MSWL Admin Tomorrow, February 9 at 8:00 pm ET, join agent Jessica Watterson for a FREE workshop to explore how your characters exist in the romantic realm–their meet-cutes, desires, loves–and how this affects them in their everyday lives on the page. With wit, humor, and a lot of laughter, this workshop will explore how these seemingly small details … Read more
We are so happy to welcome agent Cecilia (CeCe) Lyra to the podcast! Cecilia will go through her inbox, #TenQueries style, giving us in-the-moment reactions to her queries. Ever wondered what agents think when they read your submissions? Now you know. Cecilia Lyra is an agent at P.S. Literary actively acquiring adult fiction and nonfiction. … Read more
Welcome to our live-recorded event with agent Lizzie Poteet! *****Please note that there are some adult topics mentioned in this episode. We aren’t the MPAA, but we’d rate it PG-13.***** Originally from Nashville, TN, Lizzie Poteet is an agent at The Seymour Agency after several years at St Martin’s Press/Macmillan. A hopeless romantic, she’s eternally … Read more
In this episode, Julie meets with her former teaching partner, Mary Murchie, to discuss two first pages, the role of detail from a reader’s perspective, and what they’ll cover in their new Facebook Live series. Want to join a few thousand supportive writers in our free Facebook group? Head to manuscriptacademy.com/Facebook.
We are so happy to welcome Esther Cajahuaringa, an editor at Hachette Book Group. This is the first in a series of live-recorded Q&A’s with agents and editors. Are you interested in attending events like this? Learn more about our member lounge here: manuscriptacademy.com/member-lounge 8:05 Why can’t one publishing house can’t have two similar books at … Read more
We are so happy to welcome Rebecca Raskin, an editor at HarperCollins, to our podcast. Rebecca started her career at Kensington Books, where she worked on genre fiction (including cozy mysteries, which we’ll talk about later in the episode!) and now works primarily on nonfiction. We talk about how Rebecca loves “quiet” novels (and whether … Read more
This episode was recorded live in front of our Facebook group. Join for free events, support, community, and more: manuscriptacademy.com/facebook We talk with Em about her time in subrights, focusing on co-editions (and what that means), how predictions about ebooks were far from accurate, and what we should do about New Adult (and the very … Read more
We loved recording this episode. Amyra touches on the very most vital parts of creativity—and still manages, even after all her success as an artist, musician, activist, and more–to have the perfect advice for beginning writers on what matters most. She talks about how to value your work—even when you don’t have a lot of … Read more
We are so happy to join Kelly Thomas, agent at Serendipity Literary, to talk about what happens on the agent side of the desk—how agents get hired, how much determination is involved, and what it’s like to enter the industry at 40. Plus, as a writer herself, Kelly has extra insight into what goes through … Read more
Join us for a hybrid panel–both queries AND first pages!–with agent Kiana Nguyen. Submit your query, first page, or both for a chance at live feedback from Kiana and our panel–plus, of course, a publishing Q&A. This event is designed to be supportive, uplifting, encouraging–and 100% introvert-friendly. (Wear pajamas! We’ll never know.) A replay will … Read more
