Summer Conference Writer Intensives Selling Out

An important update!

Because these three sessions sold out so fast, each faculty member has agreed to do an additional session:

Jen Rofe - The 'So What?' Factor

Andrea Welch - Ten Essential Picture Book Elements - How Does Your Manuscript Measure Up?

Ari Lewin - First Pages: In-Depth Analysis of the Very Best Ways To Start A Novel

There are just a few spots left in:

Bonnie Bader - Developing Your Hook

Deborah Halverson - Writing for Teens? Then Think Like One

Josh Adams - Building A Brand: Marketing Yourself and Your Work

Krista Marino - Show It, Don’t Tell It!  Making Your Voice Stronger

Linda Sue Park - Spitshine: Putting The Final Polish On Your Novel

Ann Whitford Paul - The C.P.R.: Character, Plot, Rhythm - of Picture Books

And these workshops are filling fast:

Emma Dryden - Independent and Self-Publishing: Best Practices

Ellen Hopkins - Building a Career Through Self-Promotion

Melissa Stewart - Four Steps To A Stronger Nonfiction Manuscript

Sonya Sones - Should Your Tomes Be Written In Poems: Crafting the Novel in Verse

Dan Yaccarino - From Inspiration to Publication: The Essentials of a Picture Book

A Morning With 9 Agents - Josh Adams (Adams Literary); Jaime Weiss Chilton (Andrea Brown Literary Agency); Stefanie Von Borstel (Full Circle Literary); Jill Corcoran (Herman Agency); Natalie M. Lakosil (Bradford Literary Agency); Karen Grencik (Red Fox Literary Agency); Linda Pratt (Wernick & Pratt Agency); Deborah Warren (East West Literary Agency); Ken Wright (Writer's House.)

Jill Corcoran - How to Write a Query Letter

Eddie Gamarra - Adapting Your Work for Film or Television

Ellen Hopkins - Creating the Really Truly Real Teen Characters

Ann Whitford Paul - Rhyme Time in Poetry and Picture Books

Dan Yaccarino - How To Do Successful School Presentations

Bonnie Bader - Leveled Readers

An Afternoon with 8 Agents - Stefanie Von Borstel (Full Circle Literary); Jaime Weiss Chilton (Andrea Brown Literary); Natalie M. Lakosil (Bradford Literary Agency); Karen Grencik (Red Fox Literary Agency); Julie Kane-Ritsch (Gotham Group); Linda Pratt (Wernick & Pratt Agency); Deborah Warren (East West Literary Agency); Ken Wright (Writer's House.)

Last year the conference sold out.  To make sure you get into the intensive that you want, now's the time to register!

You can find out more about the conference and these remarkable intensive opportunities - and the homework some of them require - here.

Illustrate and Write On,
Lee