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Role of the Literary Agent in a Changing Marketplace

November 30, 2012 by Lori Devoti 5 Comments
Couple fighting over dollar sign

(This article, originally published in the Ninc newsletter, is a report on one panel I attended at the 2012 Novelists Inc. Conference in White Plains N.Y. This article was also referenced by literary agent Jim McCarthy of Dystel & Goderich in his blog post When Agents Attack.) Industry Guests: Robert Gottleib (Trident Media Group), Nita … [Read more…]

Posted in: Agents and Editors, Featured, Writing Business Tagged: literary agents, Novelists Inc., writing conferences

Conferences, Conventions, and Writing Groups for Young Adult Writers

December 2, 2011 by KristiCook Leave a Comment
Writing Groups for Young Adult Writers

So, you’re writing a Young Adult manuscript–maybe you’re just starting out, or maybe you’ve got several completed manuscripts under your belt.  Maybe you’re looking for an agent.  Or maybe you’ve already got an agent, and you’re looking to network with kidlit professionals.  You know there must be resources out there to help you on the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Conferences, Writing Business, Writing Groups, Writing Life Tagged: kidlit, Romantic Times, SCBWI, verla Kay blueboards, writing conferences, writing groups, young adult

Top Five Posts You May Have Missed 2010

January 3, 2011 by HowToWriteShop Leave a Comment

The How to Write Shop has only been up and running a few months, but in that time we believe we’ve had some excellent articles. Today, we want to highlight a few that have top scores from readers, aka most visited. Number Five comes from columnist and young adult author, Kristi Cook on writing young … [Read more…]

Posted in: Quirky Links Tagged: NaNoWriMo, online writing courses, self-publishing, writing characters, writing conferences, writing fantasy, young adult

Writing Conferences First Quarter 2011

December 10, 2010 by HowToWriteShop 7 Comments

This is a list of writing conferences and workshops for the first quarter of 2011. Please feel free to add you personal comments about any of these conferences that you have attended or would like to attend. Also, please list any conferences that you know of taking place in the first quarter of 2011 that … [Read more…]

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