Mini-workshop
Aug 28 First Colony Library
2121 Austin Parkway
9:30-12:30 pm

Christie Craig

Characterization, Emotion
and those hard to write sex scenes

Free Continental Breakfast
Registration Required
Members: Free
Nonmembers $35

Saturday Oct 9
One Day Workshop
Holiday Inn Southwest
8:30-4 pm

Sam Havens

Techniques for the Successful
Novelist and Screenwriter

Popular professor of Drama at Saint Thomas. No one can make writing as exciting as Sam does, with movie clips to illustrate his points. A day you will never forget!

Plus a second track

“Three Ways to Makes Yourself Irresistible to an Agent or Editor”

Larsen & Pomada

The most powerful literary agency in the West!

Michael Larsen

Elizabeth Pomada

And all day presentation with Larsen and Pomada from Northern California's oldest literary agency which has helped writers launch careers since 1972. Members of the AAR, Elizabeth, who represents commercial and literary fiction plus narrative non-fiction, and Michael, who handles prescriptive non-fiction, have sold hundreds of books to more than one hundred publishers. More on them is the upcoming newsletter.  Michael is author of:

Plus these agents will take your pitch home to NY:

The Irene Goodman Agency

Jon Sternfeld
Jon joined the Irene Goodman agency after astint as both the creative and the development sides of the film world. He has taught EnglishLit and Creative Writing. John is looking for literary fiction including well researched dramas and historical thrillers. He also seeks narrative nonfiction that deals with historical, social or cultural issues.

The Croce Agency

Nicholas Croce

Nicholas is president of the New York literary agency which bears his name and represents commercial fiction. He has worked at John Wiley & Sons, Rosen Publishing and Croce Publishing, the latter recognized by Writers Digest as one of the top 50 publishers in the US for first time authors. His authors have appeared on several bestseller lists in the London Times.

The Andrea Brown
Literary Agency, Inc.

Jennifer Mattson

Jennifer comes to Andrea Brown Literary Agency after five years reviewing children's literature on Booklist. Prior to that, she served as Associate Editor at Dutton Children's Books. She loves picture books, story time-ready stories that resonate with childhood experiences. For the older set, she is drawn to richly imagined fantasies that depart from old-hat heroic quests (alternate realities, magical realism, and steam-punk are all styles/premises to have recently caught her notice). She has a special interest in dystopian fiction for middle graders, in sprawling, atmospheric tales with Dickensian twists and satisfying puzzles. A native of California, she is now based in Chicago.

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