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FREE Workshop With Agent Jessica Watterson

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

#TenQueries With Agent Cecilia Lyra at P.S. Literary Agency

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

Live Recorded: An Evening With Agent Lizzie Poteet

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

First Pages With Julie and Mary Murchie

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.