🎥Un-invent-able Details Make Fiction Feel Real with Shirin Yim Leos
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📚Live Class: Your Path To Publication | March 23, 8:30pm ET
You’re finally ready to get your book out into the world—and you’re probably hoping for that “Big Five” traditional publishing deal. What can you do to improve your chances? Are there shortcuts? Landmines to avoid? And is “Big Five” really the option that will bring you the most personal satisfaction? Or are there particulars about … Read more
📚🎧Live Q&A with Penguin Editor & Bestselling Author Jill Santopolo
Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Soundcloud. We are so happy to welcome Jill Santopolo, a New York Times bestselling author and editor and publisher at Philomel/Penguin Random House. We talk about what it feels like to pitch your book when you’re already in the industry, how to find experts on exactly what you need … Read more
Live Queries & Pages Panel with Harper Editor Stephanie Stein | March 16, 8:30pm ET
We can’t wait! Thursday, March 16, at 8:30 pm Eastern, join us for a live queries and pages panel with editor Stephanie Stein at HarperCollins. Submit your work for a chance at live feedback from our panel–plus, of course, a publishing Q&A. This event is designed to be supportive, uplifting, encouraging–and 100% introvert-friendly. (Wear pajamas! … Read more
📚🎧#MSWL’s 10th Anniversary, From Tumblr to Sustainable, Miraculous Site: How It All Happened, Part 2
Also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Soundcloud. If you’ve been following along at home, you know that ManuscriptWIshist.com version 4.0 just launched. And while it’s new, and shiny, and lovely, it’s ten years in the making. This is the miraculous-feeling story about how we got from Tumblr to WordPress blog to site where agents … Read more
March 2023 Events: Live Panel with Harper Editor Stephanie Stein, Your Path To Publishing Class
We’re so happy you’re here! It’s going to be a great month, with plenty to stream (check out our recent agent events on the podcast!), attend (a live feedback panel with HarperCollins editor Stephanie Stein plus a live class, Your Path To Publication, with Shirin Yim Leos and Lisa Manterfield) and polish (if you’ve been … Read more
📚🎧Podcast: Get An Agent’s Attention From The First Page
This may be our new favorite podcast format! We found ourselves grinning as we recorded, and are so happy to share this with you. Welcome to our Mystery Agent episode. We asked you, our lovely writers, to send in your query and first page—and asked a wonderful literary agent to choose a lucky writer for … Read more
📚🎧#MSWL Live Agent Panel
Listen on Soundcloud, Spotify & Apple Podcasts. Curious about how we started? Listen to our 10th Anniversary Episode here. We had the best time with this panel! Many thanks to our amazing panelists, and to our Manuscript Academy members for the queries, questions, and kindness. Vote for YOUR genre (or age group) for the next … Read more
Version 4.0 Is Live! New Features & Updates
In addition to our whole new design, which is faster, shinier, and easier to use, we have a number of updates to make everything easier for authors, agents, and editors. Writers will be able to search by genre and age group to help them find you, login will be smoother, and we’ll be rolling out plenty of … Read more
📚🎧10 Years of #MSWL with KK Hendin
For MSWL’s 10th anniversary (we know! We can’t believe it either!) we’ve invited KK Hendin, co-founder, who made us legit within four minutes of the first tweet. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, or Spotify. ***Did you catch our #MSWL Live Agent Panel? Four agents, two query critiques, one exercise, and one awesome prize. Tune in … Read more
