Saturday, September 10th, 2022
Live Seminar Via Zoom, 2:00-3:30PM CST
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Led by novelist Michael Bourne, a long-time contributing editor to Poets & Writers Magazine and staff writer at The Millions, and author of the debut novel Blithedale Canyon (Regal House, June 2022).
After years of hard work, you’ve finished a book – now all you have to do is sell it.
We’ll drill deep on how literary agencies work, how to craft a query, who to send it to, and how to get on gatekeepers’ radar.
Michael comes at this subject as a fellow writer hoping to help rationalize what can seem an irrational – and, yes, maddening – process. Michael has interviewed dozens of agents for Poets & Writers, and he has shopped two books. He understands the sting of rejection, but more importantly, thanks to his years of reporting, he understands why agents pass on manuscripts and what writers can do to get an agent to yes.
At the conclusion of this seminar, you’ll be able to draft or sharpen your query letter and fine-tune your pitch to help you find your dream agent.
Q&A to follow Michael's presentation.
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Michael Bourne | Live via Zoom
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September 10th, 2022: 2:00-3:30PM CST
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Seminar is fully ONLINE and meets via Zoom
Instructor Michael Bourne is a contributing editor for Poets & Writers Magazine and a staff writer at The Millions. He contributed reporting on publishing and the business of writing for The Poets & Writers Complete Guide to Being a Writer (Avid Reader Press, 2020) and his work has appeared in The New York Times, The National Post, The Economist, The Globe and Mail, Salon, The Baltimore Sun, among many other publications. He has published short stories in more than a dozen literary magazines including The Common, december, The Southampton Review, and Tin House online. Michael's debut novel Blithedale Canyon is due out from Regal House in June 2022. Since 1995, he has taught writing at colleges including Fordham University, the University of British Columbia, and George Brown College in Toronto, where he works now.