lisa Maxwell, Literary Agents, Manuscripts, Marsal Lyon LIterary, Mingle, Natalie Lakosi, New York TImes Best Sellers, Non-Fiction, Non-Published, Opportunity, P.S. Literary, Partials, Patricia Nelson, Phone Calls, Prospect Agency, Published, Publishers, Publishing Industry, Queries, Raffles, Sara Raasch, Stories, Teach, Triada US, Virtual Conference, Vlogs, WriteOnCon, Writers, Writing, Writing Info, Young Adult Bookspdpabst

WriteOnCon is an online conference for kidlit writers and illustrators to teach, learn, and mingle. You do not have to be published to attend, nor do you have to leave your house! And if you think I’ve been sitting on my laptop waiting for the campaign to start, YOU ARE RIGHT! The campaign often has very affordable critiques and I WANT IN!

During the campaign, writers can purchase critiques of their queries, partial pages, or full manuscripts from NYT Best Selling Authors, publishing editors, or literary agents. Writers can even purchase calls from a couple of literary agents to discuss the publishing industry. Some of the participants of the crits or chats include:

Kaitlyn Johnson, literary agent at Corvisiero Literary Agency
Natalie Lakosi, literary at Bradford Literary Agency
Lisa Maxwell, NYT best-selling author of THE LAST MAGICIAN
Patricia Nelson, literary agent at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency
Carrie Pestritto, literary agent at Prospect Agency
Sara Raasch, NYT best-selling author of the SNOW LIKE ASHES trilogy
Beth Revis, NYT best-selling author of ACROSS THE UNIVERSE, A WORLD WITHOUT YOU, and STAR WARS REBEL RISING
Eric Smith, associate literary agent at PS Literary
Lauren Spieller, assistant literary agent at Triada US
Clarissa Wong, an editor at HarperCollins Children’s
Heather Howland, senior editor at Entangled Publishing
Cynthia Leitich Smith, NYT best-selling author of the TANTALIZE series, FERAL series, JINGLE DANCER, and more
Kelly Van Sant, literary agent at D4EO Literary Agency
And more!

All purchases appear to include conference registration and entry into a raffle to win a critique, book ARC, or a phone call from an agent! (There will be multiple winners.) And of course, you can purchase only the conference if not interested in any of the critiques. The prices are:

General Admission: $1
Full Conference Admission: $5
Extended Admission: $10

No, you’re not reading those numbers wrong! This will be the cheapest conference you will ever attend that will be packed with hundreds and hundreds of dollars worth of information from the comforts of your home! What else could you ask for? For complete information of what the tiered admissions cover and to search through critiques you might want to purchase, go to the campaign page. The crowdfunding will end on December 7, 2017. so hurry if you want to purchase a critique. They’re going fast.

As for the conference, it’ll be February 9th – 11th, 2018. Mark your calendars and I hope to see you there, uh, virtually of course!

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

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