How to Succeed as a New Writer
-the skinny on getting published from a literary agent
Location: Colonie
Overview: Come and learn why it's such an exciting time to be a new
writer. If you dream of getting published and have an idea or manuscript in the
works, get the scoop on how to make it happen. Join professional agent Katharine
Sands as she demystifies the publishing industry as you learn about the process
by which a book proposal becomes a successfully published project. For anyone
who has ever thought about writing, this class will give you a step-by-step
action plan and sound a clarion call to write.
Topics: the unique benefits of being a new author • common mistakes
and how to avoid them • ways to face your creative challenges • the best
ways of selling wordsmithery to publishers • expert advice on what would
really make them want to publish you • why agents exist and what they can do for
you • what you can do to get an agent • how publishers choose what they publish
• new ways for writers to stay out of the rejection pile and get into print
Instructor: Katharine Sands is a literary agent with the Sarah Jane
Freymann Literary Agency in New York City. She represents a variety of authors
in a range of categories: from fiction and nonfiction (popular culture,
entertainment, health, self-improvement) to home arts (lifestyle, cookbooks,
home design) to the eclectic (spirituality, social thought, travel, humor,
popular reference). Katharine has spoken on writing and publishing for the
American Society of Journalists and Authors, the New York State Council on the
Arts and others.
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$45 |
Members: |
$35 |
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Upcoming Class Schedules |
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# 9634 |
Sat Sept 13 |
10:00am-1:00pm |
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