2008
Pre-Conference Pitch WorkshopsThe 2008 Conference features
four pre-conference Pitch Workshops taught by an agent or editor. This is a fantastic
opportunity to learn how to pitch your manuscript or non-fiction book proposal
from an experienced veteran of the publishing industry.
Workshop fees
are $50, and each class is limited to 40 registrants.
Each two-hour
workshop will focus on the following: - Pitching your book to an agent
or editor face-to-face
- Speaking confidently about your work
- Getting
to the heart of your story/idea quickly and effectively
- Describing
your book in an engaging and exciting way
- Identifying your genre and
potential audience
- Finding the right "hook"
- Avoiding
common mistakes
NOTE: Registration for pre-conference workshops is
limited to
conference registrants until May 23. After May 23, workshop
registration
will be open to the general public, space permitting.
The pre-conference pitch workshops sell out quickly,
so make sure to
register as soon as possible.
Register
online with credit card or Paypal or pay by check
(fill out a form
and mail it to our office).
For more information, call 512.499.8914.
Workshops
will be taught by the following instructors:
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Workshop
A - Abigail Koons, Literary Agent, Park Literary
- SOLD OUT!
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Abigail
Koons
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Eager to work with emerging and established talent,
Abigail Koons is currently looking to add
to her list of diverse and engaging authors. Her
passion for travel makes her a natural fit for
adventure and travel narrative nonfiction, and
she is also seeking projects about popular science,
history, politics, current events, and art.
Abigail is also interested in working with commercial
fiction, especially superb thrillers and mysteries.
As the Foreign Rights Director, she continues
to build on her prior experience with agent Nicholas
Ellison, as well as her time with EF Education,
a multinational corporation based in Sweden. Abigail
is a graduate of Boston University.
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Workshop
B - Lindsey Moore, Associate Editor, Crown
Books/Random House -SOLD
OUT
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Lindsey
Moore
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Lindsey Moore is a freelance editor who
has worked for Crown Publishing, an imprint of
Random House, and for HarperCollins. The books
she works on include a wide range of commercial
fiction and nonfiction including relationship
books, sex and health, pop culture, funny memoir.
Nonfiction-wise, her tastes trend toward the quirky,
girly, or funny: more serious or straightforward
memoirs are not for her. On the fiction side,
she mainly looks for commercial novels about strong
female characters, including African-American
and Latin-American fiction.
Lindsey has edited the New York Times
bestsellers The MANual: A True Bad Boy Explains
How Men Think, Date, and Mate-and What
Women Can Do to Come Out on Top by former
Today Show relationship expert Steve Santagati
and You'll Never Nanny in This Town Again
by Suzanne Hansen, as well as Size Matters
by Dr. Harry Fisch, Just Do It by Doug
Brown, and the novel The Miracle Letters of
T. Rimberg by Geoff Herbach.
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Workshop
C - Chuck Sambuchino, Editor, Writers Digest
Guide to
Literary Agents | 
Chuck
Sambuchino | Chuck Sambuchino
is the editor of Guide to Literary Agents and the assistant editor of Writer's
Market (both Writer's Digest Books). Chuck is a former staffer of several
newspapers and magazines - most notably Writer's Digest. In addition, he
was recently named the founding editor of Screenwriter's and Playwright's Market,
a directory and instructional resource for those who write scripts and plays (December
2008 release). Chuck is a playwright, with both original and commissioned
works having been produced. He is also a freelance editor, public speaker, and
award-winning journalist - with accolades from both the Kentucky Press Association
and the Cincinnati Society of Professional Journalists. He teaches online instructional
courses through Writers Online
Workshops. Chuck is also a magazine freelancer, with recent articles
appearing in Watercolor Magic, Pennsylvania Magazine, The Pastel
Journal, Cincinnati Magazine, and New Mexico Magazine. Learn
more about him and his upcoming speaking engagements. Sign
up for his new free newsletter and read his blog. |
Workshop
D - Toni Plummer, Associate Editor, Thomas Dunne
Books/St.
Martin's Press - SOLD OUT |
Toni
Plummer | Toni Plummer
is an Assistant Editor at Thomas Dunne Books, a division of St. Martin's Press.
She edits several mystery series. These include police procedurals, private eye
novels, and genre veteran Robert J. Randisi's Rat Pack mystery series. In addition
to crime fiction, she is looking for literary fiction and other commercial fiction,
like general women's and chicklit. Her non-fiction interests include travel, philosophy,
cultural studies, narrative nonfiction, and memoir. She is especially interested
in acquiring Latino authors and books with multicultural themes. |
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